Botswana

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Botswana Safaris & Tours

Botswana is one of Africa’s top wildlife destinations and renowned for its pristine wilderness areas and unsurpassed game encounters . Wilderness areas are home to huge herds of African wildlife, roaming unrestricted between the Kalahari and the Okavango Delta.

The fact that 38% of Botswana’s land area is devoted to national parks, reserves and wildlife management, guarantees a superb big game safari experience. 

Botswana’s famous wildlife areas include Chobe National Park , Savute , Linyanti , Moremi Game Reserve , Okavango Delta , Nxai Pan National Park , Makgadikgadi Pans and the Kalahari Desert


The eXplore Plus Travel team visits Botswana regularly to keep up to date with all this country has to offer. Join one of our group safaris or use our itineraries as a baseline for planning one of many custom Botswana safari holidays.


Our knowledgeable team would love to assist you in realizing your vision and we are ready to answer your questions, and assist in creating the best Botswana Tours and Safaris experience.

Botswana Safari Ideas 

  • Group safaris in Botswana – Explore Botswana's legendary wildlife hotspots with a group of like-minded travellers. We will visit two to three of Botswana's best safari destinations: the Savute region, the Khwai area near Moremi or the Okavango Delta.
  • Private safaris – Every safari is uniquely designed keeping your interests, preferred standard of accommodation and specific travelling date in mind.
  • Combination tours – For more safari adventures, end your trip with a visit to the majestic Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. You can also choose to take a Botswana/Zimbabwe combined trip that will surely be a most rewarding experience!

Experience The Parks Of Botswana

Botswana is a wildlife enthusiasts paradise! Some parts are lush and green and home to big game and predators while other parts are arid and untouched.
  • Chobe National Park is an elephant mecca as it contains the largest density of elephants in Africa. Chobe offers adventures such as game drives and river cruises with excellent birdwatching and exceptional photographic opportunities.
  • The Savuti is part of Chobe National Park. This area is famous for its predators ranging from leopards to large lion prides sometimes hunting elephants right in front of you – behaviour not generally witnessed anywhere else.
  • The Okavango Delta is also known as “The river that never finds the sea”. It is a vast wildlife haven that is home to an impressive number of animals and birdlife. Its waterways are filled by annual floods and offer you the opportunity to explore the area with a mokoro canoe or boat. 
  • The Moremi Game Reserve is part of the Delta. It has a healthy population of predators including leopards and wild dogs, alongside vast elephant herds, buffaloes, antelopes and birds.
  • The Khwai Concession is next to the Moremi Game Reserve and is one of the best places in Botswana to see wild dogs and other predators. Safaris within these concessions allow for more flexibility with walking, mokoro canoe rides and night game drives on offer.
  • The vast Makgadikgadi Pans is a lunar-like landscape inhabited by unique, desert-adapted species. During the summer rains these shallow dry pans fill with water and attracts a large number of wildlife and migratory birds. 
  • The biggest draw to Nxai Pan National Park are the zebras that migrate by the thousands to this area. It is the second largest land animal migration in Southern Africa. This salt pan is also known for its ancient, towering baobab trees called “Baines baobabs”.
  • The magnificent expanse of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve is a not to be missed. The reserve is famous for the Kalahari black-maned lions and large concentrations of meerkats.

Travel Highlights

 

  • One of our Botswana adventure tours involves exploring the Okavango Delta wetlands by mokoro (traditional canoe) or by boat. Choose between dry camps which also offer game viewing by vehicle and wet camps that only offer water-based activities.
  • Walking ancient paths through the Central Kalahari Desert with Bushmen.
  • Enjoy a houseboat safari or a sundowner cruise on the Chobe River .
  • The rare opportunity to go on night drives to spot big cats in the Khwai area.
  • Experience Africa's largest concentration of elephants in the Chobe National Park .
  • Take a helicopter flight over the Okavango Delta . Botswana’s landscape is uniquely picturesque and seeing the Delta from the air is not to be missed.
  • Opportunities to visit the mighty Victoria Falls . This is a must-see wonder.

 

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