Jack's Camp

This sandy desert offers an interesting melody of rare wildlife in an otherwordly landscape. One of the largest salt flats in the world, the Makgadikgadi Pans are all that remain of the former “super lake” that once covered an area larger than Switzerland, but dried up due to continual shifting of the earth’s crust several thousand years ago. Guided game drives offer a chance to explore the 6,200 sq miles of Makgadikgadi Salt pans further to see rare desert species such as Brown Hyaena (third rarest carnivore in the world) and the Kalahari Lion. The Makgadikgadi is also home to southern Africa’s last great migration that occurs in the wet ‘green’ season. Guided nature and anthropology walks in the area seek out ancient stone tools, dated from 2,000 to 500,000 years old.

The ultimate safari experience in the Kalahari, known for its unmatched style and adventure. The newly launched Jack's Private Camp provides an exclusive safari retreat tailored for families and close friends. A completely private camp with two large master bedroom suites and open living areas, complete with dedicated house staff. The open lounge area between the bedrooms features a kitchen, dining space and bar that opens onto a private verandah equipped with daybeds. There’s also a spacious swimming pool that offers stunning views of the Makgadikgadi Pans. Additionally, you'll discover a cozy library, a well-stocked drinks chest, and Jack's Camp's renowned 'Cabinet of Curiosities' brimming with fascinating natural history artifacts.

A study in Anthropology: Walk with the San Bushmen. A dignified and sensitively-developed Cultural anthropology experience with the San (Basarwa) bushmen trackers. Guests gain ethnographic sense and participation in age-old rituals to observe the San bush culture, their beliefs, art, morals, law and custom of day-to-day living in an authentic state of nature unobtrused by “imported civilization” or the dilutive effects of “farming colonialism” and national agricultural startegies upon Paleolithic traditions. Hunter-gatherer tribes such as these are the last remnants of the previously extensive indigenous San people in Southern Africa; The San are one of 14 known extant "ancestral population clusters" from which all known modern humans descend. In various Y chromosome studies conducted have demonstrated that the San people carry some of the most divergent (oldest) human Y-chromosome haplogroups. In an interview for Live at Radio City, South African musician Dave Matthews told a story about meeting the San, hearing their songs and inquiring with his guide upon the words in the music, to which he received the response: “There are no words to these songs, because these songs, we've been singing since before people had words.”