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GaryGamso
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.
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.
GoingPlaceswithME
CA
Visited:
August 2015
Reviewed: Aug 1, 2016
Email GoingPlaceswithME | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent safari destination with sufficient tourism infrastructure
Paula Adams
US
Visited:
December 2017
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2018
Email Paula Adams | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
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.
Marco Valentini
IT
Visited:
August 2016
Reviewed: Oct 26, 2018
Email Marco Valentini | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
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
Magone
LV
Visited:
November 2023
Reviewed: Dec 2, 2023
Email Magone | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Stephan Daus
NO
Visited:
May 2024
Reviewed: Jul 7, 2024
Email Stephan Daus | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Not that many animals during our stay, in May (dry season). But amazing sceneries, and few other people there. Lots of birds.
Lynleigh
AU
Visited:
July 2025
Reviewed: Jul 22, 2025
Email Lynleigh | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Top wildlife sightings! The quelea murmurations were unprecedented.
Katrin
Visited:
April 2012
Reviewed: Sep 10, 2012
Big game, bigger sky
The CKGR is a magnificent park! Right in the heart of Botswana, this enormous reserve is home to the finest of southern Africa's wildlife, and provides an unparalleled bush experience.
My fellow travelers and I drove down from Maun, and left the grid and pavement behind very quickly. With limited paved roads and power lines, it's a real pleasure to arrive at a beautiful lodge nestled into the softly graded terrain. Botswana's national emphasis on quality over quantity is abundantly apparent in their approach to tourism, and I felt that my money was very well spent.
I saw my very first lion hunt in the CKGR, and am inspired to return again to enjoy seemingly endless game drives under the enormous sky - bright day, or brilliant night.
Leslie Bialik
Visited:
February 2013
Reviewed: Apr 23, 2013