A safari – with its incredible landscapes and wildlife viewing – is one of the best travel experiences you can have. Your accommodation will set the tone for your entire trip, so I’ve rounded up the dreamiest Botswana safari lodges.

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Here are the best Botswana safari lodges!

Great Plains Selinda Camp

Okavango Delta

Located on the banks of the Selinda Spillway, this waterfront property is the perfect blend of traditional African architecture and modern design. This lodge specializes in photography safaris with a photography hide and specialty photography game vehicles.

Xigera Safari Lodge

Okavango Delta

This elegant lodge on the floodplains of the Okavango Delta is the perfect home base for exploring this region by land, water, and air (the lodge offers helicopter rides)! You’ll love this lodge’s classic design, remote location, and stunning views.

San Camp

Kalahari Desert

Set amongst the golden grasslands and salt pans of the Kalahari Desert, this seasonal camp (April – October) has some of the most dramatic views and best wildlife viewing in the area. This tented camp offers game drives, quad biking, horseback riding, Bushmen walks, yoga, and meerkat interactions.

Tuludi Camp

Okavango Delta

Get ready to fall in love with this safari lodge! The raised bar and common sitting areas allow you to spot wildlife without leaving the lodge. Plus, you’ll love the food, pool, spacious bungalows, walking safaris, and reliable big-game sightings.

Kadizora Camp

Okavango Delta

Get up close and personal with wildlife and the African bush at this luxury-meets-glamping lodge in the heart of the Okavango Delta. Your luxury tent will have stunning views, and you’ll love the beautifully designed pool, bar, dining, and common areas.

Chobe Safari Lodge

Chobe National Park

This is the most modern safari lodge on this list. Rooms have TVs, internet, and air conditioning. Dinner is a buffet every night, which you can enjoy from multiple dining areas overlooking the Chobe River. You’ll love the pools, game drives, and river cruises here!

Mapula Lodge

Okavango Delta

You’ll love this resort’s location, where you don’t have to leave your cottage to see wildlife! This property has a stunning pool and fine dining, and you’ll love the lodge’s vintage decor and old-world design.

Jack’s Camp

Kalahari Desert

You’ll love this authentic, old-world-styled tented camp. There’s an on-site museum, shop, pool, and dining. Activities you can do here are interact with habituated meerkats, walk with Bushmen Guides, do game drives to see unique desert wildlife, and visit Chapman’s Baobab – one of the oldest and biggest trees in Africa.

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