The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is based in the center of the Kalahari Desert. It is the second-largest natural reserve on the earth. Adventure the arid landscape sighting of the uninhibited pure wilderness. The best time to travel to CKGR is December to march for the deception valley. The park is uncrowded from July to October.
The cordon fence of the Kuke Veterinary is at the north of the Central Kalahari Reserve. In the south, we have the Khutse Game Reserve. Central Kalahari occupies 52,800-km² land. In 1971, the game was founded to safeguard its creatures, pans, and dry river valley. The San, who are orthodox hunters and gatherers, reside at central CKGR. From 1997 up to 2005, the Botswana government had forbidden the San from accessing the reserve. This could be due to the discovery of diamonds in the area. They set limitations for them to utilize the water source they had previously built and drill new ones in 2011. However, the Khutse area doesn’t accommodate human life. The reserve started letting in tourists in 1998. The animals and plants had time to flourish without interference. Game drives are popular for this sight.
The iconic Deceptive Valley is a habitat for the springbok, blue wildebeest, and oryx. The best time to observe the animals is after the rainfall at the water pans. A scattered number of greater kudu, eland, and the red hartebeest are also visible. The migration brings along the cheetah and the black-maned Kalahari lion. Elephants, venomous snakes, and scorpions occupy the CKGR. The landscape is filled with thorn bushes, grassland, thorny acacia trees, and shrubs. They can survive for months without the rain. Rock erosion settles at this Kalahari basin. The Sand Ridges created by the wind facilitate the growth of vegetation.
Both the common spotted hyena and the rare brown one are easily visible at dusk and dawn. The tiny predators like the yellow mongoose, charismatic suricate, and bat-eared forex are easy to locate. Tourists can treat themselves with memorable sightings of Its Huge herds of plains creatures.