Khutse Game Reserve

Post by **Alf** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:34 am

My friend that visited Botswana finally joined our forum

He asked me to upload a few pictures on his behalf

Some from his trail cam

Post by **Lisbeth** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:39 am

Very nice photos! I love the squirrel

and the butterfly looking so big

Quite a difference in temperature from early morning to mid-day

Well, that's the desert

Alf $\O$

Post by **Richprins** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:54 am

Post by **Alf** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:08 am

Thanks Lisbeth for moving this.
Khutse game reserve has no fences between them and Central Kalahari game reserve but they operate with different names so i have asked to move everything to here

Some more pictures

Post by **Mel** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:16 am

Awesome! Very cute lion pic

Post by **Lisbeth** » Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:27 am

Khutse Game Reserve
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

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Location Botswana
Coordinates 23.49°S 24.19°ECoordinates: 23.49°S 24.19°E
Area 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi)
Established 1971
Governing body Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana

Khutse Game Reserve is a game reserve in Botswana.[1]

The name Khutse means "where one kneels to drink" in Sekwena (the local dialect of Tswana). Because of its proximity, and relative accessibility, to the nation's capital, Khutse game Reserve is a favorite retreat for Gaborone visitors or residents. The 240 km drive takes the traveller through a number of interesting Kalahari villages, including the ‘gateway to the Kalahari,’ Molepolole. Adjoining the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to the north, and with no fences separating the two, the terrain of the 2 500 km2 reserve combines most types of Kalahari habitat – rolling grasslands, river beds, fossil dunes and grassed and bare pans. There is a series of rather picturesque pans where wildlife often congregate, particularly during and following good rains; and indeed game drives are focused around the pans. These include the Motailane, Moreswa and Molose pans. Sometimes water is pumped at artificial waterholes at Moreswa and Molose, making for good game viewing year round.

Flora and fauna
Animals commonly sighted include springbok (often in abundance), gemsbok (often common), South African giraffe, wildebeest, hartebeest, kudu, black-backed jackal, steenbok, duiker, and the accompanying predators lion, African leopard, South African cheetah, wildcat, and the endangered brown hyena.