Explore Botswana: A Nature Lover’s Dream Destination
Botswana is a top destination for those seeking unrivalled wildlife experiences. From the Okavango Delta, known for its boat safaris through lush wetlands, to the Chobe National Park, home to massive elephant herds and incredible game drives, Botswana offers unforgettable safari adventures. The Makgadikgadi Salt Pans are perfect for stargazing, while cultural visits to local villages provide rich, authentic experiences.
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Meet the San Bushmen
Synonymous with the Kalahari, the San are indigenous hunter-gatherer groups that are the first nations of Southern Africa. They conquered this challenging terrain about 20,000 years ago, honing their survival skills over generations. Today you can learn about everything from medicinal plants to folklore about how the eland got its long horns or how the world came into being.
Guided Game Drives
As Africa Safari Experts, we go on a LOT of game drives and Botswana never fails to enthral. The guides are passionate and the animals are in abundance. This is a wildlife paradise and going on a guided game drive is one of the most exciting things to do in Botswana. It’s almost as easy as throwing a dart at the map of the country and heading there.
Aquatic Safaris in the Delta
Historically the way to paddle around the Okavango Delta, traditional mekoro (canoes) were made from hollowed-out sausage tree trunks. Nowadays, lighter, faster and more environmentally friendly fibreglass canoes are used at almost all lodges. A ride in a mokoro is one of the most serene experiences you will ever have: you are poled along quietly, and your guide will point out beautiful lilies, tiny painted reed frogs and goliath herons.
Take in the Views from Top Lodges & Camps
Whether it’s the Savuti marsh, the Chobe floodplain or the Okavango Delta, Botswana delivers views in spades. Fairly flat through most of the country, the sky seems higher and bluer here, the clouds more intense and the sunshine more life-giving. Bring your wide-angle lens to make the most of Botswana’s amazing vistas.
Go Birding
Before going on a Botswana safari, many clients claim they’re ‘not into birds’. But then they experience the fun challenge of spotting the Pel’s fishing owl in that distant tree or trying to get the perfect shot of a fish eagle’s take-off. After one safari to Botswana with its 550 species, they’re singing a different tune, becoming instant twitchers. Go in summer (November to March) to experience Botswana’s best birdwatching months.
Enjoy the Best Predator Sightings
Lots of grass means lots of antelope. And where there are buck, zebra and other creatures coming to drink, you will find some of Africa’s biggest crocodiles. Able to lay still for hours at a time, they lull their prey into a false sense of security before attacking with lightning speed. A tip for photographers: crocs give no indication when they’re about to move and have an uncanny knack for doing something exciting at the exact moment you’re changing a lens or having a sip of water.
Track the Big 5 in the Okavango Delta
The Big 5 – rhino, elephant, lion, leopard and buffalo – tops the list of what to see in Botswana for every first-time safari-goer. There’s a very good chance you’ll see all of them in Botswana, especially in Moremi and the Okavango Delta. Rhino, sadly, are under great threat, but innovative conservation programmes are helping these magnificent creatures, who’ve survived for millennia, to live another day.
Hang Out With Meerkats
Although they’re cute and cuddly, meerkats are fearless suricates with an amazing social structure and lookout system. Because they’re so fearless, they very soon become habituated to humans and, in fact, begin using us as convenient lookout posts! Head to the Kalahari – meerkats like drier, sandy conditions for burrowing – for one of the best family-friendly things to do in Botswana.