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Vacation in Botswana : Highlights & Travel Tips
Botswana is one of Africa’s most rewarding safari destinations, celebrated for its vast wild landscapes, low-impact tourism model, and exceptional wildlife viewing. What makes it especially appealing to travelers is the sense of space and exclusivity: instead of crowded parks, you’ll often find intimate camps, expert-guided game drives, and dramatic encounters in places that still feel genuinely remote. From the water-based safari experience of the Okavango Delta to the elephant-rich riverfront of Chobe National Park and the stark beauty of the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana offers a remarkable variety of ecosystems and adventures.
Key highlights include gliding through delta channels in a traditional mokoro, tracking predators on game drives, spotting huge herds of elephants, and witnessing extraordinary birdlife in wetlands and seasonal floodplains. Travelers can also combine luxury lodges with mobile camping for a deeper wilderness experience. For practical planning, the dry season generally offers the easiest wildlife viewing, while some remote camps are only accessible by light aircraft. Distances are long, road conditions can be challenging outside major routes, and safaris can be expensive, so booking early and choosing a route that matches your budget and comfort level is wise. Pack neutral-colored clothing, sun protection, and layers for cool mornings and evenings.
Best time to travel Botswana
The best time to visit Botswana is September, with August also standing out as an excellent choice based on peak travel popularity. These months align with the dry season, when wildlife gathers around water sources, making game viewing especially rewarding and conditions generally clear and comfortable.
Best travel reports from Botswana
The Great Trip
We had the entire month of December off and wanted to see more of our surroundings. So we rented cars and set off. We had two 4x4 cars with rooftop tents and went on a road trip....
The first days in Gaborone
The first days in Gaborone were relatively chilled. On the first afternoon/evening, I walked around the city center a bit, but since it was Sunday, almost everything was closed....
Chobe National Park
The next day we spent most of the time in the truck. We drove for about 8 hours to the Island View Lodge in Namibia to spend the night there. Along the way, we drove through...
Okavango Delta
On a converted trailer, we drive to our camp. We set up our tent and since our sunset cruise is not until later, we make ourselves comfortable on the terrace, have a few beers,...
San People and Okavango Delta
The next stop was the Living Museum of the San People near Grootfontein. There, various people showed us how the San people used to live: hunting, gathering, making fire, and...
Okavango Delta
Arriving in Maun, we were driven to our hotel. There, we had some afternoon rest by the pool and were then introduced by our tour guide. For the next 6 days, we traveled with a...
Makgadikgadi Salt Pans
Yesterday the tour continued to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, my second to last stop before Gaborone... I left at 9 and was supposed to arrive at my accommodation at the southern...
12/01/2017 Botswana
Now we have been in Botswana for three days and there is a lot to tell again. After a long drive through part of the Kalahari Desert, we had the opportunity to get to know the...
Kasane - Chobe National Park
During our stay at Chobe National Park, we will go on an afternoon game drive. Here, we can observe giraffes and hundreds of elephants. The park is traversed by the Zambezi...
Eat or be eaten
Rain pattering on the tent roof and thunder rumbling in the night. The alarm clock rings at 4:45 AM. The next safari drive is coming up. We need to leave early to see the...
Drive to Gaborone
On Sunday, the last big stage towards Gaborone, the capital and largest city of Botswana with nearly 250,000 inhabitants (actually pronounced Haborone and means something like...
Chilling at the Chobe River - Stopover on the way to Botswana
Today we are heading to Botswana. 400 km on well-maintained roads across the Caprivi Strip heading east to Ngoma. The weather was slightly overcast, making the already...
Safari, Safari
Today was an exciting day: Land safari in the morning, water safari in the afternoon. We saw so much. Did you know that you can determine the gender of a Nile crocodile by the...
The Zambezi
Birdwatching. Most people think that must be super boring. Not for us. We 'discovered' it a few years ago in Costa Rica and it has been with us ever since. So today we were on...
70. Safari in Chobe National Park (Botswana)
13.02.22-16.02.22 Now it's time for another safari! So we fly from Gaborone to Kasane in northern Botswana! We spend the first night in a beautiful lodge in...
Ghanzi Bushman-Dance
The journey takes us today across the border from Namibia into Botswana. The day consists mostly of driving. In the evening, we arrive in Ghanzi. We set up our tent. Some also...
69. Gaborone (Botswana)
10.02.22-13.02.22 Our journey from Arusha to Gaborone takes almost 20 hours as there are no direct flights and we have to fly with longer layovers in Dar es Salaam and...
'Pets'
Since we are leaving tomorrow, we want to show you who currently lives with us. The baboons were unfortunately gone too quickly. And: where mongooses 'live,' there is no need to...
Botswana / Cobe National Park
20.Nov. 2016
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