🇧🇼 Botswana travel resources

Before you go

• GOV.UK says UK passport holders can visit for up to 90 days without a visa. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after arrival and have at least 3 blank pages. Anyone aged 17 or under needs the original or a certified copy of the full birth certificate to enter or leave, and a parent who is not travelling must sign an affidavit of consent.
• TravelHealthPro lists a high risk of malaria from October to May in the northern half of the country, including the Okavango Delta, and a low risk there for the rest of the year. It lists a very low risk in the southern half.

Top destinations in Botswana

• Okavango Delta
• Chobe National Park
• Moremi Game Reserve
• Central Kalahari Game Reserve
• Maun

Travel resources

• Botswana Tourism Organisation (official site)

Travel tips

1. Follow park regulations and wardens’ advice, and take extra care after dark. GOV.UK says dangerous animals can roam open highways, and stray wildlife and livestock make driving outside urban areas dangerous, particularly at night.
2. Stay out of rivers and lakes. GOV.UK says you could be attacked by wild animals and risk catching water-borne diseases.
3. Camp only in designated campsites and sleep inside your tent or vehicle. The Botswana Tourism Organisation says park campsites are usually not fenced.
4. On self-drive trips, carry at least 20 litres of water per person, and 50 to 100 litres for desert destinations. The same page advises this, and GOV.UK says to travel in convoy or with a satellite phone in very remote areas.