Botswana Travel Guide

We spent time in Moremi Game Reserve as well as Chobe and thoroughly enjoyed being able to watch the animals in their native habitat with no fences. We saw packs of wild dogs several times as well as breeding herds of elephants with tiny newborn babies. Looking out over the plains at herds of antelope was really thrilling.

Botswana the bushveld paradise

Botswana is a very beautiful country to visit from the hustle and bustle of city life to the calm and tranquil pans and the abundant wildlife of the Delta and many game parks available although on the Orapa golf course alone you can see Leopards, Warthogs, Kudu, Banded Mongoose, Meercats and a variety of Bird life as there is a game park within the lease area.

The combination of walking safaris (not always available in other places) and ridden ones (4x4 or boat) allow you for a taste of both close encounters with single animals in the bush, and the impressive abundance of herds.

Easy border crossing, only saw Kasane, the town near Chobe

Botswana has a lot to offer in terms of wildlife and wild places. People are friendly and helpful and the National Parks well kept and beautiful.

Everyone was so pleasant and pleased to see us. The pride in the country and animals was great to see.

I have been all over Southern Africa and Botswana is definitely the best place to come to see big game animals. Also, it is not overly touristy and the people are very friendly!

I've only been to two parks, and both have been in Botswana (Mokolodi and Chobe). You won't see big cats in either, but you will see elephants and more in Chobe. But in terms of what you can get around Gaborone, short of driving a few hours and dropping a big wad of cash at some bigger, more famous parks, you can't get better than Mokolodi. Botswana is safe, it's inexpensive, and it's not crowded with too many tourists. You'll be in a smaller park, but you may be all alone... we had only four people on our rhino visit, including the two of us. Last time, on a cheetah visit, it was just me and two others. Excellent!

Out of the world safari, pure isolation and nature at its finest.

We undertook a mobile tented safari starting in the Okavanga Delta and ended with 3 nights at the Matesi Lodge in Zimbabwe. From start to finish this was a safari that would leave you wanting more and wanting to go back. All the people we met were helpful and friendly and wanted to ensure we had the best time ever. The mobile safari allowed us to be isolated from the general hustle of the safari vehicles and this gave you time and space to enjoy the surroundings. The guides are superb and extremely knowledgeable and they take time to ensure you get to see what you want to see. No mobile phone coverage and isolation from every day life gives you a sense of really being in with nature and this was priceless.

The diversity of Botswana's wilderness.