4×4 Self-Drive Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Exploring the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) on a self-drive is the ultimate wild Africa adventure. A 4×4 vehicle with high clearance, two spare tires, and extensive self-sufficiency (water, food, and fuel) are absolute musts. The park is unfenced, so you will camp remotely among wild desert animals.

For the more adventurous traveller looking for a really distant African safari experience it can be found in central Botswana. The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is the second largest game reserve in the world and one of the least visited. Nothing prepares you for the sheer wonder of seeing this huge reserve with its untamed, pristine beauty.

The scenery is primarily sand veld, acacias and Kalahari apple-leaf, intermingled with grasslands and scattered with occasional sand dunes, pans and fossil river basins. The reserve is home to a remarkable diversity of species, yet one animal is noticeably absent, the human being. The absence of human traffic, plus the lack of infrastructure in the park, make for a challenging yet marvellously authentic African experience. Visitors must be completely self-sufficient but those who are prepared to make the effort will be rewarded in abundance.