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Botswana Travel Guide

Botswana Travel Guide gives all the info you need to know regarding travel documents, visas, health issues, border times, tips, flights, maps and packing guide. Follow the links for more indepth information. 

Regarded as a top safari destination, Botswana offers outstanding wildlife experiences.  Whether you travel the Okavango delta or Chobe National Park, be amazed at the diversity and numbers of game you will encounter.

Botswana tourist information

botswana visa

Most Commonwealth and European countries do not require a visa. Click on the link to find full list.
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flight schedules

There are daily scheduled flights from Johannesburg to Maun on Air Botswana and SA Airlink
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getting there

flying into Botswana, or arrive by road, bus or rail.  There are scheduled bus services between Botswana and its neighbours
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Botswana travel directory
Botswana travellers guide

Culture

The main ethnic groups are the Batswana (descendants of iron age immigrants from Central West Africa), the Basarwa (San, indigenous hunter gatherers, pre iron age), and the Herero (pastoralists). Eighty percent of the population of Botswana are rural inhabitants.

Cell Phones

Your cell phone will work in all larger towns only. (Just arrange with your service provider for roaming facilities beforehand). The cheaper method is to buy a “Starter Pack” from one of the local cellphone companies and change the Sim card.

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health

There are good primary health care facilities throughout Botswana. Follow the health precautions as advised.
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Tourism

The Prime Tourist Months are from April through to October – both the weather and game viewing are excellent. Animals are at their most visible around what water there is – the natural waterholes, dams & rivers. Prices are very high

Summer months from November to March is when the rains arrive and it’s hot between the thunderstorms.

The vegetation is a sea of green, wild flowers can be seen everywhere and all mammals and birds have their young. The bush is alive – Africa is at its most productive!
It’s a photographers paradise especially in the Kalahari where the large herds of animals have migrated to.

Botswana travel guide

Foot & Mouth Controls

Botswana is dotted with foot-and-mouth-disease control points. Vehicles must drive through a pit of muddy-looking disinfectant, and passengers are required to stamp their feet on a wet rag, moistened with disinfectant

Public Holidays

New Year’s Day 1 January ■ Day after New Year’s Day 2 January ■ Good Friday ■ Easter week end, ■ Ascension Day, President’s Day (varies) ■ Day after President’s Day (varies) ■ Botswana Day 30 September ■ Day after Botswana Day 1 October ■ Christmas Day 25 December ■ Boxing Day 26 December ■ Day after Boxing Day 27 December