Botswana Travel Guide

Welcome to Botswana

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Botswana epitomizes the term ‘wide, open spaces’. It is a large, flat and predominantly dry country, with an area of 581,730km? (224,607 miles?), which makes it roughly the same size as France or Thailand.

Botswana shares borders with South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Most of the country is covered by the vast Kalahari Desert, which is arid and sparsely populated. Botswana as a whole has only about 1,450,000 inhabitants, most of whom are based in the populous eastern corridor, which is where you’ll find the modern capital: Gaborone.

This area is also where you’ll find most of the country’s mining boom towns.
Many of Botswana’s natural attractions are gradually becoming more accessible to visitors as infrastructure is upgraded.

Among these attractions are the wondrous and unique Okavango Delta which is the world’s largest inland delta, the vast Makgadikgadi Salt Pans which are the largest salt pans in the world and the diverse wildlife of the Chobe National Park. The unit of currency is the Pula.
Botswana is one of Africa’s most popular safari destinations.

Any safari activity is potentially hazardous and all operators indemnify themselves against responsibility for any illness, accident or loss and such is the case for a walking safari to Botswana.
A walking safari in Africa and particularly Botswana will always be regarded as one of the top and finest ways to explore the wilderness of Africa.
The Okavango experience of a walking safari will be educational and equally adventurous.
Several hours walking per day in one of the most unique wildlife areas in Africa, star gazing, sleeping out at two hides.

A special area has been allocated in the Selinda Reserve especially for walking safaris. The area is located along the Selinda Spillway, a water course linking Botswana’s Okavango Delta to the famous and adventurous Linyanti Swamps. The walks take you along time-worn trails, through riparian forest and open plains.

Whilst on a walking safari one of the main objectives is to expose clients to bush conditions – this is done sensibly and within reasonable limits. The idea is never to deliberately place individuals at risk or for that matter to pose any threat to wildlife encountered.

Your Professional Guide regards the safety of his or her clients as a primary concern. Under all circumstances any lawful instructions issued by your guide must be strictly applied.

The guides are totally familiar with the areas and environment in which they operate and have both formal training and experience with game found in the area.

The Professional Guides and guiding standards on our recommended safaris represent amongst the finest to be found in Africa.