There is nowhere quite like Botswana. From dense snaking deltas in the north to arid salt pans, dimpled with footprints of meddlesome meerkats and patrolling hyenas in the east, Botswana is a natural nirvana that demands you just simply be. Let its untamed beauty swallow you whole as you glide down the Okavango Delta at twilight, past confusions of commuting wildebeest and honking hippos tucking into their second breakfasts. Savor its silence as you drift off to sleep in your sophisticated and sustainable stilted tent and wake to the sound of yawning lions and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Spend your days riding across Chobe National Park alongside cantering zebras, watching on as elephants herd their young to Linyanti’s lagoons or discovering a newfound need for speed as you race across the Makgadikgadi salt pans on quad bikes.
Despite being one of the most popular safari destinations in Africa, Botswana luxury holidays will have you feeling like it’s just you, the desert and the 638 different wildlife species that call this country home. Take cooling dips in private pools overlooking glistening waterlogged vistas, dine in the company of curious giraffes and curl up with your favourite book on wooden decks under starlit skies. Botswana luxury holidays can also include the chance to immerse yourself in local culture, by spending a day with the Zu’hoasi people. Get a glimpse of their timeless world of hunter gathering, jewelry making and storytelling, which remain completely untouched by western civilization, and understand their unique and symbiotic bond with the land around them.