Category: Activities

Quad biking across the Makgadikgadi salt pans is one of the few activities in Botswana that has nothing to do with wildlife and is among the most memorable things visitors do here. It runs in the dry months when the…

Scenic flights over the Okavango Delta reveal a system that makes no sense from the ground, showing the channels, palm islands, hippo highways and animal trails laid out below. Fixed-wing flights run from Maun in a Cessna with a guaranteed…

Botswana holds some of the darkest skies on earth, and the Makgadikgadi salt pans in particular give a completely unobstructed horizon in every direction with almost no light pollution. The dry season from May to October brings very low humidity…

Boat safaris put you at water level with drinking elephants, surfacing hippos and crocodiles on the sandbanks, and they are what most sets Botswana apart from drier safari destinations. The Chobe River supports them year round, while the Okavango Delta…

Botswana offers some of Africa's best freshwater fishing, with tigerfish the prize species alongside nembwe, bream and African pike across the Okavango Delta, the Panhandle, the Chobe and the Linyanti. Fishing is closed nationally during January and February for the…

Game drives are the core activity on almost every Botswana safari, run twice daily from open 4x4 vehicles in the early morning and late afternoon when wildlife is most active. What a drive can actually do depends on where it…

Botswana is overwhelmingly flat, so hiking here is concentrated in a handful of hill and gorge areas in the east and northwest rather than spread across the country. The best walking is at Moremi Gorge in the Tswapong Hills, on…

Night game drives use a handheld spotlight to find nocturnal wildlife after dark, revealing aardvark, porcupine, civet, genet, serval, honey badger and bushbaby alongside predators that are far more active at night. In Botswana they are permitted only on private…