Botswana
Home of the deltas
botswana
The don´t call it "The Real Africa" for no reason
B otswana is a land full of diversity and wild landscape!
Dr. David Livingstone called Botswana the ´land of river´. This incredible country offers some of the wildest, harsh and untouched landscape in southern Africa.
With the Okavango Delta, a swamp marsh land that floods out from the rains in Angola. Is home to the richest wildlife in Botswana. Nxai pan is an over landers dream! With dry winter months that team with life around the pans.
With the Kalahari system that stretches from east to west, these sandy soils are hard going but worth every kilometre. Lush green fields in the rains and dust bath sunsets in the winter.
The Makgadikgadi salt pans are like nothing you’ve ever seen. This vast desolate landscape is lifeless to those who don’t know how to use it. The bushman hunted and lived here for years gathering and living off the land.
MakGadikgadi
THE DESOLATE PANS
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An ancient salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana
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This lake once covered an area larger than Switzerland, but dried up tens of thousands of years ago
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The largest individual pan is about 1,900 sq mi (4,921.0 km2)
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The salt pans are very inhospitable and human intervention has been minimal so they remain fairly undisturbed
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The Makgadikgadi Pans Game Reserve is the scene of large migrations of zebra and wildebeest from the Boteti River across to Ntwetwe Pan
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Nxai Pan north of the pans, is a grass plain which was once part of the old lake bed, which is more generously covered with acacia trees.
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In the south of Nxai Pan, Baines' Baobabs comprise a clump of large baobab trees, rendered immortal in 1862 by painter Thomas Baines, a member of Livingstone's expedition.
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An incredibly rich wildlife area, with large numbers of lion, leopard, bat eared foxes, cheetah and many others
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Activities include:
Game drives, walking safaris
A wonderful one-day destination on the way to the Okavango Delta in a roadtrip through Botswana. You can even do horse riding here on the pans!
Drive into here from Maun, which is the closest major city. This is about a 3 hour drive.
Best time to visit – May to November when the animals congregate around the pans in the dry months
For roadtrips, it's possible to combine with – Chobe on the Zambezi, Nxai pan or even Moremi Game Reserve in the Delta
Phenomenal birdlife, abundance of elephants and large numbers of predators.
CHOBE GAME RESRVE
THE ZAMBEZI IN BOTSWANA
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The gateway to Chobe is Kasane, a small town near the borders of Zimbabwe, Zambia a
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Chobe National Park is a true wildlife paradise and one of the best national parks in Southern Africa.
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Just one peek at the variety of wildlife and lush vegetation and you will be mesmerized forever!
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With incredible elephant interactions from a boat on the river.
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This area has high volumes of predators as well as elephants.
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Elephants use this route to cross between, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia.
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Offering lodges and camps for all budgets.
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This is the perfect park to connect to the surrounding countries.
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Activities include:
Game drives, boat safaris, hiking
The Chobe is a wild and wonderful part of Botswana, for those looking to have close up experiences with wildlife, this is for you.
The gateway to the Chobe is Kasane near the Zimbabwe and Zambian boarders but the capital, Maui is about 6 hours drive fro here.
Best time to visit – May through to end of October
Wonderful destination to combine with – Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Moremi Game Reserve in the Delta or Even Etosha in Namibia
Experience a boating safari like no other with the opportunity to get up and close with elephants
Okavango Delta &moremi Game reserve
LAND OF WATERWAYS & FLOODPLAINS
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This is Botswana's highlight destination!
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Located in the Okavango Delta, this area holds A striking number of wildlife species, birdlife and a diverse landscape; combining mopane woodland, floodplains, fairytale like lagoons, papyrus rivers and acacia forests.
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Moremi Game Reserve is just under 5,000 square kilometres
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Home to nearly 500 species of bird
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Proclaimed a reserve in 1963, it was named after Chief Moremi III of the local Batawana tribe from Ngamiland
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The Moremi area is considered a significant habitat for African wild dog. The chances of seeing them here is extremely high.
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Activities include:
Game drives, night drives, guided walks & boats
Moremi is located in the heart of the Okavango Delta. A flood plain, with life everywhere you look!
Distance to Capital and Airports: Maun 133km. You can either catch a small flight into the delta or drive in with a 4x4 which can take 3 hours.
Best time to visit – July through to October during the drier months.
Combine with – Chobe on the Zambezi, Nxai pan or even Etosha in Namibia
With the size and variety of this park. The activity opportunities here are second to none. From Makoro canoes to helicopter rides over the delta
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HOME OF THE GORILLAS
HOME OF LAKE MALAWI
HOME OF CONSERVATION
HOME OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER
