The Nata Bird Sanctuary in Botswana is a community based wildlife project set on the Nata Pan, Nata Pan National Park, which is part of the Makgadikgadi Pans. Visit the Nata Bird Sanctuary on a Botswana Safari to support this project.

OUR BOTSWANA SAFARIS AND THE NATA BIRD SANCTUARY

The Nata Bird Sanctuary in Botswana is a community based project that aims at providing a safe environment for wildlife (mainly bird life) around the Sua Pan. The Nata Bird Sanctuary is one of the best places from where to view the Botswana Pans – the sanctuary has a massive viewing deck ensuring the most amazing vantage points. This is an astonishing place to stop and view the wildlife when you are on your Botswana Safari; it is also an important conservational project and therefore visiting this sanctuary helps to support the ‘cause’.

The Nata Bird Sanctuary includes mammal wildlife and bird wildlife; most of the animals in this protected area are in fact birds – reinforcing the name of ‘Nata Bird Sanctuary’. Coming to the Nata Bird Sanctuary on Botswana Safari may allow some sightings of; Flamingos, Pelicans, dDucks, Geese, Ostriches, Kingfisher Eagles, Spoon Bills and more. There are about 165 bird species that can be found in this bird sanctuary.

This Nata Sanctuary becomes a wonderful paradise for the water-loving birds especially when the Nata River flows into the terrain making it the perfect water area for them! The Nata Bird Sanctuary is located on the edge of the Sowa Pan and 45% of this Nata Bird Sanctuary Reserve rests in the pan. The idea for this sanctuary was first raised in 1988 by Nata Conservation Committee and four years later the sanctuary was established. The funding for this conservation project came from the Kalahari Conservation Society and a few national and international organizations.

Many local people from the region then helped to relocate about 3500 cattle into the nearby land and after that they made a network of dust roads leading to the Nata Bird Sanctuary. Even though there is an abundance of birds in this sanctuary there is also a variety of mammal wildlife, such as; Antelope, Springhares, Jackals, Foxes, Monkeys and Squirrels. They are also reintroducing Eland, Gemsbok and Zebra. The committee of this sanctuary is also working hard at creating a permanent waterhole for the animals in the sanctuary.

The Nata Bird Sanctuary is located 170km northwest of Francistown and 20km south of Nata and the eastern tip of the Makgadikgadi Pans. The Nata Bird Sanctuary is the perfect place to stop when you are on a Botswana Safari travelling to Kasane or Maun.

Chat to us if you would like to tailor-make a Botswana Safari that includes the Nata Bird Sanctuary. We also have other Botswana Attractions that you might want to visit on your Botswana Safaris.