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Botswana Live Cameras — 2 official webcams
Two cameras from explore.org on the zebra migration to the Kalahari — one on a waterhole along the way, one at the salt pan where it ends. The herds walk over 500km from the Okavango Delta, the longest land migration in Africa.
What you can see
Both are explore.org live streams, and together they make a pair that watches one migration partway along and at its end. Botswana's zebra migration is the longest land migration in Africa: several thousand animals walk over 500km from the Okavango Delta every year.
The zebra migration camera at Kamerlsone is on a waterhole along the route. It was made by pumping water up by hand so that the animals that could not join the migration can get through the dry season, so the migration itself and the hippos, crocodiles and elephants that stay behind share the same frame. That is what sets it apart from other migration cameras: there is still something to see after the herds have gone through.
The Kalahari salt pan at Makgadikgadi is the end of the line. The Makgadikgadi pans in the Kalahari are where this migration is heading. The provider says November to April is the season for it.
The provider does not permit reproduction of its images, so this site carries no sample image for either.
2 cameras in Botswana
All 2 are live video. Tap one to open it in the camera list.
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Live video
Zebra migration at Camelthorn
Camelthorn · Wildlife · Nature
A waterhole made by pumping water up by hand so that animals left behind by the migration can get through the dry months. The zebra migration itself, and the hippos, crocodiles and elephants that stay behind, share the frame.
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Live video, Nov-Apr
Kalahari salt pan (Makgadikgadi)
Makgadikgadi · Wildlife · Nature
The Makgadikgadi pans in the Kalahari are where Botswana's zebra migration ends. It is the longest land migration in Africa: each year thousands walk more than 500 kilometres from the Okavango Delta. The operator gives November to April as the season.
When to watch
Seven hours behind Japan, and no daylight saving. Local noon is 19:00 Japan time, local 06:00 is 13:00 Japan time. The daylight hours there fall across the Japanese afternoon and evening.
The salt pan is November to April, on the provider's own guidance. This is the southern hemisphere, so that is their summer: the migration season arrives there while Japan is going through winter into spring.
The waterhole carries no seasonal guidance. Because the water is pumped in by hand, hippos, crocodiles and elephants remain even outside the migration. If you are opening these in the months when the pan is empty, this is the safer of the two.
Agencies publishing the cameras on this page
- explore.org (Deep links and embeds OK, no image reuse) — Official site
The footage belongs to each agency. This site is an unofficial guide, and each sample frame was copied once per camera under that agency's terms of use.