Botswana is arguably one of the most exclusive safari destinations in Southern Africa, if not the whole of Africa. It has vast game reserves and national parks, including the unique Okavango Delta, the Moremi National Park, Chobe National Park, the Makgadikgadi Pans and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. These are some of Africa’s last great wilderness areas and magnificent safari destinations. Botswana has an upmarket tourist policy that promotes high cost, low volume tourism that discourages an influx of low-income tourists whose impact can cause irreparable damage to ecosystems.
Most of the safari lodges in Botswana can only be accessed by light aircraft, and we do not recommend the destination for self-drive itineraries.
This does make Botswana a slightly more expensive safari destination, but those who do go on safari in Botswana can expect superb wildlife, birdlife and scenery without the crowds of some the other destinations.
Botswana can ideally be combined with the Victoria Falls (either in Zimbabwe or Zambia), and also with South Africa and Namibia, as there are regular flights from Maun and Kasane to Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as to Windhoek.
Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta arguably offers the best safari experience in Southern Africa, one of Africa’s most unspoilt and authentic wilderness areas, consisting of lakes, papyrus-lined waterways, tranquil lagoons, hidden channels, floodplains and rich savannah grasslands, covering an area of 17 000 square km making it the largest inland delta in the world.
In the Delta you will find some of the most luxurious safari lodges, which not only offer exquisite safaris, but all the amenities you can ever wish for. But it’s not only for the rich and famous, those on a tighter budget will also have some very good options!
The Okavango river originates in the uplands of Angola and flows though Namibia and into Botswana’s where it spreads out to the Kalahari sandveld in a fan-shaped delta, resembling a human hand. The palm is a permanent Delta with constant water and the fingertips are seasonally flooded swamps. The delta is an alluvial fan of sediment and debris, which filled a trough formed by the sinking of the earth’s crust, between a series of parallel faults across the Okavango River.
This unique destination has outstanding game viewing in all of the safari areas that can be conducted either on foot, in game viewing open vehicles, mokoro (canoe like) or motorised boats.
Most properties in the Okavango Delta can only be accessed by air, in light aircraft either from Maun or from Kasane.
Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta arguably offers the best safari experience in Southern Africa, one of Africa’s most unspoilt and authentic wilderness areas, consisting of lakes, papyrus-lined waterways, tranquil lagoons, hidden channels, floodplains and rich savannah grasslands, covering an area of 17 000 square km making it the largest inland delta in the world.
In the Delta you will find some of the most luxurious safari lodges, which not only offer exquisite safaris, but all the amenities you can ever wish for. But it’s not only for the rich and famous, those on a tighter budget will also have some very good options!
The Okavango river originates in the uplands of Angola and flows though Namibia and into Botswana’s where it spreads out to the Kalahari sandveld in a fan-shaped delta, resembling a human hand. The palm is a permanent Delta with constant water and the fingertips are seasonally flooded swamps. The delta is an alluvial fan of sediment and debris, which filled a trough formed by the sinking of the earth’s crust, between a series of parallel faults across the Okavango River.
This unique destination has outstanding game viewing in all of the safari areas that can be conducted either on foot, in game viewing open vehicles, mokoro (canoe like) or motorised boats.
Most properties in the Okavango Delta can only be accessed by air, in light aircraft either from Maun or from Kasane.