Elephant country next door
Botswana
7 places members cross for
Elephant country. Chobe is a day trip from the Falls, and beyond it the Okavango Delta and the salt pans take a few days and usually a light aircraft.
The Kazungula border post, roughly an hour's drive from Victoria Falls town. Day trips usually sort the paperwork for you.
- Gateway
- Kasane
- Reach
- Day-trip range, and the gateway to the Delta
- Money
- Pula
- Best months
- May to October for game viewing; the Delta fills and floods through the middle of the year
What members cross for
- WildlifeDay trip
Chobe National Park
Kasane
The greatest elephant herds on earth
Tens of thousands of elephants move through the Chobe riverfront, best seen from a boat in the morning and a game vehicle in the afternoon.
Book the full-day combo — a river cruise and a game drive in one trip shows you two completely different Chobes.
- WildlifeFly-in
Savuti & Linyanti
Western Chobe
Remote channels and big prides
The wild western side of Chobe, where the Savuti channel runs in long cycles and the lion prides follow the elephant herds that depend on it.
This is fly-in or serious 4x4 country — go with an operator who knows the channel and the camps.
- WaterFly-in
Okavango Delta
Maun
A river that never reaches the sea
The Okavango spreads into the Kalahari sand and fills with channels, islands and floodplain game, explored by mokoro, boat, vehicle or on foot.
Water levels decide the experience, so ask about the season before you book a mokoro trip.
- WildlifeFly-in
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango's eastern edge
Chief's Island and the Delta's edge
The Delta's protected heartland, driven and walked with some of the most reliable predator and wild dog sightings in southern Africa.
Give it three nights — Moremi rewards time far more than a rushed one-night stop.
- DesertOvernight
Makgadikgadi & Nxai Pan
Gweta
Salt pans and a sky with no edges
Salt pans left behind by an ancient lake, with habituated meerkats, baobabs and the zebra migration that arrives with the rains.
The pans flood and empty with the seasons, so match your dates to what you want to see.
- CultureOvernight
Tsodilo Hills
Shakawe
Thousands of San rock paintings
A UNESCO-listed outcrop rising out of the Kalahari, covered in thousands of rock paintings and still sacred to the San communities who made them.
Go with a local guide — the paintings make far more sense with the stories that go with them.
- WaterDay trip
Kasane riverfront
Kasane
Four countries from one riverbank
The small border town on the Chobe River where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe nearly meet — boat stations, lodges and the shortest hop into the park.
An easy first stop if you are crossing at Kazungula and want to be on the water within the hour.
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Distances through Botswana
The stops members string together out of Victoria Falls, in order, with the distance between each one. Tap a pin for what that leg involves.
Leg by leg through Botswana
- 1
Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe · the start
Route start — the falls and the bridge
- 2
Kasane riverfront
Kasane
≈ 90 km · about 1 h 30 min driving
- 3
Chobe National Park
Serondela riverfront
≈ 6 km · about 6 min driving
- 4
Savuti & Linyanti
Western Chobe
≈ 170 km · about 2 h 30 min driving
- 5
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango's eastern edge
≈ 120 km · about 1 h 45 min driving
- 6
Okavango Delta
Maun
≈ 100 km · about 1 h 30 min driving
- 7
Tsodilo Hills
Shakawe
≈ 270 km · about 4 h 15 min driving
- 8
Makgadikgadi & Nxai Pan
Gweta
≈ 490 km · about 7 h 30 min driving
Botswana from Victoria Falls: ≈ 1240 km · about 19 h of driving
Estimates only — measured as the crow flies with a road allowance, at an average speed that includes border posts and fuel stops. Confirm current roads, water levels and flying times in the forum before you commit.
Kazungula: Zimbabwe to Botswana
Chobe day trips cross a real border twice, so the passport comes with you.