Top Botswana Budget Safari Trips & Packages 2025/2026

Highlights

• Immerse yourself in Botswana’s wild side, witnessing immense landscapes and safari icons
• Glide along the Okavango Delta in mokoro canoes helmed by master polers
• Wild camp under the starry African sky, serenaded by hippos, elephants and lions
• Experience the silent beauty of the otherworldly Makgadikgadi Pan
• Rise early to game drive in Chobe National Park, the best spot on the planet to see elephants

Highlights

• Embark on an overland safari adventure across the wilds of Botswana and Zimbabwe
• Explore the elephant capital of the world, Chobe National Park, on a game drive and river safari
• Glide over the Okavango Delta by mokoro canoe, which are poled by local villagers
• Camp under the starry night sky, drifting off to the calls of hippos, elephants and lions
• Safari through Matobo and Hwange national parks, both home to iconic African animals

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• Interactive hiking and biking safari options, the experience is even more spectacular.
• This unique 10-day itinerary combines a visit to the city of Cape Town
• Visits to two little-known corners of Southern Africa that boast few tourists and a rich tapestry of wildlife
• The city’s backdrop is a stunning sweep of mountainous heights, impressive cliffs, and a stretch of plateau known as Table Mountain.
• This safari includes not only viewing from vehicles but a special biking or hiking option.

Highlights

• Chobe National Park, Botswana: The third largest national park of Botswana by area, Chobe National Park is by no means one to overlook. Having one of the largest concentrations of game in Africa, there is bound to be something to look at around every corner, and is best known for its large population of elephants.
• Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Located in southern Tanzania on the coast of the Indian Ocean, Dar es Salaam is a bustling, chaotic place, filled with life and color. It is the largest city of Tanzania, and is the countries richest city and an important economic centre.
• Elephant Sands, Nata, Botswana: Elephant Sands is a unique campsite situated on an unfenced 16000 ha private conservancy bordering Botswana's reserves and game parks. Enjoy viewing the elephants at their natural waterhole right in front of the lodge.
• Etosha National Park, Namibia: Etosha National Park is dominated by the Etosha Pan roughly 130km Long and 50km wide. Declared a national park in 1907 and covering an aera of 22,270 square kilometres and is home to 114 mammal species, 340 bird species, 110 reptile species and 16 amphibian species.
• Fish River Canyon, Namibia: The Fish River Canyon is located in southern Namibia, and is the second largest canyon in the world (and the deepest in Africa). It is the second busiest tourist attraction in Namibia. The canyon is approximately 160 km long, up to 27 km wide, and 550m deep.

Highlights

• Meet with an expert on National Geographic’s Okavango Wilderness Project to learn about ongoing conservation projects in the delta.
• Enjoy dinner at a family homestead in Zimbabwe, and hear from local storytellers in Botswana.
• Go on safari with a researcher from the Cheetah Metapopulation Project, part of National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative.

Highlights

• Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Located in southern Tanzania on the coast of the Indian Ocean, Dar es Salaam is a bustling, chaotic place, filled with life and color. It is the largest city of Tanzania, and is the countries richest city and an important economic centre.
• Great Rift Valley: The Great Rift Valley is the name given to the geographic trench, approximately 6000 kilometers in length, which runs from Syria to Mozambique. The Rift Valley has been a rich source of fossils
• Matobo or Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe: The Matobo National Park lies in the Matobo Hills, which are a 200 million year old range of granite domes, spires and unique smoothly-rounded balancing boulders created by years of erosion. The 424 sq km park is the burial ground for colonial imperialist Cecil Rhodes and his peaceful grave can be visited on the top of one of these outcrops of rock. It is also home to a diversity of wildlife, and has one of the largest densities of leopard in Africa, and considerable populations of both the black and white rhinoceros. The highlight here is a game walk to possibly get close to rhino on foot.
• Kruger National Park, South Africa: Spanning 18,989 square kilometers, the Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, and is the premier game reserve of South Africa. Home to the Big Five, there are 147 mammalian species, as well as 517 bird species and 114 species of reptile.
• Lake Malawi, Malawi: Lake Malawi is one of the great African lakes, and is the south-most lake in the Great Rift Valley. The third largest lake in Africa, Lake Malawi is positioned between Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique. It is the second deepest lake in Africa, and has reportedly the most species of fish on Earth.

Highlights

• Explore Chobe National Park, Botswana
• See the Elephant Sands, Nata, Botswana
• Explore Etosha National Park, Namibia
• See the Fish River Canyon, Namibia
• Visit Matobo or Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe

Highlights

• Explore Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Visit Matobo or Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe
• Enjoy fascinating Kruger National Park, South Africa
• See the Lake Malawi, Malawi
• Visit Matobo or Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe