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Botswana

Chobe, the Okavango and the world’s greatest elephant concentrations

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130,000+

Elephants

Okavango

UNESCO Delta

May – Oct

Best Season

80km / 2h drive

From Vic Falls

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Big Five

Maun & Kasane

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Why Botswana

Botswana, the NowNow way

Botswana is one of Africa’s great safari destinations — politically stable, prosperous, and committed to high-value low-volume tourism. It shares the Chobe River border with Zimbabwe just 80km from Victoria Falls, making it the natural first day-trip and extension for almost every Victoria Falls traveller.

The country’s crown jewel is the Okavango Delta — the world’s largest inland delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the Okavango River floods into the Kalahari creating a 15,000 sq km oasis of wildlife.

Chobe National Park, in the north, hosts the largest concentration of elephants on earth — estimated at 130,000 animals.

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Big Fact

One third of Africa’s elephants live here

Botswana has the highest elephant population in the world — approximately 130,000 animals, roughly one third of Africa’s entire elephant population. Chobe National Park alone hosts up to 70,000.

The lie of the land

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Chobe National Park

Okavango Delta

Moremi Game Reserve

Makgadikgadi Pans

Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Linyanti & Kwando

Savuti

Gaborone

National Parks

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7 regions to explore

Key Regions

Where to go in Botswana

Elephant capital of Africa

Chobe National Park

Chobe borders the Zambezi and hosts the densest elephant population on earth — up to 70,000 at peak. River safaris along the Chobe at sunset, 2 hours from Victoria Falls. The single most common extension for Vic Falls travellers.

Best time: May – October (dry season concentration at the river)

The world’s largest inland delta

Okavango Delta

Mokoro canoe safaris, island camps on private concessions, year-round wildlife. Wilderness Safaris operates Mombo, Vumbura Plains and Jao here. Premium pricing, unforgettable water-based safari.

Best time: June – September (peak flood); Dec – March (green season)

Wild dog central inside the Delta

Moremi Game Reserve

The only formally protected area inside the Okavango Delta. Famous for wild dog sightings, extraordinary leopard density and classic 4x4 game drives in a flooded landscape.

Best time: July – October

Salt pans, meerkats, zebra migration

Makgadikgadi Pans

Vast salt pans the size of Portugal. Habituated meerkat encounters, quad bike trips across the pans, and Africa’s second-largest zebra migration (Nov – April).

Best time: November – April (green season migration)

Remote, ancient, lion country

Central Kalahari Game Reserve

One of Africa’s largest and most remote reserves. Black-maned Kalahari lions, brown hyena, gemsbok. For travellers who want the opposite of a crowded safari.

Best time: December – May (summer rains bring game)

Private concessions, exceptional predators

Linyanti & Kwando

Private concessions north-east of the Delta where off-road driving and night drives are permitted. Exceptional leopard and wild dog, far fewer vehicles than the public parks.

Best time: July – October

Lion vs elephant, seasonal flooding

Savuti

Famous for dramatic lion prides that hunt elephant. The Savuti Channel floods unpredictably — when it does, wildlife concentrates along it in extraordinary numbers.

Best time: May – October

The Booking Angle

Why Botswana works for Africa NowNow

The majority of Botswana visitors fly into Maun (Okavango) or Kasane (Chobe) — or drive from Victoria Falls to Kasane in under 2 hours. This makes Botswana the easiest continental add-on for Africa NowNow. A traveller booking Victoria Falls can extend to Chobe in two clicks.

Typical Traveller

Couples and honeymooners — the Delta is extraordinarily romantic
Serious wildlife photographers — wild dogs, leopard, elephant in extraordinary numbers
Luxury market — Botswana camps run $700–$2,000+ per person per night
Victoria Falls add-on — Chobe day trip or 2-night extension is the most common combo

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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

African proverb

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