Must See

Okavango Delta

Described as "the river that never finds the sea", the Okavango Delta area, northwards in the Kalahari Desert, is home to more than 300 exotic species and a variety of fauna. It is extremely beautiful, composed of vast grass flats, low tree-covered ridges and lagoons. Travel is by speedboat or dug-out canoe, whilst accommodation is in tents beneath the huge African moon.

Chobe National Park

Visitors can catch sight of thousands of elephants in perhaps Africa's top elephant park. A sunset cruise along the Chobe River can also bring you up close and personal to crocodile, hippo, gazelle and giraffe.

Moremi Wildlife Reserve

The Moremi Wildlife Reserve in southern Africa, covering 1812 sq km (700 sq miles) in the northeast corner of the Okavango Delta, is spectacular. Small boats travel the delta through lagoons abundant with birdlife, and most lodges and safari camps have restaurants and licensed bars.

Kalahari

The Kalahari Desert covers approximately 70% or more of Botswana, predominantly in the north, centre and west . The Kalahari is home to the last remaining San Bushmen. The Kalahari has a number of game reserves - the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR, the world's second largest protected area), Khutse Game Reserve and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Vegetation consists mainly of grasses and acacias but there are over 400 identified plant species present (including the wild watermelon or tsamma melon).

Tsodilo Hills

These four granite hills are sacred to the San bushmen, in much the same way as Uluru is to Australia's aborigines. You can visit the 4,000 rock paintings daubed here by ancestral Bushmen in times gone by, when the land was theirs and the hills were worshipped as the home of the gods.

Gaborone

Gaborone, the sprawling modern capital, is situated in the southeast of the country and features an excellent National Museum with natural history and ethnological exhibitions, including historic artefacts and some pieces of San artwork.