{"id":681,"date":"2017-04-26T11:09:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T11:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourmaline.extension-interactive.com\/?page_id=681"},"modified":"2018-10-11T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T12:51:16","slug":"central-kalahari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tourmalinesafaris.com\/en\/our-destinations\/botswana\/botswana-touristic-areas\/central-kalahari\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Kalahari"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Larger than Denmark or Switzerland, and bigger than Lesotho and Swaziland combined, the 52,800 square kilometre Central Kalahari Game Reserve, which was set up in 1961, is the second largest game reserve in the world. Situated right in the centre of Botswana, this reserve is characterised by vast open plains, saltpans and ancient riverbeds. Varying from sand dunes with many species of trees and shrubs in the north, to flat bushveld in the central area, the reserve is more heavily wooded in the south, with mophane forests to the south and east. Rainfall is sparse and sporadic and can vary from 170 to 700 millimetres per year.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row is_container=”yes”][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=”3″ gap=”20″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1539262035484-94700811-897d-0″ include=”6971,6973,6975,6977″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row is_container=”yes”][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” is_container=”yes” el_class=”margin_top_60″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”wow zoomIn” width=”1\/4″]