Adolf recently travelled on a Botswana Wild Parks BTa14 and had this to share about the Makgadikgadi Pans. Driving to Nata we noticed that the surrounding areas got much dryer, and some of the clients made comments about how difficult it must be for animals to survive here with so little food.

We explained to them that the grasses growing in the area is very nutritious even though it looks dry, and the species of cattle and sheep that roam this area are indigenous breeds like the Nguni cattle, but it was obvious that the cattle were suffering because of the drought.
Later in the day we went to the salt pans, it was a very hot and humid day and we were all looking forward to see the pans and the animals that live there. As we entered the park we almost immediately saw some blue wildebeest in the distance.

We went closer and we could get some nice photos of the dry surrounding area with the blue wildebeest walking with dust coming up at their feet.
The obvious first questions that came from the clients were how do these wildebeest could survive at such harsh conditions? After we drove on a bit we saw in the distance the salt pans were full of water, when we came close we could even smell the salt in the water. We climbed out and started walking around, after about an hour it was time for the sun to set, we all gathered and sat on the chairs while everyone opened their sun downer drinks. The sunset was amazing as there were so much dust in the air the view was spectacular and everyone was on their cameras and could not stop taking photos and saying how beautiful everything is and how amazing it is to have such a beautiful water source in a country they would have never expected it.