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Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana)
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There is something about the Kalahari (
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. Perhaps it owes its unmistakable
gravitas to a name that carries more than a whiff of African magic. Or perhaps it is the
sheer vastness of this desert, Africa's largest protected wilderness area. The presence of
black-maned Kalahari lions doesn't hurt either. Whatever the reason, this is not your aver-
age desert, home instead to ancient river valleys, light woodland and surprising concentra-
tions of wildlife around its extensive network of salt pans. And then there is the silence of
the Kalahari night…
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