Botswana & Victoria Falls Land Tour Map: Routes, Stops

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Botswana & Victoria Falls at a glance

Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.

Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route

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Best May–September, with the Okavango Delta in flood

Janfew or none
Febfew or none
Marfew or none
Aprfew or none
Maypeak
Junpeak
Julpeak
Augpeak
Seppeak
Octfew or none
Novfew or none
Decfew or none

The delta fills in the dry months, so mokoro and boat trips peak while the bush around it dries out, and Audley singles out July. November to April is the green season: rain, fewer visitors and lower camp rates.

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Every Botswana & Victoria Falls place we map

7 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.

Overnight stops 4

Overnight stopChobe National Park, BotswanaThe riverfront near Kasane, by road from Victoria Falls.Read the guide →Overnight stopKhwai Concession, BotswanaA fly-in concession on the delta’s edge, run under its own rules.See its card on the map →Overnight stopMakgadikgadi Pans, BotswanaSalt pans and meerkats on the Kalahari edge, the dry-land half of a delta trip.See its card on the map →Overnight stopOkavango Delta, BotswanaThe reason to go: mokoro trips and island camps, reached by small plane.Read the guide →

Tour start cities 3

Tour start cityLivingstone, ZambiaThe Zambia side of the Falls, and a common start for Botswana trips.Read the guide →Tour start cityMaun, BotswanaThe bush-plane hub for the delta camps.Read the guide →Tour start cityVictoria Falls, ZimbabweThe Zimbabwe-side town where South Africa tours and Rovos Rail finish.Read the guide →

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The classic routes

The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.

Livingstone, the delta & the pans, then Cape Town

Livingstone → Khwai Concession → Okavango Delta → Makgadikgadi Pans → Maun → Cape Town, South Africa · 12 days

Run by Tauck

Victoria Falls, Chobe & the Okavango

Livingstone → Victoria Falls → Chobe National Park → Okavango Delta → Maun · 10 days

Run by Abercrombie & Kent

Premium Botswana in a week

Chobe National Park → Makgadikgadi Pans → Maun → Okavango Delta · 7 days

Run by Intrepid

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Tour companies that go here

The number is how many places on this map each one uses.

Tauck6 Abercrombie & Kent5 Intrepid4 Contiki3 Globus1 Rovos Rail1

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Botswana & Victoria Falls map questions

How many land-tour stops are on the Botswana & Victoria Falls map?

7: 4 overnight stops, 3 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.

When is the Botswana & Victoria Falls season?

Best May–September, with the Okavango Delta in flood. The delta fills in the dry months, so mokoro and boat trips peak while the bush around it dries out, and Audley singles out July. November to April is the green season: rain, fewer visitors and lower camp rates.

Who runs tours in Botswana & Victoria Falls?

Tauck, Abercrombie & Kent, Intrepid, Contiki, Globus, Rovos Rail use places on this map.

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