In 2000, South Africa’s Kalahari Gemsbok National Park and Botswana’s Gemsbok National Park merged, to form one of the largest wilderness areas in the world. Known for its red dunes and scrub fading into infinity and herds of gemsbok, springbok, eland and blue wildebeest following the seasons, where imposing camel thorn trees provide shade for huge black-mane lions and vantage points for leopard and many raptors, Kgalagadi offers visitors the safari of a life time. Located largely within the Kalahari Desert, the park consists of red sand dunes, sparse vegetation, occasional trees and dry riverbeds. The park has abundant, wildlife including the Big 5, cheetahs, hyena, wildebeest springbok, eland, hyena, hartebeest and over 200 species of bird. Kgalagadi is among the best known parks for Safari in the southern Africa region. The sparse vegetation and the profusion of animals along its riverbeds and pans make for nigh-unparalled game viewing, and its open, barrier less terrain allows those who visit its savannah and grassland to witness the predatory maneuvers of carnivores.
