Botswana · City Guide
Gaborone
Gaborone is the capital of Botswana, a relatively low-key city that serves primarily as a gateway to one of Africa's most exceptional wildlife destinations — the Okavango Delta, the Central Kalahari and Chobe National Park. While Gaborone itself offers limited tourist attractions, its excellent infrastructure, safe environment and air connections to the safari camps of northern Botswana make it an important transit point for one of the world's premier safari experiences.
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"Gaborone is primarily a gateway, but the quality of Botswana's safari product accessed from here is exceptional. The country's high-value low-impact tourism model has created some of the finest and most exclusive wildlife experiences in Africa."
Botswana's safari destinations, accessed via Gaborone or directly via Maun and Kasane, represent some of the finest wildlife experiences in Africa. The Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, provides extraordinary water-based safari experiences with mokoro canoe trips through papyrus channels and outstanding game viewing including elephants, lions and rare wild dogs. The Central Kalahari Game Reserve offers vast wilderness and excellent predator sightings. Chobe National Park has one of the highest concentrations of elephants in Africa. Botswana's low-density tourism model ensures exclusive and uncrowded wildlife experiences.
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Okavango Delta Access
Gateway to one of Africa's most extraordinary wildlife destinations, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Central Kalahari
Vast wilderness with excellent predator sightings in one of Africa's largest reserves.
Chobe National Park
One of the highest concentrations of elephants in Africa.
Mokoro Canoe Trips
Traditional canoe safari experiences through the papyrus channels of the Okavango Delta.
Low-Density Tourism
Botswana's high-value model ensures exclusive and uncrowded wildlife experiences.
Safari Gateway
Convenient connections to Botswana's premier safari destinations via Maun and Kasane.
