The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa was proclaimed in 1931 mainly to protect the migrating game, especially the gemsbok. Together with the adjacent Gemsbok National Park in Botswana, this park comprises an area of over 3,6 million hectares.Deep red and yellow sands provide an impressive backdrop to the rich birdlife along with the frequent blackbacked jackals, brown hyena, engaging meerkats and occasional black-maned Kalahari lions. It is a very different world.