The Botswana Travel Guide

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Okavango Delta, Botswana (explore by canoe with guide)
- Huge collection of remote and exclusive lodges and tent camps only accessible by air or boat



Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana (Part of the world’s largest salt pans, w/ remote oasis islands called baobabs. Zebra migration by the thousands during the rainy season)
- 4 wheeler Safari, Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana (night is best to view the stars)
Nxia Pan National Park, Botswana
Chobe National Park, Botswana (More elephants here than anywhere in the world, and they are huge, one of Africa’s top safaris)


Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana (Come alive with rains each year, Home to the classic lion: black-maned Kalahari lions. Off-roaders dream – cross from north to south without seeing scarcely another vehicle. Entire scenic drive through park: 746 miles.)

Tuli Block, Botswana
Tsodilo Hills, Botswana (San rock paintings and rock formations, UNESCO, refereed to the “Louvre of the Desert”)
Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana (Accessible for self-driving safaris, like a BBC wildlife documentary. Has everything: Big cats, every African mega Fauna, 100s of bird species. Shoulder season is cheapest: April, May, November)


Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana (One of the most beautiful expanses in the Kalahari, straddles border with S. Africa. Big Cats, meerkats, birdlife, ostriches)

Jack’s Camp, Kalahari desert, Botswana
New Selinda Reserve, Botswana
Okavango River Mokoro Float Trip, Botswana (drift slowly along reed lined channels in a dug out canoe)

Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana