🇧🇼 Botswana travel: cost, safety & when to go

The Okavango Delta — Africa's great water safari.

💰 Local prices ≈ 38% of the US (Nov 2026)

🛡️ Level 2 · Increased caution — Safety · per US State Dept (Nov 2026)

🌤️ Best time to visit Botswana

The best weather in Botswana is in May, August and September.

Things to do in Botswana

🎒 Top things to do

• Okavango Delta safari — The Okavango Delta is a vast inland water-wilderness explored by mokoro canoe and on safari.
• Chobe elephants — Chobe National Park hosts one of Africa's largest elephant populations, best seen on a river cruise.
• Kalahari Desert — The Kalahari offers stark desert safaris and time with San (Bushmen) communities.
• Makgadikgadi salt pans — The Makgadikgadi salt pans are among the world's largest — surreal, shimmering emptiness.

🗓️ What's in season

• Dry season (flooded delta, best game) (May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct) — May-Oct is the dry season — paradoxically when the Delta floods and game viewing peaks.

Visa (US passport): Visa-free entry · 90 days. Checked June 2026; verify before booking — rules change.

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