ATC 2015 Brochure v1 (English) | Page 185

Botswana Central Kalahari The Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana is the largest, most remotely situated reserve in Southern Africa, and the second largest wildlife reserve in the world, covering 52 800 square kilometres. Plains of waist-high golden grass stretch endlessly, scattered with trees and scrub bushes. Wide, empty pans appear on vast white landscapes of levelled earth, meeting the blue sky high above. The reserve has one of the most unique bio diversities in southern Africa, including concentrated populations of threatened species of animals such as the Brown Hyena and is home to the black maned lion. During and shortly after good summer rains, the flat grasslands in the north teem with wildlife which gather in the best grazing regions. These include large herds of springbok and oryx, wildebeest, eland and giraffe. This is a place