Hightlight
- Natural Wonder
The Makgadikgadi Pans are all that remains of a massive prehistoric lake, now a vast and surreal landscape of shimmering white salt flats that stretch to the horizon. In the dry season, the pans are a place of absolute silence and profound emptiness, where the only sign of life is the heat haze dancing on the salt crust. During the rains, the pans transform into a lush wetland that attracts one of Africa’s largest zebra migrations and thousands of pink flamingos. One of the most unique experiences here is visiting the resident meerkat colonies, which have become so habituated to humans that they will use you as a lookout post. The night sky over the pans is a dazzling display of the Milky Way, with no light pollution to obscure the stars.
- Where it is: Northeastern Botswana.
- What you can expect to see: Surreal salt crusts, zebra migration, and habituated meerkat colonies.
- How much it is to get in: ~$15 USD (120 BWP).
- What people say: Visitors say the ‘absolute silence and vastness’ is an eerie, beautiful experience.
- Interesting fact: The pans are so flat you can actually see the curvature of the earth on the horizon.
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