🇧🇼Botswana

A river delta that floods the desert every year, and some of Africa's least-crowded, highest-value safari country.

Popular Places

Okavango Delta

Ngamiland

The world's largest inland delta, where seasonal floodwaters transform the Kalahari into a maze of channels and islands explored by traditional mokoro canoe.

Hotels from ~$150-600/night

Chobe National Park

Chobe District

Home to one of Africa's largest elephant populations, with river cruises along the Chobe River offering close-up sightings most safaris can't match.

Hotels from ~$100-400/night

Makgadikgadi Pans

Central District

One of the largest salt flats on Earth, a stark, otherworldly landscape that hosts zebra migrations and quad-bike expeditions across the pan.

Hotels from ~$80-300/night

Moremi Game Reserve

Okavango Delta, eastern edge

Established by local residents in 1963 and now home to the Big Five, Moremi combines permanent wetland with drier woodland for exceptional game density.

Hotels from ~$150-500/night