Botswana Honeymoon

Botswana is the ultimate safari destination for many people, and it isn’t hard to figure out why. When you land at Maun airport, the smells of Africa attack your senses and all you want to do is grab your camera and look for animals.

The main thing about Botswana is that the spaces are huge and open and there is no one around. You feel like you have an entire country to yourself. To get from lodge to lodge, you have to fly, and as your look down at the Okavango Delta below, all you can see is swamps, elephants and animal tracks. Not a single building or road. It is quite surreal.

Of course, flying around does add to the costs, so if you are on a shoestring honeymoon, don’t even bother to look at Botswana. Then spend your money wisely and get a great safari in the Kruger National Park for a fraction of the price!

What I like to do in Botswana is combine different areas. Don’t just stay in one lodge because the landscape and animals vary a lot. So if you can, make sure to stay in at least two different lodges.

Choose lodges that offer both land and water activities so that you get a variation of activities and game viewing opportunities. Paddle down the river in a traditional mokoro, enjoy walking trails or game drives. Some lodges also offer river cruises.

My two favourite lodges are:

Xugana Island Lodge is a 3 star lodge situated in the Okavango Delta surrounded by water. Here you have water based activities and walking. While the lodge isn’t fancy at all, the staff are superb and the food excellent. And, it is the most pristine area I have ever been to.

Baines Camp is more for the 5 star market, but not right at the top of the price range! The rooms are superb and again, staff are excellent. Baines Camp offers game drives, walks and water activities. And you have the added bonus of being able to join in an elephant interaction where you walk and picnic with a band of semi habituated elephants. Quite an experience!

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