Sample Family Holidays in Botswana
The following sample family holiday is a week spent exploring the famous Victoria Falls in Zambia followed by an exciting safari in the nearby Chobe Game Reserve, famous for its huge herds of elephants. Below is simply an idea of what you may like to do with the family but it can easily be tailored to better suit the family's individual requirements. If you like you can also add on a desert experience in the Kalahari or Makagadikgadi...
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Family Safaris
Family friendly Camps & Lodges provide fun activities such as spoor casting, tracking and indentifying spoor, making nature cards and bush jewellery, fishing and learning how to survive in the bush. This keeps the children entertained between game activities so that Mum and Dad can have a break together too. Many of the Botswana camps have plunge pools so that the children can cool down and play under staff supervision. As well as this the camps have well stocked libraries and educational games.
Teens
Botswana for teenagers is superb. At this age they can fully appreciate and enjoy the animals and the outdoors. Guides encourage teenagers to become interested in conservation and understand the issues facing wildlife. Also it is children of this age who will most gain from interactions with the local people and learning about their cultures and traditions.
An added benefit of a family holiday in Botswana is that the country is largely a fly in destination which prevents long and boring road transfers.
The Chobe National Park is the exception in Botswana and many of the lodges are larger and very much cater for children. Many families with younger children tend to combine the Chobe with Victoria Falls on their family holidays. See our Livingstone and Chobe family safari.