Jack’s Camp

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GENERAL INFORMATION

• Explore undocumented archaeological sites to search for stone tools and fossils of extinct mega fauna left in the area by early settlements, weather permitting.
  
• Year round: unique desert species – Meerkat.
  
• Game walk with Bushman trackers.
  

The camp's hub, a romantic canvas pavilion of low spires and finials, with a fluttering valance beneath its eaves, could have come straight from a mediaeval jousting tourney, were it not a deciduous green. Three poles support the main chamber where everyone meets at a long communal dining table.

Venturing far into the centre of the Makgadikgadi, on 4-wheel-drive quad bikes, we are able to explore remote archaeological sites, periodically discovering never-before-documented fossil beds of extinct giant zebra and hippo. The fact that you can travel across the pans at great speed and still arrive nowhere only underlines the pan's immensity. There is nothing out here.

A safari to Jack's Camp is also a complete desert experience, focusing on species unique to the area such as aardvark, gemsbok and springbok. It is the only place where guests are virtually guaranteed to see the rare and elusive brown hyaena and are able to walk through the Kalahari with a gang of habituated, yet wild meerkats!

During the wet season the landscape transforms. Clouds of flamingo and other migratory birds descend from the heavens to decorate the watery grasslands. Herds of zebra and wildebeest materialize, drawn by the lush grass, and for several months, the desert is teeming with game and predators.

The guides at Jack's are an erudite breed. Often graduate students who combine research with guiding, they team up with a small group of Zu/'hoasi Bushmen to guide guests on the morning's walks and game drives.

ROOMS

Accommodating 20 guests in 10 large walk-in tents, each with an en suite bathroom with flush toilet, basin, indoor and outdoor shower. Accommodation is comfortable and stylish – one of the most traditional camps in Botswana. Facilities include a mess tent for dining, which houses a site museum and a tea tent with Persian carpets and cushions for decadent afternoon teas. Paraffin lamps are used for lighting providing a traditional camp atmosphere.

DINING

Three-course dinner, followed by coffee and liqueurs at the campfire.

FACILITIES

• Laundry Service
• Library
• Game Drives
• Walking Safaris
• Children over the age of 4 years welcome
• Scenic Drives
• Night game drives
• Culture experiances
• Airstrip