Botswana protects the Okavango Delta's seasonal flood across the Kalahari Desert with Chitabe and Vumbura camps, the Makgadikgadi salt pans at Nxai, and Chobe's elephant herds along the namesake river.
Highlights
Okavango Delta
Chobe
Makgadikgadi
Moremi
When to Visit
May-Oct
Dry season with Okavango at peak flood (paradoxical: flood reaches Delta in dry-season months), wildlife concentrations highest, and Chobe elephant herds at the river.
Jul-Sep
Peak dry season with Delta water levels at maximum, mokoro canoe activity at full operation, and Chobe sundowners producing the safari's iconic photographs.
Nov-Apr
Wet green season with afternoon storms, lower rates across luxury camps, and Makgadikgadi pan zebra migration December-February the country's biggest movement.
Mar-Apr
End of green season with Kalahari blooming, Makgadikgadi pan flooding, and lower rates with private camps offering shoulder-season terms before flood arrives.
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