Nxai Pan National Park

Nxai Pan National Park lies just north of the Maun-Nata main road and adjoins the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park on its northern border. The pan itself is a fossil lakebed about 40 square kms in size. The landscape is dotted with clusters of umbrella Acacia trees and Mopane woodland in the north. During the rains from November to April, the pans become covered in grass. Nxai Pan, the name of which is claimed by some to be that of a hooked metal rod used to remove springhares from their holes, and by others to simply mean a pan.