Jack's Camp
Jack’s Camp is fashioned in a traditional East African 1940's classical safari style.
10 green roomy canvas tents, each with en suite bathrooms and indoor and outdoor showers, are set into a palm grove creating an oasis of civilization in what can be the harshest of stark environments. Persian rugs underfoot and cool cotton sheets form a striking contrast with the rugged wilderness viewed from the comfort of your own veranda. The guides at Jack's Camp are an erudite breed. Often graduate students who combine research with guiding, they team up with a small group of Zu/’hoasi Bushmen to guide guests on game drives and morning walks. A visit to Jack's Camp is also a complete desert experience focusing on species unique to the area such as aardvark, gemsbuck and springbuck. It is the only place where guests are virtually guaranteed to see the rare and elusive brown hyaena and be able to walk through the Kalahari with a gang of habituated, but wild meerkats! |
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Venturing far into the centre of the Makgadikgadi, on 4wd quad bikes, you are able to explore remote archaeological sites, periodically discovering never before documented fossil beds of extinct giant zebra and hippo. The fact that you can travel across the pans at great speed and still arrive nowhere only underlines the pans immensity.
During the wet season the landscape transforms. Clouds of flamingo and other migratory birds descend to decorate the watery grasslands.
Herds of zebra and wildebeest materialise, drawn by the lush grass, and for several months, the desert is teeming with game.
During the wet season the landscape transforms. Clouds of flamingo and other migratory birds descend to decorate the watery grasslands.
Herds of zebra and wildebeest materialise, drawn by the lush grass, and for several months, the desert is teeming with game.
