Botswana

Hotels & Lodges - Botswana

Although Botswana has many good hotels, tourists that visit Botswana tend to do so for the rich safari experiences that it offers. The type of accommodation on offer in Botswana’s safari areas like the Okavango Delta, Chobe, Linyanti, Savute and the Tuli Block include mainly tented safari camps, as well as many game lodges. In some of the small centres involved in tourism, such as Maun and Kasane, guest houses are also popular. However in general, safari camps (specifically luxury tented camps) are the most popular form of accommodation in Botswana. Game lodges are the second most popular and then hotels in the traditional sense of the word are confined to the bigger business centres like Gaberone and Francistown.

We have divided Botswanas’ Hotels & Lodges into 5 tourist regions, and under each region we list the various hotels, lodges and safari camps. Most options are safari camp and game lodges.

Zebras in the Kalahari

The Kalahari Area

The Kalahari is the largest sand basin in the entire world, stretching a whopping 2,500km from northern South Africa, through Namibia, Angola and Botswana. Although it has no permanent surface water is it by no means a complete desert - in fact, the Kalahari is well vegetated with a wide variety of habitats, including acacia trees and vast areas of flat grasslands. When the summer rain arrives the plains burst with sweet grasses and become one of the prime game-viewing areas in Botswana. In this region accommodation options include safari camps and safari lodges.

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Lioness in Mashatu

The Tuli Block Area

The Tuli Block region in Botswana combines the Mashatu Game Reserve, Tuli Nature Reserve and other smaller wildlife sanctuaries; offering visitors easy access to an expansive wilderness area, which contains an abundance of wildlife. Those who enjoy bird-watching will also not be disappointed. The most popular area within the block has proven to be the North-East Tuli Game Reserve situated between the Limpopo, Motlouse and Shashe rivers. Accommodation options in the Tuli Block are limited to game reserve camps.

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Lions in Savuti

The Linyanti & Savuti Areas

The Linyanti - Savuti region comprises a 5000 square kilometre area south west of Chobe. During the dry and inhospitable winter months the pans and water holes in this area lure animals from far and wide; while in summer most animals move on to the fertile Savuti Marsh. The region is well known due to a number of wildlife documentaries that have been filmed here, most notably the National Geographic films by Dereck and Beverly Joubert. In this region your accommodation options include a selection of luxury camps and lodges.

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Okavango Delta & Moremi Game Reserve

The Okavango Delta and Moremi Areas

The well known Moremi Game Reserve protects the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta. This protective nucleus is home to many wildlife reserves in the region. The enormous size of the area, as well as the diversity of ecosystems that it contains, makes this one of the best game viewing destinations in all of Botswana. Here you may choose from a selection of luxury camp accommodation.

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The Chobe Area

Situated in the north of Botswana, the Chobe region’s main attractions include the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Savuti, Linyanti Swamps and the town of Kasane. This is an area of untamed wilderness, stark beauty and a million contrasts that is home to innumerable bird- and animal species. Breathtaking and fecund, Chobe is one of the premier Botswana safari destinations. Here you may choose from an array of lodges and Botswana hotels.

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