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Visit habituated meerkats in Botswana or South Africa
Get up close and personal with these charming creatures while staying at Jack’s or San Camps in the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana, or in South Africa at Tswalu Camp in the Kalahari Desert.
Both offer a special desert experience where guests can watch the energetic daily life of these small social carnivores. On a cool morning, you may find a meerkat snuggling up to you for warmth; or in the absence of a termite mound or tree, using your head as a lookout post. By spending time with these incredibly social, desert adapted animals, guests are able to see how they interact with each other and their environment. We think this is one of the most memorable game experiences you will encounter anywhere in Africa.
Interesting facts about the Meerkat
Meerkats are members of the mongoose family.
Meerkats are immune to the poison from a scorpion or a snake.
While most mongooses are nocturnal, meerkats hunt during the day
In any meerkat clan there is usually an alpha pair who reserve the right to mate and who will kill any young not its own.
A meerkat can dig up as much sand as it weighs in seconds.
Meerkats band together in numbers to frighten off predators many times their size.
Meerkats live in grass-lined burrows that are shared with ground squirrels and yellow mongooses.
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