Expedition 🇧🇼 Botswana
Meerkat in Botswana
Where to spot the meerkat in Botswana, and how to log the discovery in Catch'Um.
Suricata suricatta
Finding Meerkat in Botswana
Looking for the meerkat in Botswana? Start with Kalahari Desert and Makgadikgadi Pans, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.
Several parks and reserves in Botswana are worth planning around. Kalahari Desert (Central Botswana); Makgadikgadi Pans (Northeast Botswana). Use the notes under each spot to match the trip to your route.
Botswana context: Meerkats on sentinel duty, elephants in the Okavango, and some of Africa's wildest dry-country wildlife.
In Botswana, look especially around dry savanna, semi-desert, and scrub. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.
Where to spot one
Kalahari Desert
Central Botswana
Red sand and sparse scrub, home to meerkat mobs, gemsbok, and brown hyenas at burrow entrances at dawn.
Makgadikgadi Pans
Northeast Botswana
Vast salt flats that flood seasonally, with flamingos, zebra migrations, and meerkats on the pan edges.
Full species guide
Biology, interesting facts, identification, and conservation live on the Meerkat field guide. This page stays focused on finding one in Botswana.
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