Botswana is a landlocked country, home to the famous Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta. Botswana is bordered by Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Botswana boasts the oldest democracy in Africa and is a safe tourist friendly nation. It is not hard to see why so many tourists flock to Botswana for their safari holidays. Botswana also boasts a fantastic climate. The summer season begins in November and ends in March, which is when Botswana experiences most of its rainfall. Winter falls between May and August bringing sunny cool to warm weather. Due to the wet season game viewing is at its best from April to November – but really anytime is good to visit. The Okavango Delta Botswana’s Okavango Delta is rightly considered one of the most incredible wildlife and wilderness sanctuaries in Africa. It is the largest inland delta system in the world, an area of 15, 000 km² filled with water channels, lagoons, swamps and islands. The Okavango lies between shallow fault lines at the end of the Great African Rift Valley that cuts through the length of Africa. What makes this area most remarkable is that it is a wetland paradise located deep within the arid Kalahari Desert. Deserts are low in annual rainfall and the Kalahari is no exception. But each year, floodwaters flow from their source – catchments areas in the moist central African highlands over 1 000 km away – into the Delta to create the miracle that is the Okavango. Apart from the outstanding beauty of the wetland habitat, this unique area supports and sustains a huge diversity if fauna and flora, so that game viewing is excellent right through the year. The heart of the Okavango is the Moremi Game Reserve, where all the major habitats and ecotones of the Okavango are conserved. Around the Moremi Game Reserve are large private reserves or concessions that are leased out to safari companies under strict guidelines and carrying capacities. These concessions offer the very best safari experiences with massive tracts of pristine parkland and privacy encountered in very few other places in Africa today. In some of these areas, one can go out all day and not see another soul – except the animals of course. Activities and Facilities to be experienced at our Botswana Camps Game Drives – During the day and night Vehicle Explorations – During the day and night Bird Watching Look out Hides Canoeing Mokoros Boat Rides Flat Bottom Boating Elephant Activities Guided Walks Cultural Walks Fishing Adventurer Safaris Discoverer Safaris Walking Trails Visa Requirements Foreigners from Commonwealth countries are not required to obtain visa for entering Botswana, except in cases where the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs has directed otherwise. Botswana has also signed visa abolition agreements with a number of countries, and their nationals are not required to obtain entry visa. To find out if you require a visa to travel in Botswana visit the Botswana Government site www.bts.gov