After the final Rra Dinare morning game drive, we arrived at the Santawani Airstrip to wait for our flight to Camp Kalahari at the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park.
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| Elephants cross the airstrip runway |
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| Our plane arrives, another Mack Air 12-seater |
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| When we land at Jack's Camp Airstrip, there is a waiting room tent (and restrooms!) |
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| It took us 45 minutes by safari vehicle to arrive at Camp Kalahari with tents as accommodation |
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| This time we had twin beds |
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| We would have our own flush toilet at every camp ... |
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| ... but this time we have a bucket shower; the lidded can is to capture the cold water left in the bucket before hot water reaches us |
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| Roomy bathroom where we could do therapy ball exercises |
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| Most accommodations had bathrobes, slippers, and a security safe; and this one had yoga mats and weights! |
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| This is the second facility to provide us with personalized water bottles, which we did not have room to take with us |
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| Helea scaphiformis/Pie-dish Beetle along our path |
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| Thatch-covered camp living room |
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| "Living room" |
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| "Living room" |
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| Lunch was a salad with a slice of potato cake |
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| Colophospermum mopane/Mopane Tree |
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| The mopane tree is unique because of its bifurcated leaf (note the one on top left) and it is beloved by elephants |
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| Path to the swimming pool |
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| Camp Kalahari swimming pool |
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| Pool cabana |
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| Living room to the left and dining room behind the small "game room" to the right |
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| Tea time with snacks and fresh lemonade |
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| Pycnonotus nigricans/African Red-eyed Bulbul |
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| Charging station in the living room (although now there is charging in each tent) |
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| The restroom near the dining room: the rope pulled across means it is occupied |
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| Coffee and tea covered by cozies were delivered every morning with the wake-up call |
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| The cozies have been removed |
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| Here we had flannel-covered hot water bottles |
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| Kent waiting on the veranda |
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