Mabuasehube Area

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Across the southern third of Botswana, from east to west, runs a ridge of land marginally higher then the surrounding countryside.

Characteristically, it is dotted with many thousands of pans, and typically there is a high sand dune, or series of dunes, on the south or southwest side of each pan.
Some dunes are as high as 20 or 30 m.


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The pans, most of which will hold water for several months if rain has fallen in the area, usually range from bare, salty clay to surfaces lightly covered with grass.

The pans have a vital role to play in the ecology of the area.
They have also played an important part in humankind's invasion of the Kalahari, providing people (by means of shallow, hand-dug wells, usually near the edge of the pan) with access to water and grazing for their animals.
It was partly in recognition of this facts that what was originally called Mabuasehube Game Reserve was established.


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The former reserve is now part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, or KTP.

Remote and costly in terms of time and fuel, this part of KTP is nevertheless well worth a visit.

The simple beauty of the stark pans, the extraordinary colour changes that occur as the day progresses and the often abundant game - it's a good place for seeing the rare brown hyaena - will make it a unique visit.


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There are six major pans or pan clusters in this part of the park, and many smaller ones.
During the rainy season, from October to April, wildebeest, springbok, gemsbok, hartebeest end eland, with their associated predators - especially lion - usually abound the three watering points, at Lesholoago, Mabuasehube and Mpaathutlwa pans, do much to sustain and retain the game in the area throughout the long dry winter months.


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Mabuasehube offers only basic facilities (water, toilets and fixed campsites), and the visitor must be entirely self-sufficient.
The nearest fuel is available at Tshabong, a district headquarters 110 km away.
On the approach, the last fuel stops are at Jwaneng or at Werda. 
Both have only limited shopping facilities.
There is also a small store at Khakhea.


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Mabuasehube is not fenced, but there is an entrance fee, and bookings MUST be made for overnight camping.

You have to contact the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Reserves Reservations Office.

At least two full days should be allowed in this part of the KTP in order to appreciate all it has to offer.


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