Nwetwe Salt Pan

Ntwetwe is the western great pan of Makgadikgadi, a vast flat left by a lake that once covered much of the Kalahari basin. Its pale salt crust and clay are often dry beneath an open sky. In years of good rain, shallow water spreads across the pan and the surrounding grasslands draw herds of zebra and wildebeest. To the west, the Boteti River carries water from the Okavango towards the old lake bed.