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The panoramic canvas of Botswana is painted in the intense colors of African animals, and it’s best to view the artwork close-up.

Although thinly populated with people, Botswana is richly occupied by wildlife. Its salt pans are home to numbers of blue wildebeests and pink flamingos. Its savannas, deserts, and wetlands are alive with tawny-and-earth-colored lions, cheetahs, and beautifully dappled wild dogs. Champagne-colored waters are filled with hippopotamuses and crocodiles. In shades of gray, the largest elephant herds on the planet — some, six-hundred-strong — crisscross Botswana in thoughtful patterns, just as its original inhabitants, the Basarwa (San Bushmen) did.

The Basarwa were hunter-gatherers who moved their tents from one area to another. In the morning, they awoke to a symphony of birdsong; in the evening they fell asleep to primordial roars of lions. On your trip to Botswana, you, too, may rest as they did, in an intimate, tented-camp enclave set up underneath giant, copper-colored mashatu trees.

If your Botswana tour takes you to the crystal clear waters of Okavango Delta, look deep. The eyes of communities of zebras, giraffes, impalas, antelopes, hyenas, wild dogs, monkeys, mongooses, sables, wildebeests, waterbucks, wart hogs, elands, jackals, bat-eared foxes, buffalo, kudu, and hundreds of species of birds just might be reflected back.

At your first sight of the Chobe River, you’ll swear it’s a band of brilliant, peacock-blue ribbon, winding its way through the sandy terrain and grassy woodlands of Chobe National Park. This trompe l’oeil is undoubtedly one of Africa’s most beautiful rivers, supporting a diversity and concentration of wildlife unparalleled anywhere else in the country.

Appreciating the real Botswana — whether by a cycling tour, a walking safari, or a game drive in an open Land Rover — is an art. You must view this canvas of colors close-up, under the track lighting of millions of stars. Check our our full listing of top rated luxury Botswana safaris below!