Botswana

Explore the Okavango Delta from above in a helicopter – complete with a champagne picnic – or choose a tranquil mokoro canoe ride through its waterways. Travel to Savute where you will find a mega-pride of lions, known to hunt elephants. For a unique adventure, join a horseback safari amidst the world’s second-largest zebra migration in the Makgadikgadi, or set out to discover habituated meerkat colonies and secluded islands dotted with ancient baobabs. Witness uninterrupted starry skies, big cats and unique desert-adapted wildlife in the expansive Kalahari.

If you look at Botswana on a map of Southern Africa, it shares borders with many other legendary safari destinations. Botswana and South Africa are connected by a border and this is covered largely by the Kalahari desert – flights between both make an excellent combination of a safari with a trip to Cape Town. Where Botswana and Zimbabwe meet is the quirky town of Kasane – the gateway to the breathtaking Victoria Falls. Namibia’s Zambezi Region snakes its way along this border, too – offering a grand tour of each country’s lush highlights.