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Female avatar icon Lesley United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: November 2024 Reviewed: Nov 26, 2024

Email Lesley  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Elephant heaven!

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Our one day safari into Botswana was dealt with efficiently and quickly at the border. Our day was split between river and land. Both were enjoyable and fun. However, we were disappointed not to have seen any big cats, mainly seeing elephants, giraffe and antelope. Nonetheless, it was a good intro for someone on their first safari experience.

Female avatar icon Kathryn United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: September 2024 Reviewed: Nov 23, 2024

Email Kathryn  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Our favourite place we've ever been

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We did a two centre Botswana trip as part of our honeymoon, with 3 days in Chobe and 3 days in the Okavango Delta. Both camps were incredible and we saw and did so much on our safaris. The delta in particular is one of those pinch me locations, and is a truly wild and magnificent place.

Male avatar icon Nathan K United States flag US       Visited: October 2024 Reviewed: Nov 18, 2024

Email Nathan K  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Truly a once in a lifetime experience

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Our trip to Chobe and the Okavango Delta was wonderful in every way. The game drives were our favorite part of the trip where we were able to view so many different animals including critically endangered species, but every activity was well planned and offered something new and exciting. The lodges were a perfect adventure in themselves. The camp staff, guides, and management were all so kind and attentive to our needs. Botswana is such a unique place and we were beyond grateful to Ilona for planning every detail of our perfect safari.

Female avatar icon Caroline Mari Uruguay flag UY       Visited: September 2024 Reviewed: Nov 4, 2024

Email Caroline Mari  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

It is enjoyable to see animals in their natural environment

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The Okavango Delta a different experience. We saw many elephants very close and hippos. The guide was very kind and careful. In Moremi we were able to see lionesses with their babies, giraffes, elephants, and some birds.

Female avatar icon Jess van Zeil Australia flag AU       Visited: September 2024 Reviewed: Oct 13, 2024

Email Jess van Zeil  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Exceptional experience! Incredible guide and tour

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We loved our trip to Chobe! Everything was seamless from the booking process, to the pickup and drop off. Our guide Opi was incredible, he has been working in Chobe for 18 years and his knowledge was phenomenal. We had incredible sightings, including 3 leopard and 12 lions! Camping in Chobe was an awesome experience! We will not hesitate to book again :) We highly recommend this trip :)

Female avatar icon Anja Luecking Germany flag DE       Visited: September 2024 Reviewed: Oct 12, 2024

Email Anja Luecking  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Vast wilderness and wildlife

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I went on a mobile safari to Savuti and Khwai (which I especially loved because of the scenery next to the river) and one day in Moremi.

I was a solo female traveler and felt well protected and looked after by the crew of my tour operator Xaa Safaris. I had a spacious tent with an en-suite bathroom and loved hearing the animals at night: lions roaring, hyaenas howling, elephants rumbling and hippos barking. I was great to watch the elephants strolling through the campsite in Khwai during the day, and I even encountered an elephant drinking out of a my wash basin while I was inside the tent! We saw lions a few times in Savuti and Moremi, came across a pack of wild dogs and a bat-eared fox couple and had a great leopard sighting where we spent quite some time with the animal. Apart from that we enjoyed spotting many gracious giraffes, a lot of hippos and elephants, but also saw also the rarer sable and roan antilopes and ground hornbill. It was good fun and excitement to track
Read more lion, leopard or hyaena.

After the safari I spent a few days in Maun and went on a one day trip to Okavango delta.

I can recommend Botswana as a travel destination for its vast wilderness and wildlife. Looking forward to return and see other areas like the salt pans and Kalahari.
Female avatar icon Arlene Tyler New Zealand flag NZ       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Oct 6, 2024

Email Arlene Tyler  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

An upclose look at awesome wildlife and scenery

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We loved our 3 day safari to Chobe. Our guide, Max was so informative and made so much effort to give us the best possible experience. We saw lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos, water buffalo and we were fortunate enough to even see a leopard. We were amazed how close we were to the wildlife but we never felt unsafe. We were very well looked after by our guide all thru. Wear a warm jacket for early mornings. Highly recommend Botswana.

Female avatar icon Gloria Tostado United States flag US       Visited: September 2024 Reviewed: Sep 20, 2024

Email Gloria Tostado  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

A Land That Takes You Back in Time

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Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa yet offers an array of opportunities to see wildlife in their natural habitat. It is mostly flat, with scruffy brush and occasional trees that often times have that windblown appearance. I learned that the country is approximately 70% in the Kalahari Desert, so the soil is very thick, loose, red sand, which makes it difficult to maneuver, which is why 4x4 wheel vehicles are optimum. It is beautiful in its own way, but life for both the local villagers and wild animals can be difficult, as water availability is dependent on rains coming from the north, mostly the highlands of Angola. Having said this, while some rivers were dry, others further north were not and we enjoyed seeing an abundance of elephants, zebras, buffaloes, impala, hippos, and even lions. Botswana is also home to Chobe National Park, located on the northeastern part of the country that borders Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Namibia, which is definitely worth visiting. We always
Read more felt safe in Botswana and the people were friendly and helpful. All children learn English in school so most speak both English and the national tribal language of Setswana.
Female avatar icon Glynis Eaton Australia flag AU       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 10, 2024

Email Glynis Eaton  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing animal sightings & bush experience, thanks to xx king Cobra our guide

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Botswana is amazing. We saw so many animals up close & personal due to our fantastic guide King Cobra. We saw many more animals in Chobe than in Kruger.

Male avatar icon Naoya Takahashi Japan flag JP       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 6, 2024

Email Naoya Takahashi  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The review below is the personal opinion of Naoya Takahashi and not that of SafariBookings.

Disappointed

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During my tour, okavanko river is dried up and no wild animals in this region.
I was really disappointed that situation even though tour company informed in advance.