National parks in Botswana

The Okavango Delta in northern Botswana is an enormous, stunning inland delta set within the Kalahari Desert. It is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as it is one of Africa’s most remarkable ecosystems. The delta is shaped by the seasonal floodwaters of the Okavango (Kavango) River, which flows from the Angolan highlands through […]

A dazzling blue river. Endless herds of elephants. Lions lounging in mopane shade. That is Chobe National Park, Botswana’s first national park – where wilderness runs wild! Here, the mighty Chobe River carves through 11,700 square kilometres of pure magic, creating four distinct ecosystems that are packed with wildlife. With 450 bird species painting the […]

If you keep a travel bucket list, Victoria Falls deserves a prominent place on it. Few places earn their status as both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World so convincingly. Here, the mighty Zambezi River plunges 108 metres over a basalt rock ledge into a narrow […]

  The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is a place of superlatives, covering 10% of Botswana’s total surface with an astonishing 52,800 square kilometres in total. This is the largest reserve in Southern Africa and the second largest worldwide. To give you an idea, the sand of this reserve would cover the whole country of the […]

Being a patchwork of floodplains, open grasslands and woodlands, Khwai Botswana, or Khwai Community Concession, ranks among the country’s most beautiful safari regions. Spanning over 1,800 square kilometres of unfenced wilderness, it’s sandwiched between Chobe National Park and the Moremi Game Reserve (part of the Okavango Delta in northeastern Botswana). Wildlife moves freely between these […]

Characterised by emptiness, solitude and silence, Makgadikgadi Pans National Park is as impressive as it is remote. The national park is part of the vast Makgadikgadi salt pan system in north-eastern Botswana, west of the Okavango Delta. Stretching across 16,000 square kilometres, the pans reach up to the Nata Bird Sanctuary in the east, ending […]

Flamingos, pelicans, house-building termites, and endless salt pans – the Nata Bird Sanctuary is not your ordinary nature reserve. Located near Nata, at a natural crossroads between Zimbabwe, Maun and Kasane, it is widely known for its proximity to the famous Makgadikgadi salt pans. The sanctuary itself is a 230-square-kilometre haven for birdlife set in […]

Kasane is one of Botswana’s major tourist towns, mostly because of its strategic location close to national parks and a few neighbouring countries. It’s a small and mostly unappealing town, but its location in the north-east of the country, just around the corner from Chobe National Park, makes it worth a visit. Situated on the […]