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On a game drive, visitors should not be surprised to witness wildebeest, eland, giraffe, jackal, leopard, bat-eared fox, honey badger, and Kalahari black-maned lion—to name a few. The Central Kalahari is home to San Bushmen and offers travelers a unique cultural exchange.",[789],{"start":709,"end":756,"type":652},[],{"heading":792,"image":793,"paragraph":794,"link":810},"Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan National Parks",{},[795],{"type":251,"text":796,"spans":797,"direction":254},"Southeast of the Okavango Delta are the Makgadikgadi Pans, the largest salt pan landscape in the world. Many pans connect to create the whole, including one of the largest, Nxai. Both Makgadikgadi Pans and Nxai are designated national parks. The vast wilderness is what remains of a former inland lake the size of Switzerland. From December to May, the rains transform the sunbaked landscape into lush grasslands, drawing a sea of zebra and wildebeest numbering in the thousands—an astonishing spectacle. 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Camps and lodges will only operate mokoro rides when the water level is right, and if hippos are an appropriate distance away. Guides can intuit the proximity based on bellows, snorts, and honks, and the selected routes avoid deeper channels where hippos and crocodiles thrive. (If you’re eager to see hippos, opt for a motorboat.)",[],{"heading":890,"paragraph":891},"Unfenced camps",[892],{"type":251,"text":893,"spans":894,"direction":254},"It might come as a surprise to learn that many safari camps are unfenced. Staying at an unbound property means bearing witness to special, intimate wildlife moments right from camp. At the same time, a fenceless property could mean that it’s safest to be escorted to your tent after dark. ",[],{"heading":896,"paragraph":897},"Health and safety on safari",[898],{"type":251,"text":899,"spans":900,"direction":254},"As with any remote travel to the farthest-reaching corners of the planet, access to medical facilities and professionals can be minimal. 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