
Botswana
- Language
- English / Setswana
- Currency
- Botswana pula
- Religion
- Christianity
- Timezone
- GMT+2
Highlights
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Cross the vast Kalahari Desert, its red sands and scrubland home to oryx, meerkats and resilient desert life
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Glide by mokoro through the Okavango Delta's channels, watching hippos surface among the reeds
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Track elephants and predators in Chobe National Park, one of Africa's densest wildlife concentrations
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Camp wild under Botswana's huge skies, with nothing but bush sounds and starlight for company
Hidden gems
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Visit Nxai Pan for its fossil grasslands, zebra migration and dramatic salt pan horizons
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Explore Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a remote stretch of dunes shared with South Africa
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Spend time in Moremi Game Reserve, where floodplains and woodland support exceptional birdlife
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Bushwalk Tsodilo Hills with San guides, learning rock art and stories tied to this sacred place

Our top stay in Botswana
Chobe Game Lodge
Chobe District, Botswana
Rural lodge with gym, spa, pool, restaurant, bar and safari activities
Read moreMore escapes in Botswana

Chobe District, Botswana
££££Chobe Game Lodge
Rural lodge with gym, spa, pool, restaurant, bar and safari activities

Kakoro, Botswana
£££Bushman Plains Camp
Botswana's only Bushman-owned safari camp in a private concession

Linyanti, Botswana
££££Wilderness DumaTau
Solar-powered lagoon camp in Botswana's private Linyanti reserve

Okavango Delta, Botswana
££££Wilderness Chitabe
A rebuilt low-impact camp on a wildlife-dense Okavango Delta peninsula

Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
££££Xigara Safari Lodge
Sleep under the stars in a treetop hideout hidden deep in Okavango Delta

Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
££££Jack's Camp
A legendary 1940s-style camp on the Makgadikgadi salt pans