Khwai Tented Camp
Okavango Delta, Maun
Savanna biome · Hippopotamus · Mopane
Gives back to Ele Collection
From R 10,379 a night
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Machaba Camp
Okavango Delta, Masarwa
Savanna biome · African elephant · Mopane
Gives back to Ele Collection
From R 11,829 a night
Camp Okuti
Moremi Game Reserve
Savanna biome · Cheetah · Hippopotamus
Gives back to Ele Collection
From R 11,367 a night
Camp Makgadikgadi
Makgadikgadi Pans
Savanna biome · Plains zebra · Blue wildebeest
From R 16,310 a night
Camp Chobe
Chobe National Park
Savanna biome · African elephant · Lion
From R 16,310 a night
Singita Elela Four-Bedroom Camp
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Baobab · Sausage tree
Price on request
Untamed Camp Linyanti
Chobe National Park
Savanna biome · African elephant · Lion
From R 16,310 a night
Camp Khwai
Khwai Concession
Savanna biome · African elephant · Lion
From R 18,913 a night
Singita Elela
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Baobab · Sausage tree
Price on request
Little Mombo Camp
Moremi Game Reserve
Savanna biome · African elephant · African wild dog
From R 128,468 a night
Little Machaba Camp
Okavango Delta, Maun
Savanna biome · Mopane · Camel thorn
Gives back to Ele Collection
From R 11,829 a night
Karangoma
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Sausage tree · Jackalberry
Price on request
Mombo Camp
Moremi Game Reserve
Savanna biome · African elephant · Blue wildebeest
From R 128,468 a night
Sanctuary Chief's Camp
Moremi Game Reserve
Savanna biome · Baobab · Sausage tree
From R 112,026 a night
North Island Okavango
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Aardvark · African elephant
Price on request
Tuludi
Khwai Concession
Savanna biome · African elephant · Cheetah
Gives back to Ele Collection
Price on request
Jack's Private Camp
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
Savanna biome · Meerkat · Black backed jackal
Price on request
Jack's Camp
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
Savanna biome · Aardvark · Baobab
Price on request
Skybeds
Khwai Concession
Savanna biome · African elephant · African wild dog
Gives back to Ele Collection
Price on request
&Beyond Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Leopard · Lion
Price on request
&Beyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Leopard · Lion
Price on request
&Beyond Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · African elephant · Cape buffalo
Price on request
&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas
Chobe National Park
Savanna biome · African elephant · Baobab
Gives back to Ele Collection
Price on request
Atzaró Okavango Camp
Okavango Delta
Savanna biome · Sausage tree · Makalani palm
Price on request
Kruger Lowveld
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Bushveld game country and the southern gates of the Kruger
See places that give backBotswana runs its safari country on a simple rule: few people, high fees, wild land. The parks and the private concessions around them are unfenced, the camps are small and mostly reached by light aircraft, and the animals still move as they always have between the Okavango, the Chobe river and the Kalahari. It is the most expensive safari destination in the region and, for most people who make the trip, the best.
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A first visit usually joins two or three of four regions. The Okavango Delta is the water: a river that never reaches the sea, spreading into channels and islands, with the flood arriving oddly in the dry season because the rain that feeds it fell in Angola months earlier, between May and August. Moremi and the Khwai river on the delta's eastern edge hold the densest game. Chobe in the north is the elephant river. The Makgadikgadi and Nxai pans to the south east are salt flats, meerkats and the zebra migration.
The dry season from May to October is the classic time. The green season, December to April, is hot, wet, much cheaper and the best time on the pans. Most camps are fly-in from Maun, on hops of twenty to forty minutes.
Questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Botswana?
May to October for cool clear days, thin bush and game concentrated at water, with the Okavango flood at its peak between June and August. December to April is the green season: hot, wet, considerably cheaper, with newborn animals, migrant birds and the pans at their most alive.
How do I get between the camps?
Most delta and Moremi camps are reached by light aircraft from Maun, with flights of twenty to forty minutes between airstrips. Khwai, the Chobe river front and the pans can also be reached by road, and Chobe is about an hour from Victoria Falls. A typical trip is a circuit of two or three camps with three nights in each.
Why is a Botswana safari expensive?
By design. Park and concession fees are high and camps are deliberately small, which is what keeps the land empty and the game viewing uncrowded. Green-season rates are considerably lower than the dry-season peak, and some camps offer stay-longer rates. There is no guest service fee on Spekboom.
Is Botswana a malaria area?
The Okavango, Moremi, Khwai and Chobe are malaria areas, with the highest risk in the wet summer. The Kalahari and the pans are lower risk but not risk-free. Speak to a travel clinic before you travel.