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Botswana Offroad & 4x4

One of Africa's great self-drive frontiers — the Moremi, Khwai, Savuti and Chobe transit routes, the Central Kalahari and Deception Valley tracks, Makgadikgadi and Kubu Island, Nxai Pan and the Kgalagadi's Mabuasehube. Filter by region and grade.

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Central Kalahari: Matswere Gate to Deception Valley — Deception Valley. The northern entry into the CKGR down to the fossil grassland of Deception Valley, made famous by the Owens' Cry of the…
Chobe Riverfront Ihaha Loop (Sedudu to Serondela) — Chobe. The riverfront game-drive loop from Sedudu Gate past Serondela to Ihaha campsite; huge elephant and buffalo herds, with…
Deception Valley to Piper Pan & Passarge Loop — Central Kalahari. Southern CKGR tracks linking Deception, Passarge and Piper Pans; vast, empty pans with black-maned lion and cheetah and…
Kaa Gate & Nossob Wilderness Trail (Kgalagadi) — Ghanzi. The remote northern Kaa entry into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, running down the dry Nossob riverbed toward the…
Khutse Game Reserve Tracks — Central Kalahari. The accessible southern gateway to the Kalahari, adjoining the CKGR; a network of sandy pan tracks reachable on a long…
Khwai Community Concession Tracks — Khwai. Unfenced community land between Moremi and Chobe with excellent riverine game viewing and rustic campsites; the transit…
Kubu Island (Lekhubu) Crossing over Sua Pan — Makgadikgadi. The baobab-crowned granite island in the Makgadikgadi salt flats; only attempt the pan crossing in the dry season, as…
Mababe Depression & Sand Ridge Road (Khwai to Savuti) — Savuti. The notorious Sand Ridge transit across the Mababe Depression linking Khwai to Savuti; long stretches of powdery sand…
Mabuasehube Section, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park — Kang. The Botswana wild side of the Kgalagadi, a string of pans ringed by red dunes with unfenced bush camps and outstanding…
Makgadikgadi Pans NP: Khumaga to Njuca Hills — Makgadikgadi. Tracks from the Boteti River at Khumaga across grassland to the Njuca Hills; zebra migration country between the river…
Moremi Game Reserve Loop (South Gate to Xakanaxa) — Moremi. Classic Delta self-drive through mopane and floodplain from South Gate via Third Bridge to the Xakanaxa lagoons…
Nata Bird Sanctuary & Sua Pan Edge — Nata. Community-run sanctuary on the northern lip of Sua Pan where flamingos and pelicans gather in the wet; short gravel and…
Nata to Kasane via Pandamatenga (A33) — Pandamatenga. The main sealed corridor up the eastern edge of Chobe past the Pandamatenga farms; watch for elephant and buffalo on…
North Gate Khwai River Crossing — Khwai. The Khwai River crossing at Moremi's North Gate onto the community concession; depth varies with the annual Okavango…
Ntwetwe Pan Crossing — Makgadikgadi. The larger of the two great Makgadikgadi pans, a horizon-to-horizon salt sheet; navigate by GPS and never venture onto…
Nxai Pan National Park Access & Baines Baobabs — Nxai Pan. A soft-sand approach north of the main tar road to the Nxai grasslands and the celebrated cluster of Baines Baobabs…
Savuti Marsh & Sand Ridge — Savuti. Famous for lions and the enigmatic Savuti Channel; the surrounding sand ridges are some of the softest driving in the…
Savuti to Ghoha Gate & Chobe Transit — Chobe. The northern exit from Savuti over the Ghoha Hills toward the Chobe riverfront and Kasane; remote, sandy and heavily…
Shakawe to Tsodilo Hills Track — Shakawe. The sandy run from the Panhandle village of Shakawe to the UNESCO-listed Tsodilo Hills, the 'Louvre of the Desert' with…
Third Bridge & Mboma Island Sand Loop — Moremi. The iconic Third Bridge camp and the Mboma Island loop across open grass islands; log pole bridges and soft sand test…
Trans-Kalahari Highway (Ghanzi to Kang) — Ghanzi. The great east-west artery across the Kalahari between Namibia and Gaborone; endless thornveld, cattle and the odd…
Trans-Kalahari to Mabuasehube (Kang to Hukuntsi) — Kang. The long sandy approach from the Kang fuel stop via Hukuntsi to the wild Mabuasehube pans of the Kgalagadi; convoy…
Tuli Block & Mashatu 4x4 Tracks — Mashatu. The 'Land of Giants' in the eastern Tuli wedge along the Limpopo; rugged rock, mashatu trees, big elephant herds and…