Botswana lies to the North of South Africa straddling the Tropic of Capricorn and is a little larger than France covering 582'000 square kilometres. At an average height of 900m above sea level, Botswana is an arid land, relatively flat with hilly areas along the East. Botswana consist of two main geographic features. About 85% of Botswana is made up by the Kalahari Desert of which part is a wilderness and not a desert. The sands are largely covered in grasses which support some of the largest herds of game on the continent. The Okavango Delta is the second main feature of the country and a dramatic opposite to the Kalahari. In the North the Delta stretches out like a giant Hand to form a huge wetland system of up to 15'000 square kilometres fed by the floodwaters of the Okavango River coming from Central Africa. The delta is a magnificent area with green and fertile plains, flowing into the Kalahari Desert where it vanishes in the sand. Botswana has some of the most prolific and spectacular wilderness areas in Africa, set in unparalleled scenic beauty offering you a most memorable safari!

Botswana has a relatively small population of about 1.5 mio. Around 80% of the population lives in the eastern more fertile region of the country. After mines and minerals, cattle and their products are the next biggest earners of foreign currency. Tourism is only in the third spot, reflecting Botswana's tourism policy promoting high cost, low volume tourism that discourages an influx of low-income tourists whose impact can cause irreparable damage to ecosystems. Botswana might seem expensive to the foreign tourist but this is due to the remoteness of the regions, the absence of infrastructures and relative high leases the lodges have to pay to the government.