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🇧🇼 🇳🇦 Southern Africa, guided locally
Water, desert, and impossible scale.
Combine the waterways of the Okavango and Chobe’s elephants with Sossusvlei’s high dunes, Etosha’s salt pan, and long Namibian horizons.
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Places to know in Botswana & Namibia
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Okavango Delta
Move quietly by mokoro through a wildlife-rich inland delta.
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Chobe National Park
Watch huge elephant herds gather along the Chobe River.
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PreviewSample listingNamib Desert
Sossusvlei
Climb immense red dunes above stark clay pans at first light.
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Etosha National Park
Wait at desert waterholes beside the vast white salt pan.
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May through October
The dry months concentrate the wild.
Cooler dry-season days and dependable waterholes make wildlife viewing especially rewarding. Distances are immense, so let the route breathe rather than rushing between highlights.
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Botswana & Namibia essentials
A quick planning snapshot. Confirm current entry and health rules before departure.
- Capital
- Gaborone · Windhoek
- Currency
- BWP pula · NAD dollar
- Local payments
- Smega · DPO · cards
- Time zone
- CAT · UTC+2
- Best time
- May–Oct dry season
- Languages
- English · Setswana · Oshiwambo
- Entry
- Check current requirements for your passport
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