How do you choose a favourite moment from bush camping in Botswana? With difficulty, as it turns out. Our
Botswana camping safaris get some of the best – and lengthiest – reviews on our site.
“Watching lions chase an impala into the delta,” decides our returning traveller Alexandra Bromhead, “only for the impala to be taken by a crocodile, all within 30m of the wild camp.”
“Listening to the calls of hyenas and lions at night and waking up in the morning to find their footprints through the campsite,” says Richard Webb.
For John Watterson: “Probably when elephants strolled into our camp one afternoon!”
“The blood-red sunsets are like nothing you have ever seen before,” says Brendan Murphy. “The night sky unaffected by light pollution.”
All those five-star reviews come as no surprise to Grace Kemp, from our Southern Africa specialists Sunway Safaris. She’s spent years as part of the team guiding our camping safaris in Botswana.
“Wild camping is fantastic,” says Grace. “There are no fences, so there’s nothing between you and nature.”
Before your first night under canvas, you’ll get reassuringly detailed safety briefings from expert guides like Grace – during which you’ll realise that the animals are usually much more interested in the tamarind fruit tree next to your tent than you.
After all, the wildlife of Botswana has bigger fish to fry – and you’ll feel like small fry in comparison to the scenes you encounter here.
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