When it comes to scenic safaris, it doesn’t get better than Botswana. From the dramatic landscapes of the Kalahari Desert, to the wildlife-rich swamps of the Okavango Delta, you’ll find yourself spoiled for scenery. Take a game viewing cruise at sunset down the Chobe River, paddle past hippos in a mokoro in the Delta and walk through open savannah with nothing but the experience of your game ranger for protection in Savuti. Botswana is real Africa. Where lions roar outside your room at night and hyenas cackle from the darkness. And with Botswana’s low volume, high cost tourism ethic, you’ll get to enjoy the reserves pretty much all to yourself – think small, intimate lodges in remote safari camps. Prepare to pay a little more for the experience, but the close up wildlife encounters are simply unparalleled.