Nxai Pan National Park is a national park in north eastern Botswana, consisting of Nxai Pan, which is one of the Makgadikgadi Pan salt flats. Approximately 30kms from the Nxai Pan National Park entrance, Baines' Baobabs are a highlight for any visitor travelling this area of the country. The seven huge baobab trees, named after the 19th century explorer Thomas Baines, are situated on an island overlooking and surrounded by the white, crusty Kudiakam Pan. Huge herds of zebra, wildebeest, springbok and gemsbok attract many predators - lion, cheetah and both brown and spotted hyena. There are large numbers of bat eared fox, which prey on rodents and reptiles.