All this at a time of year when the flowers and birds here are at their best, and when whales are displaying close inshore. Sign up to get the latest on our holidays, offers and events. We generally send two to three e-newsletters per month. First name. Last name. Travel, experience, conserve with. Key info Ideal for viewing : blue wildebeest , cheetah , eland , ostrich , springbok Where : Southern Africa, Botswana. Duration inc. Location and Activities The vegetation in this semi-arid zone is dominant with Acacia trees, thorny shrub and grasses and in this parched ecosystem they can endure droughts of up to ten months with no water supply.
Within the many camelthorn trees are the unmissable weaver bird nests, many of which can be up to two metres in diameter — an unusual sight! Contact one of our Destination Specialists to start planning your journey. When the rains do arrive, many fast growing plant species spring into life especially along the courses of the normally dry river beds including edible plants such as cucumbers and melons.
In the drier regions to the south and west vegetation is rather more sparse and here desert species such as the Hoodia Cactus can be found. The lack of water makes the Kalahari Desert particularly inhospitable for humans but the area has, for thousands of years, been the home of the San people who followed a nomadic lifestyle as hunter-gatherers.
Visitors to the Kalahari are sometimes surprised by the unusual appearance of the landscape, especially towards the west of the region where large areas of vegetation are interspersed by completely barren circles of dry sand. Plants bordering these circles seem to thrive giving the whole area an almost lunar appearance.
The circles vary in size but are usually between two and fifteen metres in diameter. Over the years there have been many theories and legends trying to offer an explanation ranging from the breath of an underground dragon to fairies, UFOs and termites but there has yet to be any indisputable explanation. This phenomenon is not exclusive to this region but is also found in the bordering Namib desert and in areas of Australia.
This huge plateau remains a truly wild and natural place but has been the subject of many geological surveys and has been found to be rich in natural resources including diamonds, coal, nickel and copper although most of these remain undeveloped. This Waterless Place has one other surprising underground feature, that being a huge amount of subterranean water. The porous nature of the sandy soil simply allows much of the rainfall to pass straight through the surface strata and accumulate underground rather than being re-circulated back into the atmosphere by transpiration and evaporation.
It was given its name due to the rush of moist air emanating from it first experienced by its discoverers in In conclusion, the Kalahari Desert is far from deserted. Other trees that grow in this area include shepherd's tree, blackthorn and silver cluster-leaf. The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah. Even where the Kalahari "desert" is dry enough to qualify as a desert in the sense of having low precipitation, it is not strictly speaking a desert because the ground cover is too dense.
The Kalahari is the southernmost desert in Africa. It is the sixth biggest desert by area on Earth and the second biggest in Africa after the Sahara. In the southwest it merges with the Namib , the coastal desert of Namibia. SafariBookings is the largest online marketplace for African safari tours.
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