Barking geckos and black-maned lions

As Kalahari Plains Camp settles in, various conservation and community initiatives are being put into place. These involve the unique Kalahari fauna and various ecological monitoring projects. For example, our guides work closely with the coordinators of the Central Kalahari Wild Dog Project and the Okavango-Kalahari Wild Dog Research Project. 

In addition, Kalahari Plains Camp has actively engaged the local Basarwa (Bushman) people to integrate them into the potentially mutually beneficial ecotourism industry. Thus, the majority of staff members were sought out in the villages of the dusty Kalahari and first trained and employed in our Okavango and Linyanti camps prior to deployment back to the Kalahari. A number of local Bushman clans, also known as the Basarwa, have been resident in and around this area for thousands of years. Originally nomadic hunter-gatherers, their lifestyle has gradually changed with the times and they now live in settlements, some of which are situated within the southern half of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.