The Okavango Delta
A labyrinth of channels, lagoons and islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014. Depending on the season you explore it by vehicle, on foot or silently by mokoro.
BOTSWANA
Where the river
never reaches the sea.
The Okavango does not flow into the sea. It seeps into the Kalahari and creates one of the largest inland deltas on earth. Botswana protects this wilderness with determination. A few camps share vast concessions, and you explore by vehicle, on foot, by boat and by mokoro.
Best time to travel
May to October, floodwater in the Delta from June to August
Getting there
Via Johannesburg to Maun or Kasane, then by light aircraft
Entry
No visa for German citizens for up to 90 days
Combines well with
Victoria Falls, South Africa, Namibia and the Seychelles
What makes Botswana
Elephants of the Chobe
Chobe National Park has one of Africa's largest elephant populations. In the afternoon the herds come to the river to drink and bathe, best seen from a boat.
The salt pans
The Makgadikgadi Pans are an endless white plain on the edge of the Kalahari. Meerkats, ancient baobabs and, after the rains, thousands of migrating zebras.
Few guests, much space
Botswana follows a low volume, high value approach to tourism. Small camps on large private areas mean sightings without other vehicles and true silence at night.
Where you stay
Comfort. Guide price from approx. €550 per person per night, full board and activities
Chobe Game Lodge
Chobe National Park, Botswana
The only permanent lodge inside Chobe National Park, with silent solar boats gliding between bathing elephant herds.
Premium. Guide price from approx. €800 per person per night, full board and activities
Machaba Camp
Khwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Canvas tents in the riverine forest of the Khwai, elephants and hippos in front of the veranda and one of the best areas for wild dogs and leopards.
Icon. Guide price from approx. €1,600 per person per night, all inclusive
&Beyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge
Okavango Delta, Botswana
A main lodge shaped like a resting pangolin, suites inspired by weaver nests and 22,500 hectares of private wilderness on the edge of Moremi.
What you can experience
By mokoro through the Delta
You glide silently through the channels of the Okavango Delta in a traditional dugout canoe, poled by an experienced guide. Water lilies, reed frogs and kingfishers at eye level, and with luck an elephant on the bank. Best from May to October, depending on water levels.
The Delta from a helicopter
A doors-off scenic flight, one hour over the Okavango Delta. From above you see the water branch into hundreds of channels, elephant herds move through the lagoons and hippos carve their paths into the reeds. A view you never get from the ground.
Private boat safari on the Chobe
Late afternoon on the Chobe River, just you and your guide on board. Elephant herds come to the bank to drink and bathe, hippos and crocodiles lie in the shallows. At sunset there is a sundowner on the water.
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Stays
- Chobe Game LodgeChobe National Park, Botswana
- Machaba CampKhwai, Okavango Delta, Botswana
- &Beyond Sandibe Okavango Safari LodgeOkavango Delta, Botswana
Your journey through Botswana
We connect Delta, Chobe and if you wish Victoria Falls into a route by light aircraft.