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In Review

Jack’s Camp and San Camp in pictures

by The Week team
2 Dec 2017
Go to: Jack’s Camp and San Camp review: Botswana at its best
San Camp, Kalahari

The tea tent at San Camp is furnished with antique furniture and rugs

San Camp, Kalahari

The white canvas of San Camp blends effortlessly with the salt pan

San Camp, Kalahari

Holden Frith

As the summer rains approach, zebra and wildebeest migrate to the pans

Lion on the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

... and the predators soon follow them

Lion on the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

Permanent water holes have attracted a growing population of lions in recent years 

Lion on the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

Lions and leopard have also benefited from a reduction in cattle ranching on the Makgadikgadi plains

Lion on the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

They hunt in the early morning and late evening, avoiding the heat of the middle of the day

Hyena, Botswana

A rare sighting of a hyena, waiting for the lions to finish with their zebra

San Camp, Kalahari

The kill also attracts vultures and jackals

Lion on the Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

As the temperature climbs, one of the lions retreats to the shade of a bush

San Camp, Kalahari

This wildebeest has resorted to a mud bath to keep cool

San Camp, Kalahari

Ostriches are among the permanent, non-migratory residents of the salt pans

Meerkats at Jack's Camp and San Camp

... as are meerkats, which live in burrows. This pup is on one of its first trips above ground

Meerkats at Jack's Camp and San Camp

Sentry meerkats sometimes climb onto visitors to get a better view of the surrounding area

San people, Kalahari

Guests at San Camp and Jack’s Camp are invited to visit a community of San people, the Kalahari’s indigenous population

San people, Kalahari

Here, one of them demonstrates how blood would be sucked out of a wound if a hunter cut himself with a poisoned arrow

San people, Kalahari

One of the San men displays a scorpion he has dug out from its burrow

San people, Kalahari

Carefully grasping its claws and tail, he cleans it in his mouth to give us a better view

San people, Kalahari

The San are expert fire-builders, and can get a flame using their wooden tools in just a couple of minutes

San people, Kalahari

Their ancestors have been using the same tools for tens of thousands of years

Jack's Camp, Botswana

Sunset is a bewitching time at San Camp and Jack’s Camp

Sunrise at San Camp and Jack’s Camp

At sunrise, the early birds come out in search of insects

San Camp, Kalahari

... and the human visitors have an early rise too, getting up for the morning game drive

San Camp, Kalahari

At San Camp, the canvas tents look out over the salt pans

San Camp, Kalahari

... and inside, they're decorated with elegant four-poster beds

Jack’s Camp, Botswana

At Jack’s Camp, the furnishings recall grand expeditions of the 1940s

Jack's Camp, Botswana

High tea at Jack’s Camp is a meal unto itself

Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

... and a necessary one, before a trip out on the salt pan

Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

After the first part of the journey, we switch to quad bikes 

Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

Holden Frith

A new study suggests humans originated from once-fertile Lake Makgadikgadi, now a salt flat in Botswana

Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

It's one of the strangest and most beautiful places on earth

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