Jack's Camp

Luxury lodge on the Makgadigadi Pans

Accommodation Okavango Delta Botswana. Affordable lodge in Okavango delta swamps. Gunns camp for families in Okavango Delta. Ok

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Jack's Camp offers you the unique opportunity to experience and explore the Kalahari and Makgadigadi National Park. Jack's Camp offers permanent camp facilities and endless vistas of rolling golden grasslands and palm lined desert. A visit to the area is essential for anyone interested in evolution and the origins and explanation of the Okavango Delta and Botswana's big picture. It is a complete desert experience focusing on species unique to the area such as Gemsbok, Brown Hyena and Springbok, as well as geology, archaeology and anthropology of the Kalahari and Makgadgadi Pans.

Jacks Camp Makgadigadi Pans Room at Jack's Camp Makgadigadi Pans Botswana
Dinningroom at Jackscamp in Makgadigadi Pans Botswana View from Room at Makgadigadi Pans Botswana

Wet season activities (February, March, November and December)

  • Game drives to experience annual zebra and wildebeest migration 
  • Bird walks to observe migratory waterfowl breeding/feeding sites (flamingo, storks, wattled crane, duck, terns etc) 
  • Limited usage of 4WD quad bikes and vehicles on pans 
  • Night drives 
  • Game walks with Bushman trackers 
  • Visits to the historical baobabs 
  • Fly camp on the Pan under the stars for trips of more than two nights (weather permitting) 

Dry season activities (April to October)

  • Extensive usage of 4WD quad bikes 
  • Explore undocumented archaeological sites and discover early hominid settlements 
  • Night drives to view unique desert wildlife (brown hyena, aardvark, aardwolf etc) 
  • Game walks with Bushman trackers to observe desert wildlife (gemsbok, suricate/meerkat, springbok) 
  • Visit the historical baobabs (the campsites of Livingstone, Selous and Baines)