Botswana Safaris Journals Give You an Idea of the Best Botswana Safaris Available
Botswana safaris journals let you see exactly what trips there are like because they are photographed and written by people who have already been on such a holiday.
So if you want to know what to expect, where and with whom the best Africa vacations are, the unbiased, informal recommendation from trip reports are unbeatable.
The only way you are going to get better information is to go on one yourself. The reviews are broken down according to the area in which they took place and the operator that was used.
They include some stunning photographs and stories which will give you inside and in-depth information about a Botswana safari holiday.
Find out if any of the big cats have been seen, what the accommodation is like, how knowledgeable the guides are and a myriad of other nuggets of information.
So take a look below and get some advice and tips that you definitely won't find in any guidebook...
Botswana Safaris Trip Reviews
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Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta covers an area of 15,000 sq kilometres (the size of Switzerland or Massachusetts) and is fed by Southern
Africa's third-largest river, the 1 300km long Okavango River.
The mass of water attracts large numbers of game such as elephant, zebra, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, hippo, crocodile, lion and leopard and forms a unique ecosystem that is unrivalled anywhere else in the world.
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Gondwana tours safaris review » The safari vehicle was standing under a tree for checking tracks, when a leopard jumped from up behind (maybe 1-2 m above my head) to the ground about 1 metre left of my seat and after some seconds vanished in the high grass... |
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Tracking lions » We tracked a pride of lions at Lebala Lodge and managed to get very close so this was a real highlight. The hotels were excellent and the lodges in Linyanti and the Ichobezi in particular provided very personal service... |
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Cats and dogs on safari » On one of our game drives by the Savuti side we got lucky and came across a pack of wild dogs hunting. Now this was fun. Everyone was excited to see the chase. These dogs didn't even mind us, they wanted to get their prey and start dining... |
Travel to Africa » Connie has been all over Africa but says that Botswana is her favourite place on earth, and that's saying something because she goes on a safari trip at least twice a year. Read her trip report to find out why...
Request full trip report » Wildlife sightings were breathtaking and included a beleaguered lion crossing a river only to be attacked by a hippo and then charged by elephants as he just barely made it to the rivers edge and a successful ambush and killing of a warthog right in front of them by a lion pride...
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Chobe National Park
11 000 sq kilometres of prime wildlife viewing land, Chobe provides breathtaking opportunities to see African animals in their natural habitat.
The highest concentrations of wildlife occur along the riverfront strip in Northern Chobe, but the Savuti Marshes and Mababe Depression.
These are also excellent places to see lion, cheetah, hippo, elephant, giraffe, warthog, buffalo, brown and spotted hyena, baboons and wild dogs.
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Bushbaby tours review » Yvonne and her husband visited three Southern African countries on her trip but her favourite was Botswana and in particular the Chobe National Park. She sent in a detailed trip report containing very thorough information about all the accommodation they stayed at... |
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Chobe experience » Johann and his family live in South Africa and have a 4x4 vehicle, so going to Botswana on a self-drive safari is relatively easy. However he gives some great tips in his trip report, proving that not only people in a similar situation can enjoy Botswana and Chobe in this way... |
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Safari holiday » It's a place which has given me a stronger sense of a mix of wildlife, isolation and wilderness than any other I've seen in five visits to that massive continent. I've been to an arguably wilder place nearly as remote, but it fell short on the wildlife front... |
Southern Africa trip » Wendy spent part of her 3-week holiday to Africa on Botswana safaris, starting in Chobe but also visiting Moremi, Savuti and the Okavango Delta. Unfortunately she didn't have a very positive experience, partly because of bad luck with wildlife viewing and the extreme cold weather...
Moremi Game Reserve
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Best holiday ever » Janice really enjoyed the camping without fences portion of the trip that Botswana safaris offer, where the camp was moved every two days and set up for them before their arrival. Her trip report is full of nuggets of information that clearly illustrates why... |
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Camping safari » If you're looking for a relaxed camping safari, Kaj's trip report will give you a good idea of what you can expect. Like the fact that hippos grazing around your tent at night can be quite noisy... |
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Request full trip report » The highlights include a sunset motorboat trip on the Delta, seeing the agile red lechwes in real life and spending 2 hours with a mother leopard as she rested, made a kill and proceeded to play with her food for half an hour... |
Mashatu Game Reserve
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Request full trip report » Heather had the incredible good fortune of seeing leopard, cheetah and lion all within two days of her arrival in Mashatu. A very detailed Botswana safaris trip report on what to expect there... |
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Request full trip report » Dena went on two game drives and managed to see an amazing amount and variety of wildlife including the big cats. She encountered a zebra with a neck wound probably inflicted by a lion... |
Makgadigadi National Park
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Request full trip report » Planet Baobab camp is situated right on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans and provides an ideal access point to this vast, dry lake. At the entrance to the camp there is a massive statue of an Aardvark which must rank as the most unique signpost in all of Botswana... |
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Request full trip report » There is no permanent accommodation on the Pan so camping is done "wild" with portable toilets and bucket showers. Karen was amazed at the amount of stars that it's possible to see on Botswana safaris here because there is little interference from any artificial light sources... |
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Click below to see contributions from past Botswana visitors...
Shinde Island Camp Review There is something marvelously exotic and frankly epic about flying across the Okavango in a small aircraft. Of course my sense of elation could have ...
Leopard In Camp I was taking photos of a bushbuck about one meter away from me that was being stalked by a leopard and I didn't know it until someone spotted the leopard....
Botswana Birding Safari Our focus was on birds, but also the big animals and other wildlife around. Even though it was the winter months, we found the birding to be excellent ...
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