While on a trapping expedition in the Makgadikgadi Pans during the 60s, Jack Bousfield stumbled upon a site that so captured his imagination that he set up camp under an acacia tree with the unshakeable expectation that others would feel the same. The choice of such a striking locale owed much to his original taste for the savage beauty of a forgotten Africa, where he lived until his tragic death in an aircraft accident in 1992.

As homage to the vision of his father, his son, Ralph, with his partner Catherine established Jacks Camp which was refurbished at the beginning of 2003, using a traditional East African 1940s safari style.

The camps hub, a romantic canvas pavilion of low spires and finials, with a fluttering valance beneath its eaves, could have come straight from a mediaeval jousting tourney, were it not a deciduous green. Three poles support the main chamber where everyone meets for lavish and elegant meals at a long communal dining table.

A safari to Jacks Camp is also a complete desert experience, focusing on species unique to the area such as aardvark, gemsbok and springbok. It is the only place where guests are virtually guaranteed to see the rare and elusive brown hyaena and are able to walk through the Kalahari with a gang of habituated, yet wild meerkats (suricates)!

During the wet season the landscape transforms. Clouds of flamingo and other migratory birds descend from the heavens to decorate the watery grasslands. Herds of zebra and wildebeest materialise, drawn by the lush grass, and for several months, the desert is teeming with game and predators.

The guides at Jacks are an erudite breed. Often graduate students who combine research with guiding, they team up with a small group of Zu ' hoasi Bushmen to guide our guests on the morning 's walks and game drives.

The response from those who have been there is always the same. The question, " Jacks Camp " is followed by a reflective pause. " Its different." And there they leave it, the difficulty of describing it hanging in the air like a half-built bridge.

Fly-In, Safari Lodge, Desert, Wildlife, Game Drives, Safari, Walking /Hiking, Photography, Birding, LuxuryTented Camp. Tea / Coffee facilities, plunge pool,  fans. Remote archaeological sites, periodically discovering sites never before documented such as fossil beds of extinct giant zebra and hippo. Extra: For groups of four or more, five night safaris are arranged with fly-camping by quad-bike to Kubu Island. A fascinating granite island studded with Baobabs erupting from the pan floor, inhabited by San salt miners until as recently as the 1950 's.

The Makgadigadi is one of the most important wetland sites remaining in Africa. In the wet season, the Makgadigadi Pans fill with water which attracts huge flocks of Flamingos and other wading birds. The area is also the only place in Southern Africa where one is often able to see migration herds of tens of thousands of Wildebeest and Zebra, followed by predators. Although the migrations do occur in other areas of Botswana, the tree cover prohibits a view of the magnitude that you are able to see at Jacks camp because of the exposed nature of the surrounding grassland. Kalahari and Makgadigadi National Park.