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Tours and Tailor Made Holidays to

Central Kalahari

BOTSWANA
  • CURRENCY Botswanan Pula
  • LANGUAGE English
  • WEATHER
  • FLYING TIME 16 hrs 40 mins
  • TIME ZONE GMT+2

The unending space gives the impression of having the entire reserve to yourself

Tailor Made Holidays to Central Kalahari

At Travel Concierge, we pride ourselves on tailoring holidays to Central Kalahari that are designed around your needs and expectations and not ours. We have a range of Central Kalahari holiday offers that we have negotiated special or exclusive deals on. We can also arrange multi centre Central Kalahari holiday itineraries as well as tours and excursions in Central Kalahari. For more information on our Central Kalahari holidays, call an Travel Concierge tailor-made expert on 0161 729 0099 and speak to one of our reservation experts who will be able to help you plan the perfect holiday in Central Kalahari.

Destination Overview

The Kalahari is the largest sand basin in the world, stretching from the Northern part of South Africa, through Namibia and Angola, up to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is located in the centre of Botswana and has only recently been opened to the public. 

The unending space gives the impression of having the entire reserve to yourself.  Nothing quite prepares you for the immensity of this reserve, nor its wild, mysterious beauty. The area is remote and wild and the harsh terrain has an unforgiving climate. Accordingly, holidays to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve are only for those who are well-organized and part of a self-sufficient group of adventurers or as part of a guided tour.

Waist-high golden grasses seem to stretch endlessly, shadowed by dwarfed trees and scrub bushes. The main wildlife concentrations are to be found in the northern part of the reserve. Although called a desert, the Kalahari is covered with a wide variety of habitats: sand dunes with many species of trees in the North, flat bushveld in the central area, mopane forests to the south and east, wide grasslands in vast open plains, acacia trees forests, saltpans and ancient riverbed. Wide and empty pans appear as vast white stretches of saucer-flat earth, meeting a soft, blue-white sky. At night the stars utterly dominate the land; their brilliance and immediacy are totally arresting.

A spectacular migration takes place when the summer rains arrive in December to April. The season transforms the area into green grasslands in the North allowing visitors on holiday in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to view Giraffe, wild dog, leopoard, lion, brown hyena, cheetah, warthog, a wide variety of antelope, kudu and springbok, among others. You will also enjoy fascinating reptiles, scorpions and insects, magnificent skies during the day, with impressive cloud formations during the summer rainstorms and spectacular starry nights during your Central Kalahari Game Reserve holiday. The great spectacle of the Deception Valley, an 80km long ancient riverbed where mirages take place is a highlight of your holiday to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

Unlike in other safari locations, the rainy season from November to March or its later months from February to April are the best time to visit. The dry season from May to October is hot, dry and dusty and as a result few animals are to be seen under these harsh conditions. However, this time of year does offer the unique experience of travelling through a truly untouched wilderness of seemingly unending dimensions. The landscape during this time is dominated by silver terminalia sandveldt, Kalahari sand acacias, and Kalahari appleleaf, interspersed with grasslands, and dotted with occasional sand dunes, pans and shallow fossil river valleys.

When to visit Central Kalahari

Central Kalahari

Do you need inspiration for when to go on holiday to Central Kalahari? Give the team of experts at Travel Concierge a call and we will help you plan your Central Kalahari holiday at the best time of year for your requirements. Although our Central Kalahari holiday search tool will allow you to search for Central Kalahari holiday prices upto 11 months in advance, we can also price holidays to Central Kalahari for 2025 and 2026. We can advise on the best time to travel on your Central Kalahari holiday based on Central Kalahari weather, special events in Central Kalahari or even when the crowds in Central Kalahari are at their lowest.

Central Kalahari

The Central Kalahari is probably at its most enticing when travel there is most difficult: in the first few months of the year. At this time, the beautiful inter-dune valleys become lush with vegetation, attracting thousands of springbok and gemsbok.

You'll also find good numbers of ostrich and giraffe, herds of wildebeest, excellent cheetah and the Kalahari's famous black-maned lions. Leopard and brown hyena are common residents too, though very rarely seen.