Luxury Bespoke Safaris in Botswana

August 26, 2010 | Posted by Safari Guide

I have often had people write to me asking for advice on planning their Botswana Safari, most of whom list most or all of the locations below as places they would like to visit:

Okavango Delta
There is the world famous Okavango Delta that on it’s own makes an amazing safari destination, packed full of game including Red lechwe, Sitatunga and the Pel’s fishing owl and just to the north Duba Plains is famous for its confrontations between lions and large herds of buffalo. The Okovango Delta has and excellent range of safari camps that are accessed by light aircraft from Maun which is easily reached from Johannesburg in South Africa. The Okovango also offers you the unique opportunity to go on traditional walking or vehicle safaris as well as being poled along in a mokoro or dug-out canoe in the beautiful channels of clear deep blue water.

Kalahari Desert
Then there is the vast Kalahari Desert a stunningly beautiful yet harsh bush country that is home to probably the most famous animals on TV and a firm favourite with children: meerkats as well as Gemsbok, black-maned lions and the fabled San Bushmen who call this seemingly inhospitable place their home.

This part of Botswana is also where you find the incredible Makgadikgadi Pans, the salty remains of a giant pre-historic lake. Here amongst the surrounding grasslands and waterholes, you find large amounts of wildlife including a massive zebra migration that is for me every bit as impressive as the more famous wildebeest version in the Masai Mara in Kenya.

Chobe National Park Botswana
Located in the very northeast corner of Botswana, only a short 90 minute drive from the Victoria Falls. Chobe is probably most well known for its large herds of African Elephants. The Park has four very distinct eco systems, Serondela (north east) with its lush plains and dense forests in the Chobe River area, the Savuti Marsh in the west, the Linyanti Swamps in the north-west and the hot dry hinterland in between. The Savuti area has particularly strong populations of predators and annual zebra migration makes an excellent place to go on a Safari Holiday.

Gemsbok National Park
Sometimes mistakenly called the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, which is in South Africa. The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (South Africa) and Gemsbok National Park (Botswana) have been joined to form the giant Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park of over 3,6 million ha. A rugged wildlife sanctuary with 3 rest camps & abundance of game, It is definitly one of Africa’s great parks.

Wait, there is more…
… much, much more. Whilst there is no doubting that Botswana is one of the best Safari destinations in Africa, especially as a luxury safari destination, but because it is so vast and diverse, it can mean that some people choose to do too much in the short time that they have available.

My advice is unless you have a lot of time on your hands you should not try and see everything as you may find that you spend more time travelling from one location to the next than actually enjoying your holiday. All the areas described above are beautiful in their own right and each a holiday destination in their own right. Take time to explore one or two area that most interests you and you’ll discover far more than if you just whiz through them all.

For more information take a look at a company like Wildlife & Wilderness that offer luxury, bespoke Botswana safari holidays, enabling you to choose your personal trip to ensure you thoroughly enjoy your holiday.

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