The Kalahari Desert in Popular Culture
- Sands of the Kalahari, 1965 film
- KALAHARI - Magnificent Desert, coffee-table book by Erwin Niemand and Nicoleen Niemand, spending 2 years photographing this magnificent desert.
- A Far Off Place, film, starring Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Randall, based on the books A Story Like the Wind and A Far Off Place by Laurens Van Der Post
- The Gods Must Be Crazy, film
- Lost in the Desert, film
- The Lion King, film
- Animals are Beautiful People, film released in 1974
- Meerkat Manor, television series documenting the Kalahari Meerkat Project
- Survivorman, survival television series
- Top Gear, British television series, featuring an episode following a desert challenge in which Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May attempt to drive three old cars across Botswana, including the Kalahari Desert
- The Power of the Sword, novel by Wilbur Smith
- Lions of the Kalahari, song by Sam Roberts
- The Lost World of The Kalahari, novel by Laurens van der Post
- Mario Kart 64, a video game for the Nintendo 64 features a racetrack called Kalimari Desert
- Lead the Meerkats, a video game available on Nintendo WiiWare
- Kalahari Resorts, indoor waterpark (largest in America) in Sandusky, OH and Wisconsin Dells, WI
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, fiction novel series about a ladies' detective agency in Botswana. Mentions the Kalahari Desert frequently throughout the series.
- Tornado and the Kalahari Horse Whisperer, film released in 2009
- Skeleton Coast, novel by Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul copyright 2006
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