Planning Your Itinerary
Moremi Game Reserve
The Moremi Game Reserve is an integral part of the Okavango Delta and is recognised for its abundance and diversity of wildlife. Elephant, hippo, buffalo, lion, leopard and other game – as well as excellent birdlife – are frequently seen in both the floodplains and dry-land sections of the reserve.
Okavango Delta
The Okavango is the world’s largest inland delta and one of the natural wonders of Africa. This wetland lies like an oasis in an otherwise inhospitable landscape and is renowned for its wide seasonal waterways, lazy lagoons, palm filled islands and dense mantel of water lilies. This pristine landscape is home to a wide diversity of bird and wildlife and is one of the most spectacular locations to visit in Africa.
Chobe National Park
Chobe encompasses a wide variety of diverse habitats and is home to a breathtaking variety of animals and birds – one of the greatest concentrations of game found on the southern African subcontinent. Chobe is famous for its large herds of elephant and buffalo and boasts dramatic zebra migrations in the dry season.
Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR)
The CKGR is characterised by vast open spaces, endless horizons and golden grasslands gently waving in the breeze. Within this remote yet expansive landscape there is a rich diversity of life-forms, each with its own remarkable adaptation for surviving the parched dryness. During the summer rains, the flat grasslands teem with thousands of gemsbok and springbok. Remote San Bushman settlements still exist and may be visited within the CKGR.
Makgadikgadi Salt Pans
The salt pans found in Botswana’s eastern region are a striking physical feature and some of the largest of their kind in the world. The pans are huge, flat expanses of hot, sun-blasted terrain that were once part of a great super lake that covered much of northern Botswana. It is extremely difficult to describe the atmosphere that can be felt in this vast expanse of nothingness, or to describe the subtle hues at sunset that change the landscape into a wonderland of surrealistic beauty. During the summer rains, hundreds of water birds – including flamingos and pelicans – are drawn to the shallow pools covering the crusty surface. The pans also support a number of species of plains game and vast herds of migrating animals travel through this area every year.
Nxai Pan National Park & Baines’ Baobabs
Nxai Pan boasts several hectares of short, sweet grass that provides good grazing and attracts large herds of springbok and impala. Other game encountered in the area includes gemsbok, giraffe, kudu, red hartebeest, zebra and wildebeest, as well as leopard, lion and hyena. Baines’ Baobabs are a cluster of seven trees found in the northern section of the pans that have been immortalised by many painters and photographers over the years. The site is a popular picnic spot for visitors to Nxai Pan National Park.
Tsodilo Hills
Tsodilo Hills consists of four unusual hills that disrupt the flat landscape of the western Kalahari. Considered the most important rock art site in southern Africa, Tsodilo Hills is a site that is both historical and haunting, and contains more than 4,000 paintings. Tsodilo Hills have a mystical presence about them that has been an integral part of their history and the traditional tales told about them.