Linyanti Concession

Linyanti concession, is one of the famous game reserves, the reserve, is situated adjacent to Chobe National park, the thick mopane forests of Chobe are fusioned with swampy grasslands and scenery of iconic delta that provide timeless photos of the clash of ecosystems in Northern Botswana. The game reserve, harbours thousands of elephants and giraffes living in the the forest and then traveling across the rest of the park while in the river, you will encounter the big buffaloes, crocodiles and hippos in the water. However, Linyanti is so outstandingly restricted to the collection of predators. The threatened wild dog, together with the wolf, leopard, cheetah and hyena favourites of the safari, tops the list. With the ecosystem combination that promotes the living of different animals in the game reserve.

The smaller size of Linyanti concession, is also a common reason as to why tourists realize that a large range of Botswana’s biodiversity requires a many days to explore the depth of the forest while in the Liyanti concession, tourists can access the park by route/ road transport, or  fly in  safari and spend two or three nights since the park is small, it can explored in the shortest time possible. Fairly small , a size helps provide the famous safari with all the activities offered early morning and late afternoons, for game drives and boat trip on the river and enjoy the wildlife in the water such as hippos, buffalos ,crocodiles and many other animals coming here to drink water, this is one of the perfect sites for animal viewing. the size of the park, offers the perfect safari destination for old people who may not be able to explore the bigger and larger national parks since it requires enough physical fitness and time to discover the beauty of the national park. This simple to configure software is a popular destination for elderly people.

The variety of luxurious lodges offered often enhances Linyanti’s reputation. Both of them have their own concession and uninterrupted views of a portion of the park, including the beautiful Linyanti River. These are more exclusive and costly than the neighbouring Chobe and many visitors fly into the concession’s remote airstrip. Some offer loneliness and indulgence, while others cater to a sense of loneliness and unbroken charm. Since this concession is privately owned, any lodge has eclectic possibilities. The exciting excitement of remote Africa is especially offered by walking safaris and night game drives since it’s the best time to catch the predators coming out to hunt for prey, you will be guided through by the rangers with the spot light to help locate the animals for you.

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Mashatu Game Reserve

Mashatu Game Reserve

Mashatu Game Reserve – Charming yourself with vast open fields, wildlife’s habitats, magnificent sky and the peacefulness of the forest, and echoes of birds singing and natural noises.

Situated in the Botswana Northern Tuli Game Park, which lies between the Tuli Safari Area, Zimbabwe National Park and South Africa Mapungubwe National Park. In both the South African and the Zimbabwean National Parks Mashatu shares unbroken boundaries in South and North. This vast area is part of the protected cross-border nature area that preserves the tremendous biodiversity of flora and fauna of the country.

The largest concentration of animals in the park are the elephants occupying the largest area of land in the park, besides the elephants, you will also encounter other animal species such as the Baobab tree, the Eland, the Ostrich, the Kori bustard, and the majestic Limpopo River.

The nature experience at Mashatu is tailored and excited to give you the environment with devoted professional Tswana guards and trackers. Late afternoons and again early mornings, the four-wheel drive safari vehicles set off to search for the various species inhabiting the reservation. The park is a host to over 350 species of birds the park stands out has one of the perfect sites for bird watching activities, while on the plains, you will have an opportunity to spot different animals like the cheetah zebra, giraffe, eland, impala, herds of elephants and many more other animals. There is also a variety of flora and fauna that thrives all year round.

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Nxai Pan National Park

Nxai Pan National Park- The park is mainly filled up during the wet season from the month of November to March when the grass is green and animals have plenty of food to eat and pastures to feed on, the animal in the park, mainly migrate from the Makgadikgadi national park, the common among the animals are the big five wild game.

Nxai Pan National Park

The pans were created by a process which began over five million years ago. In this period, there were slightly different courses along the Okavango River, the Chobe River and upper Zambezi. The enormity of the sky and the horizon of Botswana landscape is always impressive to visitors.

Nxai Pan itself is once again a vast grassy plain of the old lake bed, surrounded more thinly by acacia. Baines ‘ Baobabs is located in the south of Nxai Pan, and contains an assortment of large baobab trees, made legendary by Livingstone expedition’s painter Thomas Baines in 1862. In fact, the Nxai Pan National Park is a salt pan. Water flows into the bowl and the grass land after a strong precipitation. Only an all-wheel driving vehicle will take the way into the bath. Two camping sites occur in the area. The park covers an area of about 1676km2 and was establishes in 1970 with the need to conserve the animals that where under the threat in an open grassland.

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Moremi Game Reserve

Moremi Game Reserve

Moremi Game Reserve is situated on the eastern part of the Okavango Delta and has been named after the Batswana tribe’s Chief Moremi. The Moremi Game Reserve is situated on much of the east side of the Okavango River and it mixes fresh space with spectacular contrasts. Chiefs Island and the Moremi Tongue are some of the reserve’s famous geographical features.

This park is an astonishingly complex area, which incorporates mopane and acacia forest, flood plain and lagoons, covering 5,000 square kilometres (1.900 square mi). Just about 30% of the resource is   maritime, with the rest in the Okavango Delta. Moremi is home to almost 500 bird species, including Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopards, Garland, Ghetto, Hyaena, Chapala, Impala and the Africa’s wildlife. The most important species are bird species such as birds and woodland dwellers

The Moremi Reserve is the ideal place to have an outstanding view on the game of savannah and the lagoon. The endangered African wild dog and leopard are also native to thickly wooded regions. The Chobe National Park, which focuses on Moremi Game Reserve, sits to the northeast.

Moremi has a number of lodgings facilities ranging from budget, mid-range, and luxury to meet all incomes, most of the lodges are luxurious tents and residences on Chief’s Island. In general, just micro flights connection to this secluded paradise have lovely views of the Okavango overflowing the green and blue of the mountains. The suburbs of Moremi can be entered on rough roads from other areas of Botswana (including a speciously difficult ride from Chobe), allowing access to the main reserve. But the watery environment of Okavango needs something other than a car to deeper in the park. It maintains the exclusive atmosphere of Chief’s Island but is far from the only great location in Moremi. Even the tiny campsites of the area are wild and animal prints can be identified in the sand. This is undoubtedly Botswana’s growing safari destination as it promises abundant habitats, vast numbers of animals, excellent views of games and special safari action. The tragic journey is all part of the experience. The experience. How does the camp sit down and watch hundreds of mammals walk around?

The climatic conditions of the Merone national park changes with the different seasons. The Water comes from the Angolan highlands flowing to Okavango River but before the water is poured here, the water has an obligatory four-to five-month travel to reach the Kalahari. As a result of the flow of water, which is always experienced around June to September, the Okavango Delta floods, exactly when the rest of the country is in a scalp and dusty dry season. This is when animals are forced to migrate to Merone causing a large increase in abundance of animal species in Moremi. Summer rains may make parts of Moremi inaccessible due to the muddy and water logged area which are breeding grounds of mosquitoes thus increase in the risk of malaria, these also affects some lodges and they are forced to stop functioning, this is mainly experienced from the month of December to February.

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Khutse Game Reserve

Khutse Game Reserve

Khutse Game Reserve is a popular retreat for Gaborone tourists and locals, because of its nearness and easy proximity to the nation’s capital. The trip of 240 kilometres brings the traveller through several popular villages of Kalahari, including the Kalahari Gate, Molepolole.

Safari destination

more portable scale of Khutse national park, sounds a little like the Kalahari. Dutzens of shimmering salt pans are there, flocks scatter to hunt for water, and diligent predators are ready to catch the prey. Located on the southern edge of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, it is also a very accessible part of the Kalahari, particularly for anyone traveling from Gaborone to the south. Encounters with animals can be a little challenging since the park is sparely populated with doted animals seen around the park.

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Selinda Concession

Selinda Concession offers luxury Botswana safari tours and the park mainly harbours predators, like the lion, leopard among others an many other animal species living in park, the park is diverse and offers a wide range of safari activities for the visitors visiting the park.

Selinda Concession

Stands as one of the perfect places and national parks to explore Africa on multiple levels, the park offers variety of activities ranging from excursions by boat, horseback riding, cycling and night game drive. The three private reserves west of Chobe have traditionally been the least visited. However, the number of animals has increased in recent years since Selinda moved from its roots to become a reserve of small, sustainable camps as a hunting concession. Interestingly, for the first time in decades, an ancient waterway has filled up the park and the vegetation has flourished which has attracted number of animals in to the park. this is one of the perfect destinations to look out for in case you need to have an encounter with the predators such as the wild dogs, wolves, lions, leopard among others. The park also offers safaris on foot, you can explore the park out of the vehicle where you will have an opportunity to view animals like the giraffes, Zebras and the largest number of antelopes among others.

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Okavango Delta

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Okavango Delta

Okavango Delta is the largest freshwater delta in the world, formed in the central part of the endorheic Kalahari Basin, where the Okavango River enters a tectonic trough. The entire water which enters the Delta is evaporated and swept away and flows in the sea and the ocean. Rains Seasonal rains are creating the Okavango. In January-February the Okavango River drains. The rainfalls from the highlands of Angola and the river flood drain 1.200 kilometres within about one month, and in the next four months the floods disperse across the 250 kilometres by 150 kilometres of the delta. The higher water temperature in the Delta contributes to accelerated sweat which evaporation and leads to a process that only at the beginning of the 20th century was known in complete. During the dry winter months of Botswana, between June and August, flood peaks as the delta swelled to threefold in length, attracting livestock from miles and producing one of Africa’s largest levels of wilderness.

Most of the wild game is located on the bottom of the delta and not in the wet core of the Delta. Moremi Game Reserve, a region within the Okavango Delta Ecosystem, is the most popular place in Moremi Game Reserve There are wild meetings, especially with big cats and the largest mammals in Africa, at short intervals. Migratory and resident animals can be seen across the river, although for their promised bounty those with less room go straight to Moremi. The Duba Plains, where fights of buffalos and lions are all legends, is another prime place to explore around this national park. A number of outlying private concessions offer additional options, and Delta size means that the vas land, offers an adequate space for several safari activities, The most significant thing while visiting Okavango, normally on mokoro–a typical canoe, is the boat safari trip activities, You are guided by a nearby ship captain through the maze, and life hinges around the shingles. Hippo gatherings are impressive and you’re close to the giant elephant and buffalo herds. You’ve got to look down at the jaw level, look at a hippo’s teeth or see baby pachyderms push each other playfully. Language lions are also on your eye while hoping behind lechwe that avoid crocodile snaps. Like many reservoirs, Okavango is a birdlife sanctuary, where over 400 species can be identified this site offers the perfect location for bird watching activities.

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Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Central Kalahari Game Reserve – It’s a large national park in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert. It was founded in 1961 and covers 52,8000 square kilometres, making it the second largest game reserve of the world (20,500 square miles) (larger than the Netherlands and approximately 10 percent of the total land area of Botswana). The park is famous for its biodiversity and also its a home to the Africa big five wild game.

Stand out destination in Africa

Central Kalahari Game Reserve

Generally, there are few of the safari attractions in Africa as vast as the Central Kalahari Game reserve, the park covers a great part of Botswana. The park is mainly covered by the desert, during the dry seasons of the year, the park experiences too much dust around the River beds and sand dunes escalate due to strong winds blowing and too much heat produced which affects the temperatures and the life of the animals. The dry seasons bring a challenge to animals because the fields dry up, the water ponds dry up forcing the animals drain off the few remaining water holes in the park and all these persist, some animals may die as result of inadequate food and water for survive following the standards of the desert. When the rains are back, life gets back to normal since the plants flourish, the flowers spurting grass/ vegetation thrives and the rivers, lakes and water holes get filled with water and thus the life in the deserts gets back to normal since can now find pastures to eat and water to drink. Nonetheless, in this dusty desert, the rains come back for just a short while and the landscape returns thereafter fast to its evoked rusty colour full dust and sand dunes with strong winds lifting the dust ,  African countries are so often obsessed with the relentless struggle for survival, and perhaps none is better represented than this seemingly endless desert dry and hot throughout the year.

During the game drives, you can drive in the Kalahari desert for 2-3 hours of the day without you seeing and wildlife in the park, just like the animals, the safaris in the desert , is about searching for the animals around the places in the desert that have water holes since the animals gather around this water pond to drink water and to graze around in struggle for their survival. There are several animals’ species concentration around the water ponds, during this time, the small animals wait for the elephants to leave, there are hundreds of species anxiety around the lake. Cheeky springboks and the warthogs, and infant pachyderms will wait until the day’s sun is down and cool for them to approach the water and when the big animals have departed from the water source. This scene is populated by black-maned lions that live in prides that take away the vulnerable animals, there are lots of potential objectives, particularly as pride watches the waterhole, with small vegetation and water. Big animals travel thousands of kilometres in search for the water and their distant remarkable figures are one of Kalahari’s great images. The tusked male elephants, walking alone in the desert with whirling dust and dazzling fire, are another iconic sight.

A very specific safari experience, one marked rather by rivalry than abundance, is provided by Central Kalahari in contrast with the Okavangos and Chobes lusher countryside. It renders it a hypnotic pause on a long safari in Botswana to see the desert and how the Okavango oasis is so important to the biodiversity of Botswana. if the Kalahari Desert had the standards of the country, it would have been the 30 largest country in the world due its biodiversity and the area of land it covers. Therefore, expect long drives on bumpy highways. the use of micro flights, would best and they help save time that could be wasted driving on dusty roads full of sand and dunes, this park does not experience high number of visitors visiting the park, meaning that, tourists are uncommon, therefore, camps are wondrously situated in perfect areas which allows travelers ideal stops for exclusive high-end or for visitors on luxury safaris. You sometimes glance around in the park, looking in all directions and question yourself how distant and remote this place is full of dust and having hot temperatures during the day and during the night, it gets so cold to the freezing point.

Many of these camps, are situated far away from each other covering more than 50 miles away from one camp to another., rendering it one of the best locations for the people who trying to flee from the world and clear their minds. The park offers a range of events. Mostly you take further drives around the waterholes in the desert with the hope to sight the animals throughout the whole day. After an hour of nothing seen, you suddenly catch a leopard pulling the carcass of a springbok these creates an extra ordinary feeling compared to the previous hours when you hadn’t spotted any single animal. The camps are also situated offering the clear viewpoints or next to the water ponds, rives, you can therefore, stay in your lodge has you wait for the nomads who come around in search for water for the animals.  you may also have an opportunity to spot the animals from your lodge, camp as they come around in search for water. animal viewing in these areas, requires you to rise up early morning and depart at an early age for these activity to experience a safari, during early morning, you will be able to catch the early rises before they retrieve to their hiding places also a safari on horseback riding or walking safaris, will require you the same time to be able to see the animals., but they do have a sublime feeling of caprice again.

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Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Makgadikgadi Pans National park, is situated in the middle of the dry Savannah along the north- eastern Botswana, the park covers an area of 3 900 km2, it’s also a salt pan which comprises of the remains of the formerly lake Makgadikgadi. The park is one of the largest salt pans in the world. In technical terms, Makgadi is not just one pan but many panels with a sandy desert, and the biggest being the sua (Sowa), the Nwetwas and the nxai pan are located south-east of the Okavango Delta and surrounded by the Kalahari Desert. It is about 1900 m2 (4,921.0 km2) that are the largest individual pan.

The pans are sandy desert with only a thin layer of blue-green algae and a very poor biodiversity during the extreme dry season of heavy hot winds and only with salt water, but after a storm the pan becomes an important refuge for migrant animals including wildebeest and one of Africa’s largest zebra populations. In the wet season migrating birds including ducks, goats and white pelicans are taken along. This casserole is home to one of only two breeding colonies of Greater flamingos, which is found within the Makgadikgadi Pans, in southern Africa.

The National Park of Makgadikgadi Pans is host to a variety accessible and spacious camps and lodges ranging from luxury, mid-range, and budget accommodation which meet the interest of every traveller visiting the park on a Botswana Safari.

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, offers several activities such as safari trips, game drives, bird watching, nature walks, among others with abundant Wildlife comprising of the eland, tigers, zebras, guet, gemsbok, springbok, red hartebeest and much more to offer you the best of your safari in the national park.

The primary entry to the park is on the Francistown road between Maun and the town of Nata. A 4/4 truck is preferable to push it. The road is 45 km (28 miles) west from Gweta. At Kumaga (Xhumaga), approximately 47 miles south-west of the island, there is another entrance where you can access the park from that is from Kumaga (Xhumaga), which is about 48km (30 miles) south-west of the main entrance (toward the Central Kalahari Game Reserve).

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Northern Tuli Game Reserve

The Northern Tuli Game Reserve  Comprises of private concessions that mainly focus on remote Botswana safaris in privately sheltered game reserves in Africa.

Northern Tuli Game Reserve

The Northern Game Reserve in Tuli Block occupies about 720km2 of private property. It has various private concessions including Tuli Safari Lodge and Mashatu GR. Wildlife visibility is excellent; there are plenty of wild game including the Big five wild game, which are the elephants; the park has the highest concentration of elephants, leopards, buffalos among others. excluding the rhinos, cheetah and brown like hyena are not seen around this park. In addition, several safari activities are offered in the park such as; standard game drives and walking safaris are available, including riding, cycling and ballooning among others. The park does not harbour many animals, the have different animal species concentration living in the park.

The landscape carries you into a reverie in the prime landscape of Africa, when the blurted sun sets over a wandering leopard, when the Limpopo river winks beneath several filamentous outcrops but this is not the destination that is most available. It is normally included in the overland safaris of South Africa and Botswana as the ideal interlude between the long distance between the countries on a day or two in Northern Tuli. Certain safari opportunities may be easier to reach unless they are already on the road. Throughout neighbouring Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, there are also more popular and rich reserves.

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