11-Nights Botswana: Kalahari, the Delta & Beyond

On This Green Season Safari, Fresh Grass Draws Migrating Wildlife & New Babies Abound

Botswana's lush summer, its most productive and colorful time, offers natural spectacles most travelers miss. Sporadic light rains in the Kalahari Desert mark a time of dramatic change, signaling a great influx of migrating wildlife and plains animal births..."bush babies" are everywhere! From January to April, witness Africa's second-largest migration, with 50,000 zebra and wildebeest passing through the Kalahari. Meet the San people, the earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa, whose culture dates back more than 30,000 years. In the Okavango Delta, water levels are typically low during this season, and the drier region of the delta bordering the Moremi Game Reserve offers superb wildlife viewing, with stable populations of lion, leopard, wild dog and more. A special highlight is a visit with a predator researcher at Gomoti Camp, plus exclusive private stays at intimate camps.