Blessed with stunning natural beauty and exotic wildlife, Botswana is the perfect place for those who love the outdoors and these four attractions are not to be missed.
Chobe National Park
The popular Chobe National Park is known for its sizable elephant population and amongst the best things to do in Botswana is to enjoy a wildlife safari here. On your game drive, you have a chance to additionally spot buffalos, lions, zebras, wildebeests, impalas, giraffes and if you’re lucky, leopards and cheetahs too.
Gaborone Game Reserve
This game reserve is ideal to visit for those based at hotels in Gaborone. Within a 10-minute drive from Avani Gaborone Resort & Casino, it features trails for walking and cycling too. Those exploring the reserve can come across giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, warthogs and lots of birdlife be it ostriches, flamingos or snake eagles.
Okavango Delta
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the breathtaking Okavango Delta is amongst the largest inland deltas in the world. Expeditions here are best undertaken on a traditional canoe called a mokoro; known as the ‘jewel of the Kalahari’, it’s a great place to spot elephants, lions, hippos, crocodiles, pied kingfishers and more.
The Kalahari Desert
The world’s largest unbroken stretch of sand, the Kalahari Desert is a place where wildlife thrives too. One of the key attractions in Botswana, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve that attracts lions, cheetahs and leopards can be found here. Also of note is the Nxai Pan National Park home to thousand-year-old baobab trees.
