More water, less irritation for Kalahari wildlife

The soaring desert temperatures are taking their toll on the group of visitors to this spot, forcing everyone to use their handkerchiefs time and again to wipe off the buckets of sweat.

Under the thorny bushes tens of  well-fed springboks can be seen cooling themselves,  a stone's throw away from  a water hole known only as Sunday Pan,-one of the  few  artificial  waterholes able to hold water for the entire dry season keeping the desert wildlife happy throughout this dry spell. Here a variety of wildlife  includes lions, cheetahs, leopards, gemsboks and springboks, according to Ntshebe, the park manager in the  CKGR.