WILD BEAUTIESof Botswana
Everything you need to prepare for your Botswana mobile safari — your travel documents, the trip-details form, visa guidance, the seasons, and what to pack.
Once your safari is booked, please complete the secure trip-details form. It captures your passport, flights, dietary and medical needs, luggage weight and emergency contacts, and includes reading and accepting our indemnity — everything sent to our reservations team as one tidy PDF. One form per traveller.
Everything worth reading before you fly — our terms, the indemnity (which you can accept online in the trip-details form), and our guides to packing, insurance and tipping.
Our booking terms, payment schedule, and cancellation policy.
Download ↓ PDFRequired for every guest — read and accept it online in the trip-details form, or download to print and sign.
Download ↓ PDFThe full safari checklist — clothing, health, kit and the 20 kg soft-bag rule.
Download ↓ PDFWhy it's required, what cover you need, and what to check before you buy.
Download ↓ PDFA relaxed guide to thanking camp staff, guides and trackers.
Download ↓A quick guide — but immigration rules change, so always confirm the current requirements for your nationality with an official source before you travel.
This page is a general guide, not immigration advice. Requirements can change at short notice — please verify with the official portal or the nearest Botswana embassy/high commission before booking flights. We're happy to help point you in the right direction.
The northern safari areas — Okavango, Chobe, Savuti — really have two seasons: a dry winter and a green summer, with a gentle shoulder either side. Temperatures are approximate; Kalahari nights run colder in winter.
Cool, clear and reliable. Wildlife gathers at shrinking water, the bush thins out, and game viewing sharpens by the week. Mornings on the vehicle are properly cold — bring a beanie and gloves.
Prime time. The hottest, driest months bring phenomenal wildlife concentrations and superb predator action around the last of the water. The classic big-game safari — book well ahead.
The rains transform the bush — lush, dramatic and alive. Calving season, newborn animals everywhere, migratory birds back in force and spectacular storm-lit skies for photographers. Fewer people, better rates.
The in-between gem. The rains fade, the land is still green, nights turn crisp and the crowds haven't arrived. Mild, quiet and lovely value.
In short: May–October is the classic big-game season, peaking September–October. November–April rewards you with lush scenery, baby animals, exceptional birding and quieter camps.
Sundowners
Camp on the floodplain
Winter-night firesPack light, wear layers and keep it neutral. Luggage travels in a soft-shell bag, 20 kg per person (the light-aircraft limit, including hand luggage) — and laundry is done daily in camp, so you need less than you think.
Tuck a change of clothes into your hand luggage in case checked bags are delayed — and remember: brown, beige and olive; nothing white or bright.
Download the full packing list ↓