Makgadikgadi and Nksai-Pan National Parks are located halfway between the cities of Maun and Nato in the northern part of the country and represent a huge plateau-basin, which was once the largest lake in Africa. Now this place resembles a flat plain covered with a salt crust with periodically occurring depressions filled with water during the rainy season. The last “serious” rainy season was here in 1992, so all travelers are recommended to take a solid supply of drinking water here with them.
A large number of legends and tales are associated with these places, which can be found out in detail by visiting a couple of local villages recommended for tourists. One of them is located in the Njuca Hills area, 26 km south of the main entrance to the park — this is the best place to observe the annual migration of zebras and wildebeest during the rainy season, as well as a large number of aquatic birds. In the south of Nksai-Pan Park lies the “Baobabs of Baines” area, famous for its group of large baobabs (by the way, atypical for these places).