Male lion yawning in dense green and yellow bushes.

The Kalahari! The name conjures up images of vast open arid spaces stretching as far as the eye can see. A stark mysterious and unexplored land full of exotic wildlife. The Kalahari contains the largest continuous expanse of sand on earth and is also home to the first people - considered to be one of the oldest cultures on Earth.

From this ‘waterless place’ or ‘the great thirst’, as it is known in the Tswana language, we bring to you stories of discovery, of desert-adapted wildlife, and of a culture where affluence is not measured in abundance.

Tracking Wildlife: What the Sand Tells You in the Kalahari

Published on: 27/10/2025 | Contributors: Sarah Kingdom

In the Kalahari Desert the sand is the storyteller, holding in its grains of sand the history of every creature that’s crossed it - often just a faint indentation in the sand, a single tuft of fur, or a scattering of feathers. To the untrained eye, the land may appear silent and empty. But to an expert tracker, one who can read the land, the sand tells the stories of hunts and escapes, night wanderings and quiet moments of rest.

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