Kalahari Desert, Namibia
The Kalahari Desert is well known as a large arid sandy area covering 900,000sq kilometres of Southern Africa. It is shared by much of Botswana and part of South Africa and Namibia where it plays home to the Namib Desert. The Kalahari Basin covers an even larger area and sneaks into parts of Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
In Botswana the Kalahari Desert is known as Kgalagadi. Some of the local cultural people remaining are the bushman. The bushman are the remaining original inhabitants of the Kalahari. Various bushman paintings can been viewed at a number of sites.
With only one undying river, the Okavango River, which flows into the Okavango Delta, some animals and plants are supported. This is alo possible due to the fact that the Kalahari Desert is not a true desert due the the amount of rain it does receive. Wildlife here include elephant, giraffe, lion, cheetah and leopard.
Accommodation options for Kalahari Desert
- Desert Lodges - Kalahari Desert, Namibia
