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Botswana Safaris - African Safari in Botswana
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Botswana Safaris offer experiences in a place like no other. Nowhere in Africa is the cycle of life and death, birth and renewal, survival and decline more apparent than in the great sun-scorched spaces of Botswana. Botswana Safaris are conducted in an area where desert and delta survive as seemingly impossible neighbours in one of the great wildernesses of the world - the Kalahari. Botswana Safaris are unique and rewarding African Safari experiences.
The scorching sun, the inhospitable terrain and the generally featureless landscape would hardly seem to hold many attractions for visitors planning Botswana Safaris. Anyone who doubts the attraction only has to join a 4 X 4 safari to the primeval fringes of Botswana’s Kubu Island in the Makgadikgadi Pans and watch a bat-eared fox at sunset coax her youngsters to sniff out termites in the gathering gloom. Or lie under the stars at the Mgobe wa Tkhu waterhole and listen to the sound of hyenas and hyphaenae palms shivering in the wind. Botswana Safaris just burst with possibilities. From the calcrete floors and ancient baobabs of the Makgadikgadi Pans to the savannah grasslands of Chobe National Park and the mopane woodland of the Tuli Block, there’s an enormous variety of wildlife in Botswana which can be experienced on Botswana Safaris. But it is in the Okavango Delta and the Moremi Game Reserve where visitors will find unforgettable beauty and arguably the finest Botswana Safari experience on offer today. The Okavango Delta is Botswana’s prime safari destination and the most popular way of exploring the maze of waterways is by Mokoro, a dugout canoe.
If none of our Botswana Safaris or Botswana Safari Tour Itineraries meet with your approval we will gladly tailor make an itinerary which takes your unique requirements into account. African Sky has been offering Botswana Safaris since 1998 and are experts in creating a perfect fit between your requirements and the right African Safari experience in Botswana. |
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Botswana Safaris in the Okavango Delta |
 Botswana Safaris in the Okavango Delta explore one of the world’s great wetlands and undoubtedly one of the best places in Africa to enjoy a safari. Fed by the Kunene River in the north, the waterways of the delta annually transport more than 10 billion tons of water across the scorched plains of Botswana, Creating a lush oasis which provides a host of exceptional Botswana Safaris. The area is the setting for a large variety of bush camps, and the destination for visitors from around the world wishing to experience the Botswana Safaris of a lifetime. On the mainland and among the islands lions, elephants, hyenas, wild dogs, rhinos, hippos and crocodiles congregate with a teeming variety of antelope and other smaller mammals – warthogs, mongooses, spotted genets, monkeys, bush babies and tree squirrels. |
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Botswana Safaris in the Chobe National Park |
 Botswana Safaris in the Chobe National Park offers guests the opportunity to view large herds of elephant and buffalo as well as great concentrations of lion and hyena. It is also popular for its abundant bird life. Many visitors choose Botswana Safaris visit Chobe because it’s close to the Victoria Falls. This makes it possible to combine a safari in Botswana with viewing the Victoria Falls. Chobe is home to some of the finest African Safari Lodges. These offer superb game-viewing and an unforgettable safari in Botswana’s beauty. Chobe National Park has 450 species of bird and most of the large mammals. In March and April thousands of zebras and other animals migrate towards the Savute area of Chobe Game Reserve. This offers some of the finest Botswana Safaris available today. |
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Botswana Safaris in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve |
 The Central Kalahari Game Reserve offers the most remote Botswana Safaris. It is one of the world’s largest game reserves and probably Southern Africa’s most remote, this reserve is the final refuge for the subcontinent’s San population. Most Botswana Safari visitors head for the northern section of the Central Kalahari Reserve seeking out the interminable spaces and haunting silence, and the migratory herds that head for the waterholes of Deception Pan, Sundays Pan and Pipers Pan.
Khutse and Mabuasehube offers Botswana Safaris like no other. The attractions here include – lions, wild dogs, cheetah and the semi-desert-adapted species such as the bat-eared fox, brown hyena, honey badger and gemsbok. The Central Kalahari National Park is a Birder's paradise and the communal nests of the sociable weaver can be up to 6 m long and 2 m high. As many as 300 birds may be accommodated in such a 1000 kg nest. Other bird species includes raptors, secretary bird, martial eagle, giant eagle owl, falcons, goshawks, kestrels and kites. Botswana Safaris in the Central Kalahari are incredible experiences. |
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Botswana Safaris on the Makgadikgadi Pans |
 Botswana Safaris on the Makgadikgadi pans explore the most visible remnants of a lake that is one of the world’s largest salt pans formed more than five million years ago. The great Makgadikgadi Pans Game Reserve implies a boundless open land, vacant of human habitation which offers guests Botswana Safaris which experiences vast open spaces.Villages on the circumference and in between the pans are evidence that the area has supported people as far back as the Stone Age. The Makgadikgadi Pans fill with water just once a year when the rains fall usually beginning in November and ending in about March, the pans can retain water until April or May. From April to November great numbers of Antelope, Wildebeest and Zebra move from the south-east pans towards the Boteti River in the west, where rain is expected to fall in November. Botswana Safaris on the Makgadikgadi Pans are best enjoyed during this time of year. |
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