Central Kalahari Game Reserve (click for more information)
This reserve was founded in 1961 to protect an endangered breed of man, the San Bushmen. The reserve was established to provide a home for the Bushmen in their natural environment, the only place they were able to survive. This unusual reserve is the second largest piece of desert land in the world.

Chobe National Park (click for more information)
Elephant paradise. The park has an amazing variety of habitats, which range from floodplains, through woodlands of baobab, mopane and acacia trees, to verdant grasslands and thickets bordering the Chobe River.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (click for more information)
Africa's first transfrontier park - the Kgalagadi, which means "land of thirst". The park was created by merging the Kalahari parks in South Africa and Botswana. This vast new transfrontier park covers approximately 2,5million km². Visitors can move freely within the park and enjoy the landscape of rolling, red sand dunes and sparse vegetation, home to black-maned lions, leopards, antelope and over 215 bird species.

Khwai (click for more information)
Khwai is a small village of River Bushmen located outside of Moremi Game Reserve in Northern Botswana. The people of Khwai are trying to conserve the area's unique environment. Nearby Khwai River Lodge is perfectly designed to blend into the surrounding environment.

Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan National Park (click for more information)
Salt pans of Makgadikgadi and Nxai are believed to be the largest in the world. Most of the time appear as white, endless plains. When the rain comes, you see a dramatic change as the pans come to life with frantically feeding water birds and great herds of game. Nxai Pan on the other hand, is dominated by a sea of grass cropped short by wildebeest, zebra, buffalo and other grazers. The best time to visit this area is from late January to April.

Moremi Game Reserve (click for more information)
In the centre of the Okavango Delta is the Moremi Wildlife Reserve, a 3000 km2 paradise. Proclaimed a wildlife reserve by the Tswana people in 1963, Moremi is undoubtedly one of the world's most beautiful wilderness areas.

Okavango Delta (click for more information)
Magical Waterworld formed by annual flodding from Angola

Selinda (click for more information)
Linking the Okavango Delta and the Linyanti Swamps in northern Botswana is the unpopulated paradise of the Selinda Reserve.

Tsodilo Hills (click for more information)
The Tsodilo Hills are in the south-western corner of Botswana and landscape is dry and desert-like. This place is believed by the San Bushmen to be the site of first Creation. There are more than 3 500 rock paintings. Some of them date back to between 800 and 1300 AD. The site is held sacred by the locals.

Tuli Block (click for more information)
Located in the south-east of Botswana. It is one of Botswana's few areas of commercial farmland. Private game reserves have been established with huge herds of elephants and hundreds of colourful birds.

Culture (click for more information)

Signs of the original San culture can be found especially in sacred Tsodilo hills. This mysterious site has a spiritual meaning for San people, it is believed to be the place of the first Creation and you will find here thousands of rock paintings describing various scenes.

If you seek remains of colonial history, explore the old part of Gaborone, „Village“. To see something modern but no less interesting, have a look at Orapa house in Gaborone, where diamonds are sorted and distributed all around the world. Museum enthusiasts should not miss museum in Gaborone, it has some outstanding exhibits.

Safari (click for more information)

There are several outstanding nature parks in Botswana where you can go game viewing. The most famous are Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Chobe National Park or Moremi Wildlife Reserve, which lies within the largest inland delta – Okavango Delta.

Many ways of exploring these parks are available, you can choose a walking safari, vehicle safari, flying safari, horse or elephant-back safari, but most recommended is to get in on a boat or moroko – a dug-out canoe poled by local guide – so you can watch animals drinking or bathing, even spot miniature frogs or baby crocodiles hiding in reeds.

There is also the opportunity of night rides. You will encounter rather popular animals, such as various antelope, zebra, giraffe, elephant, hyena, hippo, lion, leopard or white rhino. But in time of floods you can also spot less common species – situatunga, wild dogs, buffalo or watted crane.

Water sports (click for more information)

In Botswana many water sports are available, such as water-skiing, motorboat or canoe hire, yacht club near Gaborone offers sailing.

Most camps have a small swimming pool. Fishing trip can turn out to be very active sport, since tiger fish live in Botswana rivers and it often puts up a great fight.