3-Day Central Kalahari Wilderness Camping Safari

We will depart from Maun at 07h00 and head to CKGR to set up camp in the Deception Valley. We should reach CKGR in 2 hours. During and shortly after good summer rains (September to January), the flat grasslands of the reserve’s northern reaches teem with wildlife that gather at the best grazing areas. These include springbok and gemsbok, as well as wildebeest, hartebeest, eland and giraffe.

At other times of the year, when the animals are more sparsely distributed, the experience of travelling through the truly untouched wilderness of seemingly unending dimensions is amazing. We will arrive at camp to have lunch and enjoy an afternoon siesta.

We will head out for a sunset and evening game drive within the Deception Valley. Upon return to the camp, you will be treated to a hot camp shower before proceeding to dinner around a campfire. You will then retreat to your tent equipped with a stretcher bed, a veranda and an attached bathroom with a toilet, shower and sink.

Rise and shine and say hello to a fresh morning over coffee, tea and rusks for a 06h30 morning game drive to Sunday Pan waterhole. Enjoy brunch at Passarge Valley. Under the dense umbrella thorn of the Acacia tortillis thickets, cheetah and lion rest in the midday heat.

CKGR boasts an amazing variety of birds. Secretary birds, kori bustards and ostriches are the most prominent of the species to be spotted, with good chances of seeing lappet-faced vultures and white-backed vultures.

We will continue to explore this amazing landscape in search of its beauty. Our final leg of the morning drive will take us back through Leopard Pan to arrive at camp for lunch and enjoy an afternoon siesta.

After a well-deserved rest, we will depart for a game drive to Deception Pan where we will enjoy a great sunset. Once the sun goes down, we will head back to camp.

Rise and shine and say hello to a fresh early morning over coffee, tea and rusks! We will head out for a game drive at the crack of dawn with the hopes of spotting cheetahs, a resident pride of lions and several leopards whose territories include parts of the pan.

We will head back to camp around mid-morning to enjoy a warm shower before a scrumptious breakfast. After breakfast, we will proceed on a leisurely drive back to Maun.

The reserve might have little farewell surprises as we drive back “home”, so keep those cameras ready to capture the last memories of the Kalahari. We will enjoy the leisurely drive as we continue learning about this reserve and its beauties, mostly unique.

We anticipate arriving in Maun mid-afternoon, depending on what we see along the way. You will be transferred to your hotel or start another tour to either Moremi Game Reserve or Okavango Delta, both highly recommended destinations to augment the Kalahari experience.