Makgadikgadi Pans National Park - VASTNESS, SOLITUDE, AND IMPRESSIVE NATURAL SPECTACLES

The river was completely silted up for many years, is now replenished – if there is enough water – via the Thamalakane from the delta. Then it quenches the thirst of many animals, such as zebras and wildebeests, which migrate in huge herds here during the migration periods from April to June and from November to January.

In addition to the abundance of life and diversity brought about by the water, the vultures on the numerous camel thorn acacias along the riverbank remind us of a fate that can befall the animals in dry times. Weakened by thirst, many of them succumb to exhaustion, this region is therefore frequently visited by predators, such as the brown hyena. This rare, mostly nocturnal species now numbers only about 5,000 to 8,000 individuals in whole Africa, most of which are found in Botswana.