Know Before You Go: Botswana Safaris

Botswana is a year-round safari destination. The dry season (May–October) offers peak wildlife density, while the green season (November–April) brings lush landscapes, migrant birds, newborns and fewer travelers.

Botswana’s diverse safari regions—Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, Central Kalahari, and Makgadikgadi Salt Pans—offer exceptional wildlife, desert and delta landscapes, and cultural heritage year-round.

Encounter the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino—as well as elusive wild dogs, cheetahs, abundant antelope herds, hippos, crocs, countless predators and more.

From luxury safari lodges in the Okavango Delta to remote bush camps and mobile camping deep in the bush, Botswana offers a range of accommodations.

Our flagship Botswana safari—for just seven guests! A truly exclusive wilderness immersion in the Okavango Delta's best private wildlife reserves and beyond, plus Victoria Falls.

This romantic adventure combines luxury boat-based exploration on Lake Kariba with classic land safaris in premier national parks of Zimbabwe and Botswana—plus Victoria Falls!

A classic tented safari exploring Botswana's wildlife-rich Okavango Delta and Kalahari Desert, with exclusive adventures from small camps on remote private reserves.

Witness the spectacle of Botswana during the green season under changing skies, as the desert bursts forth with life, wildlife thrives with seasonal water, and new births fill the plains.

Create memories that span generations on an expertly guided family safari filled with abundant wildlife encounters and diverse activities designed to delight all ages.

From Namibia's desert canyons and towering dunes to the prolific wildlife of Botswana's Okavango Delta and Linyanti Reserve, this luxury expedition offers extraordinary diversity.

—By Michelle Peters
Nat Hab has redefined the definition of a sustainable safari by focusing on the “4 Cs”: commerce, conservation, community and culture. Let’s take a closer look at ecotourism in Botswana and how it relates to your experiences in the heart of wildest Africa!

—By Joel Centano
Southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area showcases convergence, confluence and coexistence. Discover how this unprecedented effort benefits wildlife, communities and travelers—and how travelers on Nat Hab’s Secluded Botswana Safari can help advance KAZA’s mission.

—By Valerie Gleaton
“I felt a connection to Botswana that I really can’t explain—there’s just something about it,” Jan says. “There’s a certain kind of happiness when you’re in a place that touches you so deeply that you cry. It’s powerful.” “Every day was new and every day was great,” Dennis adds. “It was our dream trip.”

—By Lavanya Sunkara
Women aren’t just breaking barriers; they’re paving the way for others to follow. They’re working as guides, security officers, head chefs and managers, and saying, “anything a man can do, we can do, too.”

—By Samantha Miller
Celebrate these majestic mammals during Botswana's green season, where mothers and babies abound in Chobe National Park, home of the largest surviving elephant population in the world.

—By Megan Brief
On September 22, conservation scientists and animal advocates join forces in recognition of our planet’s five species of rhino. Learn how Richard saves species as a Sony Ambassador and Expedition Leader for Nat Hab & WWF.

—By Megan Brief
Known as ‘The Land of The Giants’—Chobe National Park, nestled in the north of Botswana—is home to Africa’s largest population of elephants. Travel with Nat Hab & WWF and watch these mammoth mammals bathing and playing in the water as you cruise the Chobe River’s marshy channels and visit local communities to see their conservation initiatives in action!

—By Jesse Marcus, WWF
The time I spent in Southern Africa seems like a dream now. But even though the memories may fade, they remain the gift that keeps on giving. That is what it means to be enriched by an experience. It stays with you. It changes you. It makes you a part of it. Forever.

—By Laura Kiniry
Game drives, it turns out, don’t have to be all about lions and elephants. Some of the world’s smallest (and often, not so small) winged wonders are often fluttering about right before our eyes. Here are eight extraordinary avians to keep an eye out for on your next African safari with Nat Hab.

—By Emily Goodheart
Victoria Falls is the Eden of Africa. Spray from the cataract creates a multitude of rainbows and forms a rainforest microclimate, with lush greenery growing along the canyon sides. The thunderous, iridescent water is astounding to behold—learn more about one of Earth’s greatest natural wonders.

—By Nat Hab traveler Debra Eliezer
Often times the excitement of the search is just as thrilling as spending time with wildlife on an African safari. Experience what it’s like to search for and see lions in the wild in this first-hand account!

—By Jon Jared
The green season in Botswana falls between late October and March. It’s a time when rain showers turn arid landscapes green, animals migrate from their winter watering holes to the salt flats of the south, and new life appears around every corner.