Nxai Pan Camp is the only permanent camp inside Nxai Pan National Park. It faces a waterhole across salt-pan grassland, and it is the practical base for Baines’ Baobabs — the cluster of trees Thomas Baines painted in 1862 that still stand on the edge of Kudiakam Pan.
Quick facts
- Area
- Makgadikgadi and Nata
- Property type
- Safari Camp
- Setting
- Waterhole frontage on the salt-pan grasslands of Nxai Pan National Park
- Nearest park or reserve
- Nxai Pan National Park
Suites at Nxai Pan Camp
Eight suites and one family suite, taking about eighteen guests. Power is solar with generator backup and Wi-Fi is limited.
Facilities at Nxai Pan Camp
Open-sided dining, lounge and bar areas, a swimming pool looking onto the waterhole, a safari shop and laundry.
Who it suits
Travellers who want the pans country rather than the Delta, families using the family suite, and anyone who wants Baines’ Baobabs without a long day trip.
Location and access
Fly-in by light aircraft to the camp airstrip, about 40 minutes from Maun or an hour from Kasane. Self-drive by 4×4 takes roughly three hours from Maun.
How we checked this listing
Suite counts, the sole-camp status, activities and flight times come from the Kwando Safaris operator page for this camp. We have not stayed here.
Nxai Pan is a wet-season park, which reverses the usual advice
Most of Botswana peaks in the dry months. Nxai Pan does the opposite: the rains between roughly December and April green the grassland and bring zebra and springbok in numbers, with the predators behind them. If you are travelling in the southern summer and being told Botswana is out of season, this is one of the places where it is not.
National park rules apply here
Because the camp is inside a national park rather than a concession, there is no off-road driving and activities run to park hours. That is a real constraint on predator following. What you get in exchange is the pan itself, which no concession can offer.
Booking this property
Nxai Pan Camp sells through the operator and through safari agents rather than as a nightly-rate hotel room.
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Plan the rest of your trip
Read our guides to Nxai Pan National Park, Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, or the wider Makgadikgadi.
