Avani Gaborone Resort & Casino sits on Chuma Drive about 4 km from the centre of Gaborone, on landscaped grounds with a casino attached. At 199 rooms it is the largest property in this catalogue, and it is built for the traffic Gaborone actually gets: business travellers, conferences and people arriving in Botswana rather than people on safari.
Quick facts
- Area
- Gaborone
- Property type
- Hotel
- Setting
- Chuma Drive, 4 km from central Gaborone
- Nearest park or reserve
- Mokolodi Nature Reserve
Rooms
199 rooms and suites, with an AvaniClub lounge for club-grade guests. Free Wi-Fi throughout and free parking on site.
Facilities at Avani Gaborone
A courtyard swimming pool, a gym and spa, tennis, squash and volleyball courts, an on-site casino, and a conference centre the hotel puts at up to 500 guests.
Who it suits
Business travellers, conference delegates, and anyone arriving late at Sir Seretse Khama International who wants a full-service hotel rather than a guesthouse.
Location and access
Tar throughout, roughly a twenty-minute drive from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. No 4×4 required.
How we checked this listing
Room counts and facilities come from the hotel’s own brand page and Minor Hotels’ property listing. We have not stayed here.
Gaborone is an arrival city, not a safari base
Almost nobody flies to Gaborone to go on safari. The parks are hundreds of kilometres north and west, and the traveller who ends up here is usually arriving from South Africa by road, connecting through on business, or starting a long drive north. Our Gaborone guide is honest about what the city is and is not good for.
That shapes what a hotel here needs to be. A pool, reliable Wi-Fi, a gym, somewhere to eat late and secure parking matter far more than a game-viewing deck. This property has all of them, which is why it is a reasonable default for a Gaborone night.
A note on the name
Avani Gaborone was formerly the Gaborone Sun, and a good deal of older material and local usage still calls it that. It is now part of Minor Hotels. Several impostor domains present themselves as the official site — the real one is linked below.
If you want a bush day rather than a city one, Mokolodi Nature Reserve is about half an hour south and is covered separately in this catalogue.
Who Avani Gaborone suits
- Business and conference travellers, which is most of Gaborone’s year-round hotel trade.
- Road arrivals from South Africa crossing at Tlokweng or Ramotswa and needing a first night.
- Families breaking a long drive north, for the pool and the space.
It suits you less if you want a small property, a bush setting, or somewhere within walking distance of much.
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