| JACK'S
CAMP, KALAHARI |
| JACK'S
CAMP FACT FILE |
JACK'S
CAMP PICTURE GALLERY |
LOCATION
• Located on a tree and palm covered island
on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in the Kalahari
Desert, Botswana
PRICING / CHILD POLICY
High season: July to October
Shoulder season: April to June
Low season: February to March, November and December
The camp is closed for the entire month of January.
¤ Children over the age of 4 years welcome.
ACCOMMODATION
9 large walk-in tents, consisting of:
• 6 Twins
• 3 Honeymoon tents
• 1 twin guides tents (same standard as guest
tents)
Triples are available for small children on request
This camp can accommodate 18 guests + tour leader
Room Details
• Traditional Green canvas tents
• Access to tents through a zipped door
• Ensuite bathroom facilities including shower,
basin, flush toilet and outside shower
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JACK'S
CAMP DESCRIPTION |
LOCATION
Jack's
Camp is located deep in the Kalahari Desert on the edge
of the Makgadikgadi Pans, the largest saltpans in the
world.
ACCOMMODATION
Jack's Camp is a classic desert safari camp accommodating
18 guests in nine large walk-in tents, each with en-suite
bathroom with flush toilet and shower. Accommodation
is comfortable and in keeping with the character of
the Makgadikgadi. Facilities include a mess tent for
dining and a tea tent with Persian carpet cushions for
socialising. After the rains (December to April), there
can be enormous herds of Wildebeest, Zebra and Springbok
- with the accompanying predators - on the open grasslands.
The summer rains also leave a warm shallow layer of
water that entices Waterfowl and Flamingos. Activities
are conducted in open 4x4 vehicles custom designed for
this terrain and accompanied by knowledgeable guides.
In the dry winter months, all-purpose ATV vehicles (a
four wheeler motorcycle/Quad bikes) available, allowing
guests to travel across the saltpans.
Walks with a Bushman tracker and a visit to Chapman's
Baobab - the historical baobab tree used by Livingstone,
Selous and other early exporers - are activities also
on offer.
CAMP
DESCRIPTION
• Mess tent with adjacent library and drinks tents
• National museum housed in mess tent
• Tea tent with Persian carpet floor, chess set
and wind-up gramophone.
GAME VIEWING
Year round: unique desert species - Suricate (Meerkats),
Brown Hyaena, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Gemsbuck, Springbuck,
etc.
Wet season: Flamingo, Stork, Wattled Crane, Waterfowl,
Annual Wildebeest and Zebra migration.
ACTIVITIES
Wet
Season:
• Game drives in open 4x4 Landcruisers - the camp
has 3 custom designed vehicles with 2 rows of seats
behind the front row thus seating max. 5 guests when
allowing each guest an outside seat
• A morning spent with the Suricate (Meerkat)
• Bird walks to observe migratory waterfowl breeding
/ feeding sites.
• Very limited usage of 4WD quad bikes and vehicles
on the pans - weather permitting and if the pans are
dry
• Night drives to view migration and unique desert
wildlife.
• Game walk with Bushman trackers.
• Visit to Ch apman's Baobab (the campsite of
Livingstone, Selous and Baines)
• Visit remote area dwellings / cattle posts to
gain insight into local tribal tradition and culture.
• Explore undocumented archaeological sites to
search for stone tools and fossils of extinct mega fauna
left in the area by early settlements, weather permitting.
Dry
Season:
• Extensive usage of 4WD quad bikes
• Explore undocumented archaeological sites to
search for stone tools and fossils of extinct mega fauna
left in the area by early settlements, weather permitting.
• Night drives to view unique desert wildlife.
• Game walk with Bushman trackers.
• Visit to Chapman's Baobab (the campsite of Livingstone,
Selous and Baines
• A morning spent with the Suricate (Meerkat)
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