Nxai Pan

Highlights

The park lies to the north of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park and comprises several large pans. Unlike the salt-encrusted pans in Makgadikgadi, the Nxai Pan is a waterless pan covered with grass and acacia islands. After the summer rains in December, large herds of migrating zebra and wildebeest, accompanied by other grazing animals, come to taste the fresh grasses.

Landscape

The main habitat of the Nxai Pan is the Grassland savannah.

The Nxai Pan is the more accessible of the pans in the area. Outside the pans, typical dry savannah and mopane forest can be found. After the rains, the landscape of the Nxai Pan turns into a green paradise. Some huge baobab trees grow along the edges.

Entrance gate