Experiencing the rugged beauty of the Kgalagadi

When I got an invitation from Conservation International (CI) to be part of their Western Kgalagadi Conservation Corridor (WKCC) project tour alongside stakeholders from the government and NGOs, there was both a sense of enthusiasm and trepidation: Enthusiasm because this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to tour the much-revered Kalahari. Trepidation because, well, I couldn't be sure what lay ahead. 

Afterall, most Batswana hardly ever have the money or the time to tour their beautiful country. So I was happy that courtesy of my job, I would finally camp in the belly of a desert that presents one of the harshest terrains on Planet Earth.