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Grassland Safari Lodge $$$
( 7210 4270;
www.grasslandlodge.com
; s/d low season US$324/540, high season
US$408/680)
Unaffiliated with KFO but highly recommended by readers is Grassland Sa-
fari Lodge, located well off the beaten track, about 60km from the main Ghanzi-Maun
road. This admirable lodge with its own waterhole runs a predator-protection programme
that temporarily houses lions, cheetahs, leopards and wild dogs that are often shot by
farmers protecting their livestock. It also conducts wildlife drives and horse safaris, and
hosts excellent cultural activities with local San - Grassland's owner, Nelltjie Bowers, can
speak the clicking Naro language. Contact the lodge in advance for directions to the prop-
erty; it also offers transfers from D'kar for US$40 for two people.
LODGE
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The dry heart of the dry south of a dry continent, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
(CKGR) is epic in scale and, at all times, awe inspiring. If remoteness, desert silences and
the sound of lions roaring in the night are your thing, this could become one of your fa-
vourite places in Africa.
