Botswana game reserves are some of the most breathtaking in Africa. Camp under the stars, take a journey up river by boat and marvel at the awe inspiring Victoria Falls.

The Chobe National Park covers an area of 10,566 sq km and is home to a splendid variety of wildlife, including elephants who move in their thousands along the well-worn paths of the Chobe River every afternoon to drink. Chobe boasts the highest elephant population in the world, with an estimated 45,000 to 90,000 elephant. There are also large herds of buffalo to be seen at the rivers edge, as well as hippo, lechwe, kudu, impala, roan and puku.

The Okavango Delta is the largest inland delta in the world. It amazingly defies basic geographic principles by flowing inland and never actually reaching the sea. The delta is home to some of the most spectacular game and birdlife in Africa, if not the whole world. The waterways are remarkably pure, due largely to their passage being through sparsely populated areas. Safari experiences through the Okavango Delta vary greatly; you can explore this inspirational area by foot, horseback, mokoro and elephant.

Further south and west, the Linyanti Marshes are a mini-version of the Okavango, a river twisted by a volcanic fault to splay out into a lush green, animal rich oasis. Nearby the Savuti area marks the northern shore of what was once the giant superlake which covered most of Botswana, its flat dry lakebed now a sea of grass, scattered by rocky kopjes beloved of leopards and baboons.

Botswana can be combined with visits to South Africa and beach extensions to the paradise island of Mauritius.