Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana

Our latest double-page feature in the Getaway Magazine, July edition

Nxai Pan, Khama Khama Pan and Kudikam Pan are all ancient salt lakes that make up the great Makgadikgadi complex. The pans are now semi-grassed, and scattered with islands of acacia trees and smaller pans that fill with water during the rainy season.The park is a seasonal home to large herds of plains game and the predators that depend on them.

A highlight is the famous Baine's Baobabs, seven huge, gnarled baobab trees named after the 19th century explorer Thomas Baines.

Flying over the pans is like entering a parallel universe of 360-degree horizons and endless space. The best time to visit is December through to April, or whenever wanderlust makes an appearance.


Wishing you blue skies and open roads

Jay and Jan Roode