The Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, a salt pan with an area of 3 900 square kilometers is situated in the middle  of  the  dry  savannah  of  north eastern Botswana. It is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikgadi. They are an important habitat for migrating  animals including wildebeest and one of Africa's biggest zebra populations, and the large predators that prey on them. The wet season also brings migratory  birds  such  as ducks, geese and great white pelicans. The pan is home of one of only two breeding populations of greater flamingos in southern Africa, and only on the Sowa Pan, which is part of the Makgadikgadi pans. Wildlife includes eland, lion, zebra, cheetah, gemsbok, springbok, red hartebeest, bushbuck, giraffe, steenbok, elephant  and many   more.