9.4/10 based on 42 reviews

Botswana

Botswana is the perfect self-drive country! With your 4×4 you can experience a real African adventure here by travelling straight across the game reserves.

Driving off-road with your 4×4 via tracks through the bush. Camping in the middle of the wilderness in between Africa’s wild animals. It’s all possible with a self-drive through Botswana! In some places you will have to wade through water or course through deep sand. Botswana is a country where a 4×4 definitely feels at home. Self-drive road trips to Botswana mostly start in Johannesburg (South Africa), Windhoek (Namibia) or in Botswana itself. It is popular to start and end in Kasane, not far from Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) and Livingstone (Zambia). An alternative starting point for a self-drive journey is Maun, located centrally near the Okavango Delta, the Moremi Game Reserve and also the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

Highlights Botswana

Botswana has a lot of national parks, each one a little different than the others! Your self-drive trip to Botswana will be all about wildlife and also game drives with you 4×4 vehicle. Chobe National Park, Moremi Game Reserve and Central Kalahari Game Reserve are the biggest and most popular national parks. No doubt you will spot the Big Five in there! From Maun you can visit the Okavango Delta and the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. With the 4×4 you can cross the desolate Nwetwe Pan and camp on the remarkable Kubu Island. You can also visit the The Okavango Delta Pan Handle in Northwest Botswana & the Caprivi Strip (Namibia). When you start in Johannesburg you can easily visit the Tuli Block and also the Khama Rhino Sanctuary on your road trip to Botswana. Here you can spot the rare white rhino!

Possibilities

Selfdrive4x4.com offers you both car rental and complete package trips to Botswana. We also offer trips to Botswana in combination with Namibia, South Africa or the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Our advice is to travel at least 20 days if you’re going to visit two or more countries. For more information or personal travel advice feel free to contact us.

Deception Valley Botswana 4x4
Moremi Game Reserve Third Bridge
Lion Third Bridge

Highlights

Kasane

A town with perfect access to the North of the Chobe National Park

Makgadikgadi Salt Pans Botswana

Impressive 12.000 km² salt pans including Ntwetwe Pan and Sua Pans

Maun

Gateway to the Okavango Delta

Moremi Game Reserve

One of the most impressive game areas of Botswana

Chobe National Park

Nata

One of the gateways to the Makgadikgadi Salt pans

Okavango Delta

One of Africa's most enchanted places

Ghanzi

A small town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert

Central Kalahari Game Reserve

The Kalahari sands form one of Africa’s most prominent geographical features. Explore this vast desert by 4x4.

Gweta

Ideal stop before starting your adventure at the Makgadikgadi Salt pans

Tuli Block

Khama Rhino Sanctuary

Sanctuary project to reintroduce the white rhino in Botswana

Self drive trips

Namibia and Botswana Wildlife & Salt Pans

Namibia and Botswana Wildlife & Salt Pans

24 days

An adventurous 24-day self-drive 4×4 tour with the pristine desert of Namibia combined with wildlife & the salt pans in Botswana.

 

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South Africa and Botswana Self Drive

South Africa and Botswana Self Drive

20 days

A varied 20-day self-drive full of adventure through South Africa and Botswana.

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Namibia, Botswana and Victoria Falls Self Drive

Namibia, Botswana and Victoria Falls Self Drive

19 days

A 19-day self drive 4×4 tour starting in Windhoek Namibia and ending at the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe!

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Zimbabwe and Botswana Safari 16 days Self Drive

Zimbabwe and Botswana Safari 16 days Self Drive

16 days

Hwange National Park, the Moremi Game Reserve, the vast salt pans with Kubu Island and the Victoria Falls. A special and varied self-drive trip!

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Travel TV show ‘3 op Reis’ Botswana Road Trip

Travel TV show ‘3 op Reis’ Botswana Road Trip

13 days

Experience the real Botswana adventure and travel in the footsteps of the Dutch Travel TV show ‘3 op Reis’!

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Cape Town – Victoria Falls Self Drive

Cape Town – Victoria Falls Self Drive

28 days

An adventurous 4×4 tour from Cape Town to the impressive Victoria Falls.

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Windhoek – Victoria Falls Self Drive

Windhoek – Victoria Falls Self Drive

21 days

A 21-day self drive 4×4 one-way starting in Windhoek Namibia and ending at the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.

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South Africa, Botswana & Victoria Falls Self Drive

South Africa, Botswana & Victoria Falls Self Drive

16 days

16 days 4×4 adventure from Johannesburg through Botswana to the Victoria Falls.

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South Africa, Botswana & Zambia Self Drive

South Africa, Botswana & Zambia Self Drive

16 days

A 16-day journey from South Africa through Mapungubwe National Park, the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, and the wildlife reserves of Botswana to Livingstone in Zambia!

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Botswana Self Drive Adventure

Botswana Self Drive Adventure

19 days

The most complete Botswana self drive 4×4 trip we offer. 19 days self drive safari adventure!

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Botswana Kalahari & Okavango Self Drive

Botswana Kalahari & Okavango Self Drive

16 days

A compact Botswana 4×4 self-drive safari, including the most beautiful wildlife reserves. 16 Days of Africa adventure!

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Botswana Wildlife & Salt Pans Self Drive

Botswana Wildlife & Salt Pans Self Drive

14 days

14 days Africa adventure in a compact 4×4 Botswana self drive trip.

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Botswana Moremi & Chobe Self Drive

Botswana Moremi & Chobe Self Drive

12 days

12 days Africa adventure in a compact 4×4 Botswana self drive trip.

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Botswana compact Self Drive

Botswana compact Self Drive

11 days

Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park, Kubu Island, Botswana in a 11 day self drive 4×4 safari.

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10 / 10

Skillful people

It was a really good experience and they are skillful to plan and give quick response with answers.

Good knowledge of Africa and the countries there. What to visit and they plan the trip so it suits the customer.
Quick response when you have questions.

Christer Jonson

10 / 10

Adequate hulp

Selfdrive4x4.com biedt adequate en deskundige hulp bij zowel het plannen van het reisschema, het regelen van autohuur en het daarbij horende papierwerk (verzekeringen, transfers) en het vastleggen van de camping- en lodge-locaties.

Anonymous

10 / 10

Perfect organization

Selfdrive4x4.com offers the perfect organization of the trip for selfdrivers.

Strengths

Very easy handling, good communication.

Franziska

10 / 10

Perfect

Perfect, I would recommend it to everybody to work together with it.

Strengths

Friendly people – very fast in answering questions – high knowlede about the things you need at your destination and for a 4×4 driving holiday – easy to comunicate with.

Improvements or suggestions

Right know for my use it was perfect. Especially since I am not next door, and just worked together via internet and phone.

 

Niedereder Raimund

10 / 10

We would recommend Selfdrive4x4.com to our friends

We booked a last minute 17 day self drive trip through Namibia with this company and everything was just perfect. Contact with the company was very pleasant and they kept us posted with updates about the progress of our trip. Gps, maps, book and 12V equipment was sent to our home as soon as our trip was confirmed.

Price wise it was a great deal and everything in Namibia (car and layovers) were to our satisfaction. We would definitely book again with this company and we would recommend it to our friends.

Reinier