Region
Okavango Delta
Sleep one or two nights in Maun for errands and flights, then spend three to six nights in Delta camps arranged by an operator; Maun is the door, not the destination.
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Key facts · Botswana
- Best months
- Apr–Sep
- Currency
- Botswana pula
- Language
- English and Setswana
- Plugs
- D · G · M · 230 V
- Time zone
- Central Africa Time
Rules in force · 7Nine African countries on this site have no trip line bec…Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive befor…
- Africa ↗When a route touches a yellow-fever country — even a transit of 12 hours or more — keep the original yellow card (ICVP) in your hand luggage; health desks and airlines can refuse boarding or entry without it.
- Africa ↗Nine African countries on this site have no trip line because governments advise against travel; several others have no-go regions. Read your government's advice for every country on the route before paying deposits.
- Southern Africa ↗A rental car may leave its home country only with the rental company's cross-border letter, the registration papers and paid road taxes at each post; driving into Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique or Angola without them ends at the border.
- Southern Africa ↗Across the subregion, plan every road leg to arrive before sunset: livestock, wildlife, pedestrians and unlit trucks make night driving the main cause of serious visitor accidents.
- Botswana ↗Check visa and entry rules for your passport on official Botswana government sources before booking; most Western passports are visa-exempt, others use the Botswana e-visa.
- Botswana ↗Light-aircraft transfers limit luggage by weight and require soft bags; confirm the limit with your camp or operator before packing.
- Botswana ↗Self-driving in Moremi, Chobe and the Central Kalahari needs a properly equipped 4x4, booked campsites and experience in sand driving.
The Delta is one gateway and a set of camps. Maun is where you cash out, shop and check bags; camps are reached by light aircraft and set the daily schedule. Trips go wrong on luggage weight and on connecting flights that do not match camp transfers.
Where to sleep
Sleep base
One or two nights
- Moremi and KhwaiGuide: planned
Wildlife areas reached by road or aircraft; camps only.
Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.
Plan the nights
How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags
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Night sequences
- 4 nights
- Maun 1 + Delta camp 3
- 7 nights
- Maun 1 + Delta camp 3 + Moremi or Khwai 3
- A single night in a camp means most of the stay is transfers; keep 2–3 nights per camp.
Day-trips door to door
| To | From | Door-to-door p50 | Last return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic flight over the Delta | Maun | 150 min | unknown | Operators set the time and price; weather and wind can cancel. |
Bags between cities
Leave the big bag at the Maun lodge or with your operator and take a soft bag to camp, at the weight the camp gives you.
When to go
Months and weather
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Seasons at a glance
Pick a month to see where to go.
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| Country | JJan | FFeb | MMar | AApr | MMay | JJun | JJul | AAug | SSep | OOct | NNov | DDec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maun | ok | ok | ok | go | go | go | go | go | go | ok | ok | ok |
| Botswana (country-wide) | ok | ok | ok | go | go | go | go | go | go | go | ok | ok |
Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.
Eat and move on
Regional food and where to go next
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Chobe and Kasane
planned2–3 nights
Chobe riverfront boat and game drives; close to Victoria Falls
Kalahari and Makgadikgadi Pans
planned2–3 nights
Central Kalahari, Nxai Pan and the Makgadikgadi salt pans
Okavango Delta: what we know, and what is coming
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On this page
- 2 places with their role: where to sleep, what to do as a day trip
- How to split 4 or 7 nights
- 1 day trip with door-to-door time
- Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables
- What to do with the big bag between beds
Coming as the guide grows
- Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
- Get in: airports and stations with door-to-door times
- Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
- Regional food: what, where and when it works
- A page for Moremi and Khwai — Wildlife areas reached by road or aircraft; camps only.
Meanwhile
Planning aids
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Region in numbers
- Where to sleep
- 1 base
- Day trips
- 1, 2 h 30
- Nights suggested
- 4–7 nights
Trips that stop here
Three camps
10 days · 1 night here
Maun → Okavango Delta camp → Khwai → Chobe riverfront
Delta, predators and pans
14 days · 1 night here
Victoria Falls → Chobe riverfront → Linyanti → Okavango Delta camp → Makgadikgadi Pans → Maun
Local time
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