# Botswana Travel Guide

> BotswanaTravelGuide.net is an independent travel-planning resource covering Botswana's destinations, national parks and reserves, self-drive travel, wildlife and seasons, itineraries, accommodation and practical trip planning.

Botswana Travel Guide publishes independently written, source-checked travel information for visitors planning travel throughout Botswana. Operational information is verified against authoritative sources where possible, and where official sources contradict one another we say so rather than choosing the tidier answer.

We publish no prices, no availability, no star ratings and no review scores of our own. We have not visited the places we write about and say so plainly. Some accommodation links are affiliate links; commission never affects what is covered or how it is ordered.

## Start Here

- [Botswana Travel Guide](https://botswanatravelguide.net/): Main guide and trip-planning entry point.
- [Destinations](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/): Botswana regions, towns and gateways.
- [Parks & Reserves](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/): National parks, game reserves and protected areas.
- [Travel Planning](https://botswanatravelguide.net/travel-planning/): Seasons, entry requirements, borders, money, connectivity and health.
- [Self-Drive Botswana](https://botswanatravelguide.net/self-drive/): Routes, vehicles and Botswana self-drive guidance.

## Regions

- [Okavango Delta](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/okavango-delta/): The inland delta, Maun, Moremi and the concession camps.
- [Chobe and Kasane](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/chobe-kasane/): The far north, the Chobe River and the border crossings.
- [Makgadikgadi and the Salt Pans](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/makgadikgadi/): Sua and Ntwetwe, Nxai Pan and the pan country.
- [The Kalahari](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/kalahari/): Central Kalahari, Khutse, Kgalagadi and Mabuasehube.
- [Eastern Botswana](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/eastern-botswana/): The A1 corridor, Francistown, Serowe and the Tuli Block.
- [Gaborone and the South-East](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/gaborone-south-east/): Lobatse, Kanye, Molepolole and Jwaneng, the three South African crossings, and the reserves in and beyond the region.

## Major Destinations

- [Maun](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/okavango-delta/maun/): Botswana's safari gateway and light-aircraft hub for the Okavango Delta.
- [Kasane](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/chobe-kasane/kasane/): The riverfront gateway town, 10 km from Chobe and an hour from three international borders.
- [Gaborone](https://botswanatravelguide.net/destinations/gaborone-south-east/gaborone/): Botswana's capital and main air gateway: the airport, Gaborone Game Reserve, Mokolodi and how long to stay.

## Parks & Reserves

- [Chobe National Park](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/chobe-national-park/): The riverfront, Savuti, Linyanti and Nogatsaa, with gates, seasons and fee structure.
- [Moremi Game Reserve](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/moremi-game-reserve/): The 1963 Batawana proclamation, the Mopane Tongue, gates and self-drive rules.
- [Makgadikgadi Pans National Park](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/makgadikgadi-pans-national-park/): Salt pan, grassland and the Boteti, with the wet-season migration and vehicle requirements.
- [Nxai Pan National Park](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/nxai-pan-national-park/): Three grassed pans, the 50 km approach, Baines Baobabs and the December to April window.
- [Central Kalahari Game Reserve](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/central-kalahari-game-reserve/): 52,800 sq km, three gates on opposite sides, Deception Valley and total self-sufficiency.
- [Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park](https://botswanatravelguide.net/parks-reserves/kgalagadi-transfrontier-park/): Dunes, fossil rivers and Mabuasehube, the convoy rule, the gates between the two countries and which side to visit.

## Travel Planning

- [Best Time to Visit Botswana](https://botswanatravelguide.net/travel-planning/best-time-to-visit-botswana/): Three regional calendars month by month, the Okavango flood lag and the pans wet season.
- [Botswana Entry Requirements](https://botswanatravelguide.net/travel-planning/entry-requirements/): Passport validity, blank pages, the tourism visa process, yellow fever and minors, dated.

## Self-Drive

- [4x4 and Vehicle Requirements](https://botswanatravelguide.net/self-drive/4x4-vehicle-requirements/): What a 4x4 in Botswana must carry, fuel and water loads, park rules, and requirements we could not verify.

## Wildlife & Seasons

- [Wildlife and Seasons](https://botswanatravelguide.net/wildlife/): The two seasonal cycles, the zebra migrations and honest species expectations.
- [The Okavango Delta Flood Cycle](https://botswanatravelguide.net/wildlife/okavango-flood-cycle/): Why the Delta floods in the dry season, and the four-to-five-month lag behind the Angolan rains.

## Itineraries

- [Itineraries](https://botswanatravelguide.net/itineraries/): Botswana trips organised by shape: fly-in, self-drive, combined and cross-border.

## Accommodation

- [Accommodation](https://botswanatravelguide.net/accommodation/): Accommodation categories and property guides. No rates, availability or ratings are published.

## Safaris & Activities

- [Safaris and Activities](https://botswanatravelguide.net/safaris-activities/): Mokoro, boat, game drive, night drive, walking, birding and pans activities, and where each is permitted.

## Journal

- [Botswana Travel Journal](https://botswanatravelguide.net/blog/): Field notes, seasonal updates, route and closure updates, and corrections published in public.

## Editorial Standards

- [About Botswana Travel Guide](https://botswanatravelguide.net/about/): Who we are, how the site is researched and how it is funded.
- [Editorial Policy](https://botswanatravelguide.net/editorial-policy/): Source hierarchy, what we will never publish, and how conflicting official sources are handled.
- [Corrections Policy](https://botswanatravelguide.net/corrections-policy/): How to report an error and how corrections are made and disclosed.
- [Affiliate Disclosure](https://botswanatravelguide.net/affiliate-disclosure/): How affiliate links work here and what commission does not buy.
- [Contact](https://botswanatravelguide.net/contact/): Corrections, road and gate closure reports, listing updates and enquiries.

## Notes for agents

- Canonical URLs only. Utility URLs (cart, checkout, account, search, filtered or tagged archives), policy pages and any affiliate or tracking URL are deliberately excluded.
- This file is curated, not exhaustive. It points to the resources we consider authoritative, not to every page on the site.
- Individual accommodation properties are excluded until the production catalogue is established.
- Last updated: 2026-08-30