Botswana

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Botswana, nestled in the heart of southern Africa, is a landlocked nation of striking contrasts. From the vast Kalahari Desert to the lush waterways of the Okavango Delta, this unique destination offers extraordinary safari experiences through diverse landscapes including wetlands, savannahs and wildlife-rich game reserves that remain some of Africa’s most untouched wilderness areas.

Highlights include the Okavango Delta, a unique waterway teeming with wildlife, the Moremi Game Reserve, known for its predators and opportunity to spot the Big Five, and Chobe National Park, home to Africa’s largest concentration of elephant herds.

When to Visit

Seasons in Botswana

Summer (November - April): Days are hot and generally sunny in the morning with possible afternoon thunderstorms
Winter (May - October): Ddays are dry, sunny and cool to warm while evening temperatures drop sharply

Travel Highlights by Season

High Season (July to October): This is the most popular time to visit, offering ideal conditions for wildlife viewing
Shoulder Season (May to June): Dry weather prevails, though mornings and evenings can be very cold
Low Season (November to April): Rains can make travelling more challenging, with animals dispersing and some roads becoming muddy and inaccessible.to visit due to the rains that cause animals to disperse over wider areas and many roads become inaccessible due to the mud.

Special Notes:

Photography is excellent year-round, with the landscape at its most spectacular between September and February during the first rains
For wildlife enthusiasts, winter months (May to September) are ideal as the sparse vegetation improves and game viewing is generally more prolific
Birdwatching is best from October to March, coinciding with migratory species
Flood season typically bgins in April, transforming certain areas into a unique water wonderland

Botswana's Top Attractions

Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta, the world's largest inland delta, spreads over 15,000km of the Kalahari sand. Instead of reaching the sea, its annual floodwaters flow inland, creating a network of lagoons and channels. The delta's headwaters originate in Angola's western highlands, with numerous tributaries forming the Cubango River. This river flows through Namibia, where it's known as the Kavango, before entering Botswana and becoming the Okavango.

Moremi Game Reserve

Moremi Game Reserve, in the center of the Okavango Delta, spans 4,871km² and was created by the Batawana tribe. Established as a wildlife reserve by the Tswana people in 1963, it's one of the world's most untouched wilderness areas. The local community's efforts have preserved its natural beauty, making it a thriving habitat. Moremi features lily-covered wetlands, grass plains, and forests, offering solitude even during peak times. It includes waterways around Chief's Island in the West and Mopane Tongue in the East. The reserve's variety of ecosystems, such as riverine woodland, flood plains, wetlands, mopane forest, and dry savannah woodland, are all interspersed with jeep tracks.

The Chobe River

The Chobe River runs along the northern border of Chobe National Park. It starts in the northern Angolan highlands as the Kwando (a Hambukushu name), travels through Kalahari sands, and becomes the Linyanti (a Subiya name) in Botswana before reaching Ngoma, where it turns into the Chobe. Like the Okavango and Zambezi, its course is influenced by fault lines from East Africa's Great Rift Valley. These three rivers carry more water than all other rivers in Southern Africa.

The Kalahari Desert

The Kalahari Desert is a semi-arid zone from the Orange River in South Africa to the southern Congo. It covers 70% of Botswana and is home to the San (Bushmen) with their famous rock paintings. Wildlife includes brown hyenas, lions, meerkats, antelope species, and various birds and reptiles. The landscape features dry grassland and scrubby acacias, with grasses flourishing during the summer rains. Few San people still live traditionally in the Kalahari, as modern civilization threatens its natural resources.

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