
Ancient baobab trees and seasonal wildlife
Botswana
Nxai Pan is a small park north of the Maun to Nata road, a fossil lakebed of grassland and mopane that fills with zebra in the wet season, when the migrating herds from the Boteti arrive between about December and March, along with springbok, gemsbok and their predators. In the dry months the waterhole in front of the camp is the focus. Baines' Baobabs, a cluster of seven trees painted by Thomas Baines in 1862, stands on the pan to the south. It is a 4x4 park with a lodge and a campsite, and a malaria area.
Things to do: Game drives · Walking trails
Where you can stay: Camping
Inside-park stays and nearby lodges, sorted by distance.
No stays are linked to Nxai Pan National Park yet. These are the closest ones we have, by straight-line distance from the park, so check the drive before you book.
19.9184° S, 24.8013° E2 000 km from Cape TownOpen in Maps
Nxai Pan National Park is in Botswana.
Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks charges park entry fees per person per day plus a vehicle fee, payable in advance or at the gate. Public campsites inside the parks are run by private concessionaires and must be pre-booked, often months ahead for the dry season. Lodges and camps are on private concessions and are booked directly.
The best time to visit Nxai Pan National Park is April-October.
Popular activities at Nxai Pan National Park include game drives and walking trails.
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Why book here
Wild places survive when the communities around them earn more from protecting wildlife than from anything that would replace it. Every stay you book through Spekboom carries a conservation contribution built into the price, never added on top, so choosing where you sleep becomes a way to fund the people and projects keeping this landscape intact.