Most visitors to Botswana are attracted by two very different, yet equally intriguing areas – the Okavango delta and the Kalahari Desert. The great Kalahari Desert covers over 80% of Botswana and may appear harsh and inhospitable. Nonetheless it is to a very specialized flora and fauna. The primitive landscapes and wide horizons are intensely powerful and touch a chord with many travellers. The Kalahari is also famous for its Bushmen, or San people, traditional hunter-gatherers who are said to live the lifestyle closest of the people of the Stone Age.

The Okavango Delta is home to one of the greatest concentration of wildlife in Africa. Fed by the Okavango River which, rather eccentrically, does not flow into the sea, this is the greatest inland river delta in the world. The Delta is not the place for abundant big game. However, the crystal clear waters and little islets shelter and support an astoundingly rich and varied bird and plant life, and there is a multitude of smaller animals. The ideal way to get around is the traditional mokoro, a dugout canoe, in which you may paddle your way around the tangle of waterways that form this fascinating ecological system.