There’s plenty of variation on a Botswana safari: huge wetlands and wide rivers are havens of biodiversity in the country’s northern woodland environments while the surprisingly rewarding Kalahari is where to go in Botswana for game-covered grasslands and sun-baked salt pans. Each destination offers something different but combining these places of interest is simple to arrange

Considered one of Nature’s masterpieces, the Okavango Delta offers its visitors an insight into one of Africa’s truly great wildernesses. A World Heritage Site, this vast and virtually untouched freshwater wetland lies at the heart of Botswana’s arid Kalahari yet supports an abundance of wildlife within a setting of dazzling natural beauty..

Moremi Safari

Proclaimed a reserve by the area’s BaTawana people in 1962, the Moremi Game Reserve is one of Africa’s most beautiful conservation areas. Protecting 3 000 km² of the central and eastern Okavango Delta, Moremi is a stunning montage of lily-covered wetlands, sparkling floodplains, open grassland and dappled forests.

This range of habitats provides rich pickings for an impressive variety of resident wildlife and game viewing in Moremi is rewarding throughout the year. However

Top Travel Tips for the Chobe National Park
Know where to go: Chobe is informally divided into two main regions: the Chobe River area in the north and the drier Savuti area in the south-central part of the park.

The Chobe River area is best visited from May to October; Savuti at any time, including the summer rainy season. Excellent accommodation is available in both areas though Chobe Game Lodge is the only riverfront accommodation within the park; all Savuti accommodation is located within the park boundaries.

Elephants. If there’s one memory that you’ll take away from a Chobe safari, it’s that of elephants. Some 70 000 of them live in and around the Chobe National Park, and huge numbers of them can be crowding the banks of the Chobe River and Savuti Channel during the long dry season.
And elephants are just the start: if you’ve ever wanted to see Africa’s teeth and claws in action then this is as good a destination as you’re likely to get. Chobe is where

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Money & Spending
The national currency of Botswana is the Pula – a regionally strong currency – but the US dollar is widely accepted at lodges and hotels throughout the country. Major hotels have foreign exchange desks and most shops, lodges and travel agencies will accept traveller’s cheques. All major credit cards are accepted at hotels, lodges, shops and restaurants. However, some establishments do not accept payment by Diners or American Express.

Full banking services are only available in Botswana’s major towns, but ATMs are becoming increasingly more common.

Choose a Botswana vacation package and experience a traditional big game wildlife safari in one of Africa’s top destinations. The evergreen jewel of the Okavango Delta is at the heart of Botswana’s safari attractions, flanked in the east by the rolling savannah of the Savuti and the teeming elephant paradise of the Chobe.
South of the delta lay the far-flung stretches of the Makgadikgadi saltpans and the semi-desert grasslands of the Kalahari. Go on guided game drives, nature walks, river cruises, canoe trips or explore on the backs of elephants and horses to make the most of Botswana’s legendary wildlife

Most visitors go to Chobe National Park for its famous dry-season game viewing. From May to the end of October/early November, ever-increasing numbers of water-dependent animals (especially elephants and buffalo) are concentrated along the Chobe River as well as in the park’s central Savuti region.

May, June and July are bone-dry with cold nights but temperatures rise rapidly as the rainy season approaches. August, September and October offer sensational game viewing but under very hot conditions. If you can handle the heat, this is the best game-viewing time for a Chobe safari.

The iconic destinations of the Chobe National Park, Moremi Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta are where you’ll find the best accommodation in Botswana. Set in prime game viewing areas and ranging from luxury safari lodges to rugged bush camps and romantic tented suites, Botswana accommodation is professionally run and places a firm emphasis on delivering a matchless safari experience. The standards of dining, guiding and service are very high and several lodges in Botswana are among the most luxurious in Southern Africa.
Our selection of top Botswana lodges includes popular land-based safari lodges in Chobe and Moremi as well as water-based lodges in the Okavango Delta and remote camps in the Kalahari