This, the first safari camp to be built in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, is a model of environmental sensitivity. As with its sister camp, Nxai Pan, Tau Pan has been constructed with the delicate ecologies in mind. Both utilise only solar power for the generation of electricity, heating of water and pumping of water from deep under the Kalahari sands. Waste water is treated in a state-of-the-art sewerage treatment plant and the fully treated water is returned to the sands from whence it came.
Tau Pan accommodates up to eighteen guests in specially designed thatched units on raised decks. The camp offers truly incredible views from the ridge of an ancient sand dune, an unusual experience in a land as flat as Botswana, and overlooks the famous Tau Pan - recognised for its stark beauty and remoteness.
Rooms
All the chalets at Tau Pan offer an amazing view from the room over Tau Pan. All are en suite with inside and outside showers, double basins and a separate toilet. Activities on offer at Tau Pan are nature walks with the bushmen, game drives and star gazing.
Recreation
Activities offered at Tau Pan are game drives, day trips to the well-known Deception Valley, Sunday, Piper and Passarge Pans, star gazing, bush brunches on Tau Pan, and nature walks with Bushman trackers. The camp also has a small swimming pool and a lovely central lodge area where you will generally sit down with your fellow guests and enjoy communal dining at the end of an adventurous day.
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eddi10c
Peaceful. Lovely lodge.
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DocCJH
Luxury and care in the Kalahari
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