Botswana small group trips

May to October, the dry season. The Delta flood is usually highest from about June to August, which suits the mokoro, and animals gather on the Chobe River as the bush dries. Early mornings are cold from May to August, and September and October are hot. The Falls are fullest from March to May.

Answer for Botswana: the Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls

Not very. The walks are 2 to 3 hours on flat, sandy ground at a slow pace, and the Falls path is about 3 km with some steps. You need to climb in and out of a low mokoro and a small plane. Any walk, drive or boat trip can be sat out at camp or the lodge.

Answer for Botswana: the Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls

A room or tent of your own is from CAD 1,240 more, shown before you book and not added later. You join the group on the same terms as everyone else, with the same seats in the boats and vehicles.

Answer for Botswana: the Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls

The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests. In the Delta that means two guests to each mokoro, and in Chobe two open 4x4s with at most six guests each, so everyone has an outside seat.

Answer for Botswana: the Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls

Pick a start date and request to book. We confirm your trip within 24 hours, and no payment is taken until then. The small group starts from CAD 6,645 per person sharing a room, with taxes; the private trip starts from CAD 11,960 per person.

Answer for Botswana: the Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls

Canadian and UK passport holders do not currently need a visa for a short visit to Botswana, and we confirm at booking whether any Botswana visitor levy applies. Zimbabwe needs a visa for most visitors, including Canadians, bought at the Kazungula border or as an e-visa. We confirm the rules for your passport when you book.

Answer for Botswana: the Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls

It depends what you want. From about February to June the Falls are at their fullest but the spray hides much of them; from July to September the view is clearer and Livingstone Island is open; from October to December the water is low and the Eastern Cataract can run dry. We run April to December.

Answer for Victoria Falls: the Falls from Both Sides, the Zambezi and Chobe

Moderate fitness is enough. The hardest part is the Matobo rhino tracking, two to three hours on rocky, uneven ground, followed by a short granite climb to World's View. You also need to step in and out of a low mokoro and cope with early, cold starts and two long road days. Every walk, drive and boat trip can be sat out.

Answer for Southern Africa: Kruger, Matobo, Hwange, Victoria Falls, Chobe and the Okavango

A room or tent of your own is from CAD 2,155 more, shown up front before you request to book. Solo travellers get the same seat, the same guide time and the same activities as everyone else. If you would rather share, ask us and we will tell you whether a same-gender roommate is available on your date.

Answer for Namibia and Botswana: Dunes, Etosha, the Okavango and Chobe

The small group runs with 7 to 12 guests, against up to 22 on the overland trucks: two guests to each mokoro and at most six in each open 4x4 in Chobe. A See Sight Tours guide travels with you from Johannesburg to the Victoria Falls airport, with sanctuary, Delta, Chobe and Falls guides where the parks require them.

Answer for Johannesburg to Victoria Falls: Khama, the Okavango Delta and Chobe