The best season to visit Botswana is during the dry months of May to late October. During these months, roads are accessible, vegetation is dry making it easy to spot/locate animals from a distance and most of the water sources are dry so animal’s concentration increase at water points as the dry season continue.
Unlike during rainy season roads are not easily accessible, sometimes some areas will be flooded and vehicles easily get stuck. It is difficult to spot animals from a distance. Rainy days makes it difficult to run a safari smoothly especially in the campsite, no time to make fire in the evening and preparing meals becomes a challenge.
There are different place to visit in Botswana. These includes different national parks, game reserves heritage sites. Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Khwai Concession, Savuti, Chobe National Park, CKGR, Nxai Pans, Makgadikgadi Pans, Khutse, Tsodilo Hills, Gchwihaba caves and Aha hills.
When planning to travel to Botswana, expect to see different wild species, bird spices, different landscapes and rich culture from different ethnic groups. There are different activities which can be done in different areas. These includes, game drives, boat cruises, mokoro cruise, guided walks, cultural tours.
It is highly recommended that clients keep their luggage to a minimum. It is very important to note this when travelling on a safari because of space constraints. On charter aircrafts used to transfer clients to and from safari camps, luggage is restricted to 20 kg per person and this includes all hand luggage and camera equipment.
• We therefore strongly recommend that you travel with ‘soft duffel’ or ‘backpack’ style bags. Please do not bring hard body or wheeled suitcases as they will not fit properly in the vehicletrailer, and also will not fit on the luggage compartments of the light aircrafts normally used.
• Lightweight clothing of neutral colours that blend with the African bush and forest are preferable during summer.
• Warm wear such as jackets and jerseys, again of neutral colours, should be brought along during the winter months as it can be very chilly on the early morning and late evenings. In some parts of the country temperatures can even fall below zero degrees Celsius.
• Trousers, long sleeved shirts and blouses are also necessary as they minimize the chances of getting bitten by mosquito.
• Closed, comfortable walking shoes or gym shoes are a must in all seasons.
• Bring along a sun hat, preferably wide brimmed, as opposed to a baseball cap.
• Also pack a good quality sunscreen, polarized sunglasses and a mosquito repellant to use at dawn and dusk.
• A small day pack can also become handy for your prescription medicine, lip balm, moisturizer, binoculars, camera, camera batteries, sunscreen lotions, insect repellants and other small items.
