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User Reviews of Central Kalahari Game Reserve (32 Reviews)

Great Park Central Kalahari Safaris Botswana
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Average User Rating

4.6875 / 5 4.7 /5
4.4063 / 5 4.4063 / 5 4.8438 / 5 4.2143 / 5

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Male avatar icon lesliel South Africa flag ZA       Visited: August 2010 Reviewed: Oct 4, 2011

Email lesliel  |  35-50 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
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Very isolated - camp sites miles from each other and really in the bush with very few amenities. Birding species limited due to dry conditions - however there are plentiful and specials for the area.

Male avatar icon Marco Italy flag IT       Visited: August 2011 Reviewed: Aug 21, 2011

Email Marco  |  20-35 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
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The Kalahari is without doubt breathtaking: a bushy desert with a good wildlife.
There are less tourists than in the most popular parks, but spotting animals can be harder.

Female avatar icon Lynleigh Australia flag AU       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Jul 22, 2025

Email Lynleigh  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Top wildlife sightings! The quelea murmurations were unprecedented.

Male avatar icon Stephan Daus Norway flag NO       Visited: May 2024 Reviewed: Jul 7, 2024

Email Stephan Daus  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
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Not that many animals during our stay, in May (dry season). But amazing sceneries, and few other people there. Lots of birds.

Female avatar icon Magone Latvia flag LV       Visited: November 2023 Reviewed: Dec 2, 2023

Email Magone  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Beautiful nature, many animals and birds.

Male avatar icon Marco Valentini Italy flag IT       Visited: August 2016 Reviewed: Oct 26, 2018

Email Marco Valentini  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Less mammals than other places, food resource are scarce, animal are kept in with artificial warterhole, huge herds migrating have been depleted by fence system in the country, but loneliness sensation is unique

Avatar icon Lawrence and Julie United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: June 2018 Reviewed: Jul 23, 2018

Email Lawrence and Julie

5 / 5 5 /5
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Large variety of animals and ample to see. Loved it!

Female avatar icon Paula Adams United States flag US       Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Feb 13, 2018

Email Paula Adams  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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I loved seeing bat eared fox, the Tau Pan lion pride, the wild cat, and the birds were amazing. Hearing the lion pride at night was magical. The lodging was very comfortable; the staff made me feel special; the food was incredible. The scenery beauty was outstanding.

Male avatar icon GoingPlaceswithME Canada flag CA       Visited: August 2015 Reviewed: Aug 1, 2016

Email GoingPlaceswithME  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

5 / 5 5 /5
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Excellent safari destination with sufficient tourism infrastructure

Male avatar icon GaryGamso United States flag US       Visited: January 2014 Reviewed: May 28, 2015

Email GaryGamso  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

I found the reserve vast and full of Africa's predators, plus their game.

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We enjoyed a mobile safari, camping among the animals. Our guide, Moses Ntema provided safe accommodations, hosted enjoyable evenings with specially prepared dinners, located lots of game and the predators who stalk them, and educated us on behaviors of lions, cheetah, and leopard. We spent hours sitting among lion prides, following leopards through the bush, or watching the cheetah lounge beneath shade trees in the Central Kalahari plains.