The 5-star Ker and Downey Shinde camp offers the best Okavango Delta safari with both land and water activities. Luxury child-friendly camp
Shinde (Okavango Delta)
Botswana Family Safari
A Botswana family safari is a wonderful opportunity for families to connect. Unplugging from screens and enjoying Africa’s incredible beauty together. Botswana is an especially magical destination for family adventures. Most family itineraries have short flights* between destinations so it is easier to keep kids happy. Besides that, the wildlife is what really sets Botswana above many other family-friendly safari destinations.
Saying that we recommend it for children from 6 years of age. Kids will have lifetime memories.
*The luggage limit is generally around 33 lbs (15 kg) per person, and bags must be soft-sided.
Botswana Family-Friendly Destinations and Activities
Botswana offers a variety of experiences suitable for families, often combining land and water activities.
Okavango Delta:
A must-see destination, famous for its intricate waterways and diverse wildlife. Activities include:
Mokoro rides: Traditional dugout canoe trips offer a peaceful way to explore the delta.
Walking safaris: Led by experienced guides, these are a great way to learn about the smaller details of the ecosystem, such as animal tracks and plants.
Boating: Motorized boat trips allow you to cover more ground and spot hippos, crocodiles, and various bird species.
Chobe National Park:
Known for its massive elephant herds. River cruises on the Chobe River are a highlight. Offering up-close views of elephants, hippos, and other animals coming to drink.
Makgadikgadi Pans:
For a different experience, explore the vast salt pans. Family-friendly activities here include quad biking and meerkats safaris.
Kalahari Desert:
Discover the unique desert ecosystem. With opportunities for game drives and cultural interactions with the San Bushmen.
The best time for a Botswana family safari
The best time for a family safari in Botswana is during the dry winter season, from May to October.
This is when there is optimal wildlife viewing as animals congregate around limited water sources. Making them easier to spot. The weather is cooler and more comfortable for game drives. Especially for younger children. It is also a low-risk period for malaria.
The shoulder seasons of April-May and November can also be a good option, offering lush green scenery, fewer people, and lower prices.
The wet season (December-March) is less popular for big game viewing. But it’s an excellent time for bird watching and seeing newborn animals.
Please note that Botswana still requires families with children under 18 to present original unabridged birth certificates and affidavits if both parents are not traveling together. Make sure you plan ahead and check the requirements to ensure a seamless journey.
Botswana Family Safari Lodges
Many lodges and camps in Botswana are specifically designed to be family-friendly. Look for options with:
- Family Suites: Accommodations with two or more bedrooms.
- Child-Focused Activities: Some camps offer special “Young Explorers” programs with activities like tracking animals, learning survival skills, and crafting.
- Private Guides and Vehicles: This allows for a more flexible schedule, accommodating the needs and attention spans of children.
These are our Botswana family accommodation options. There are many more, so don’t hesitate to contact us for a Botswana family safari vacation.
Also, visit our Botswana Tours as we can always adjust these to family-friendly lodges (if they aren’t already).
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Xugana Island Lodge (Okavango Delta)
Xugana Island Lodge is in the Shinde concession of the Okavango Delta offering land and water activities, year round. Best rates and offers
Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp
Rates and safari offers at &Beyond Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp – luxury accommodation in the Okavango Delta (perfect for honeymooners or families on safari)
Tuludi (Okavango Delta)
Tuludi and the Tuludi Sky Suite are located in the Khwai Private Reserve in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Great Okavango Delta safari
Tuli Safari Lodge Mashatu
Tuli Safari Lodge is in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve and a true haven for wildlife (and birding) in a unique and historic area in Botswana
Thamo Telele (Okavango Delta)
Thamo Telele is on the Southern-eastern edge of the Okavango Delta; only 20 mins from Maun. Offering a unique giraffe experience.
Tawana (Okavango Delta)
Enjoy some of the best land based game viewing in Botswana at Tawana, Moremi (Okavango Delta). Camp offers private plunge pools, spa and gym
Tau Pan Camp (Central Kalahari)
Eco-friendly luxury accommodation in Central Kalahari Game Reserve overlooking Tau Pan, where you can enjoy game drives, walks and day trips to Deception Valley – great for families and honeymooners
Splash Camp (Okavango Delta)
Splash Camp and Splash Enclave offer fully inclusive accommodation in the heart of the Okavango Delta, in Kwara Reserve – Best rates and offers
Shinde Footsteps Camp (Okavango Delta)
Shinde Footsteps Camp is in a remote part of the Okavango Delta in the Shinde concession. Ideal for a family or small group with only 3 tents
Shinde (Okavango Delta)
The 5-star Ker and Downey Shinde camp offers the best Okavango Delta safari with both land and water activities. Luxury child-friendly camp
Savute Under Canvas (Chobe)
andBeyond Savute Under Canvas offers you a great opportunity to experience the exhilaration of a mobile camping safari with the luxury of a tented camp
Savute Safari Lodge
Savute Safari Lodge is in the Savute region of Chobe National Park. The area has intense predator encounters and exceptional game viewing
Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge
In the heart of the Okavango Delta, on a diverse, wildlife-rich private concession, is andBeyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge, luxury accommodation – honeymoon
Sanctuary Stanley’s Camp (Okavango Delta)
Sanctuary Stanley’s Camp is a small land and water activity camp in a private concession (NG32) in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta.
Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero
Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero is a luxury family friendly lodge on the edge of the Chobe National Park for luxury safaris, photographic ops and Spa
Sanctuary Chief’s Camp (Okavango Delta)
Luxury Sanctuary Chief’s Camp is in the Okavango Delta with private pool (+ main swimming pool), gym, spa as well as award-wining cuisine
San Camp (Makgadikgadi)
San Camp is a romantic safari camp with its smattering of billowing white tents, shaded by desert palms on the edge of Nwetwe Pan in Makgadikgadi, Botswana
Sable Alley (Okavango Delta)
Sable Alley is in the Khwai Private Reserve concession, Okavango Delta in Botswana. Incredible safaris at the best rates and offers
Pom Pom Camp (Okavango Delta)
Accommodation in the heart of the Okavango Delta, Pom Pom Camp is in the style of safari camps of old offering land (game drive/walk) and water safaris (mokoro)
Okuti (Okavango Delta)
Ker & Downey Okuti is a 5-star child-friendly camp in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta. Excellent big 5 and birding safari destination
Nxamaseri Island Lodge (Okavango Delta)
Nxamaseri Island Lodge is the ideal Okavango Delta experience with the added attraction of being close to Tsodilo Hills, with San paintings
Nxai Pan Camp (Nxai)
Nxai Pan Camp, the only permanent accommodation camp in Nxai Pan National Park where the second largest land animal (Zebra) migration in Southern Africa occurs.
Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp
andBeyond Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp offers luxury accommodation on a fully inclusive basis in the Okavango Delta – best rates and special offers
North Island Okavango
North Island Okavango is a small luxury camp on the northern fringes of the Okavango Delta with water most of the year. Best safari and rates
Ngoma Safari Lodge (Chobe)
Ngoma Safari Lodge is a small boutique lodge overlooking the Chobe River. Stay in a river facing suite with private plunge pool (2 can accommodate a child 10+)
Moremi Crossing Camp (Okavango Delta)
Moremi Crossing Camp offers luxury accommodation in 16 vintage-style safari tents in Moremi, east Okavango Delta, with views over Boro River to Chief’s Island
Monachira Camp (Okavango Delta)
Monachira Camp is in the Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta), not far from Gudigwa heronries. It offers seasonal land and water activities
Mokolwane Camp (Okavango Delta)
Mokolwane Camp is in the Xudum concession of the Okavango Delta with incredible big cat action especially leopard. Stay for less on honeymoon
Meno a Kwena (Makgadikgadi)
Meno a Kwena, an accommodation hidden gem of a camp perched on a rocky clifftop above the Boteti River overlooking the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana
Mbamba Tented Camp (Okavango Delta)
The fully inclusive Mbamba is tented and a Ralph Bousfield camp (Uncharted Africa) offering guests an old world safari with a big punch of lux
Mapula Lodge (Okavango Delta) CLOSED
Mapula Lodge is a funky little camp in the game-rich northern Okavango Delta, Botswana. Excellent safari’s in complete exclusivity
Machaba Camp (Okavango Delta)
Machaba Camp is a luxury 1950’s camp nestling in the game-rich Khwai area (wheelchair friendly accommodation). Little Machaba is ideal for exclusive use safaris
Little Sable (Okavango Delta)
Little Sable in the Khwai Private Reserve concession offers an authentic Okavango Delta safari experience – best rates and offers
Leroo La Tau (Makgdikgadi)
Leroo La Tau has luxury glass-fronted suites overlooking the Boteti River in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park. A Desert and Delta camp
Lebala Camp (Okavango Delta)
Lebala Camp – accommodation situated in the Linyanti area is renowned for excellent wild dog sightings and other predators and are able to do night game drives
Lagoon Camp (Okavango Delta)
Kwando Lagoon Camp is on the banks of the Kwando River in the Linyanti/Kwando Concession (water camp, Okavango Delta) – great for honeymooners or family
Kiri Camp (Okavango Delta)
Kiri Camp is a family friendly, small (accommodating up to 24 guests), luxury safari camp in the Gomoti area, Okavango Delta with both land and water activities
Kanana (Okavango Delta)
Kanana is a 5-star child-friendly camp (southwest Okavango) that offers both land and water activities and access to the most active heronry
Kadizora Camp (Okavango Delta)
Kadizora Camp offers the ultimate Okavango Delta safari experience, and a beautiful location between the Vumbura River and Selinda Spillway
Jacks Camp (Makgadikgadi)
Iconic 1940’s style Jack’s Camp in Makgadikgadi Pans National Park offers stylish accommodation in luxury canvas tents – rates and offers for Botswana safari
Hyena Pan (Okavango Delta)
Hyena Pan is in the Khwai Private Reserve in the Okavango Delta. Intimate Botswana accommodation in the game-rich Delta at best rates
Gunn’s Camp (Okavango Delta)
Best rates and offers incl. honeymoons in the Okavango Delta – Overlooking Chiefs Island, bordering Moremi Game Reserve, Gunns Camp is one of the last few remaining luxury, vintage safari camps
Gomoti Plains Camp (Okavango Delta)
Gomoti Plains Camp and Private Suite offers accommodation with eco-luxurious comfort in the Okavango Delta, alive with superb land and water-based game-viewing
Elephant Valley Lodge (Chobe)
Elephant Valley Lodge is in the Chobe Forest bordering the Chobe National Park. It offers comfortable tented accommodation at affordable rates
Duke’s Camp (Okavango Delta)
Duke’s Camp, adjoining the Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta – for serious safari panache in an unfiltered African wilderness
Dinare Camps (Okavango Delta)
Mma and Rra Dinare are sister camps overlooking the Gomoti River in the South Eastern Okavango Delta – luxury Gomoti accommodation with excellent game viewing
Dinaka (Central Kalahari)
Ker & Downey Dinaka camp is on the northern edge of Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana – the perfect add on to an Okavango Delta safari
Chobe Under Canvas (Chobe)
AndBeyond Chobe Under Canvas accommodates guests in comfortable mobile safari tents in the game rich Chobe National Park – rates and offers
Chobe Safari Lodge (Chobe)
Chobe Safari Lodge is an accommodation hotel (great for groups) on the banks of Chobe River, sharing a border with Chobe National Park
Camp Xakanaxa (Okavango Delta)
Camp Xakanaxa is a small land and water activity camp on the banks of the Khwai River in the heart of the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta
Camp Okavango
Camp Okavango is an Eco-sensitive water-based Desert and Delta safari camp accommodating just 24 guests, in the heart of the Okavango Delta.
Camp Moremi (Okavango Delta)
Camp Moremi is in the Moremi, the eastern part of the Okavango Delta.This land and water camp offers both game drives and river activities
Camp Kuzuma (Chobe)
The Hideaways Camp Kuzuma is a luxury African safari lodge, bordering Chobe National Park in Botswana. Ideal for honeymooners or families.
Camp Kalahari (Makgadikgadi)
Understated and affordable accommodation in Makgadikgadi, Camp Kalahari offers quad biking expeditions, horse riding safaris and is wonderful for families
Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge (Chobe)
Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge offers luxury accommodation. This area is often described as one of, if not the best, wildlife-viewing areas in Africa today
Belmond Khwai River Lodge (Closed)
Animal magic meets old-world indulgence at Belmond Khwai River Lodge, accommodation in Moremi, Okavango Delta. The Khwai River acts as a magnet for wildlife.
Belmond Eagle Island Lodge (Okavango Delta)
Belmond Eagle Island Lodge offers luxury Okavango Delta accommodation with private plunge pools for a water and land-based safari in Botswana
Duke’s Camp (Okavango Delta)
Duke’s Camp, adjoining the Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta – for serious safari panache in an unfiltered African wilderness
Sable Alley (Okavango Delta)
Sable Alley is in the Khwai Private Reserve concession, Okavango Delta in Botswana. Incredible safaris at the best rates and offers
Mapula Lodge (Okavango Delta) CLOSED
Mapula Lodge is a funky little camp in the game-rich northern Okavango Delta, Botswana. Excellent safari’s in complete exclusivity
Little Sable (Okavango Delta)
Little Sable in the Khwai Private Reserve concession offers an authentic Okavango Delta safari experience – best rates and offers
Tuludi (Okavango Delta)
Tuludi and the Tuludi Sky Suite are located in the Khwai Private Reserve in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Great Okavango Delta safari
Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp
andBeyond Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp offers luxury accommodation on a fully inclusive basis in the Okavango Delta – best rates and special offers
Hyena Pan (Okavango Delta)
Hyena Pan is in the Khwai Private Reserve in the Okavango Delta. Intimate Botswana accommodation in the game-rich Delta at best rates
Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge
In the heart of the Okavango Delta, on a diverse, wildlife-rich private concession, is andBeyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge, luxury accommodation – honeymoon
Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp
Rates and safari offers at &Beyond Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp – luxury accommodation in the Okavango Delta (perfect for honeymooners or families on safari)
Nxamaseri Island Lodge (Okavango Delta)
Nxamaseri Island Lodge is the ideal Okavango Delta experience with the added attraction of being close to Tsodilo Hills, with San paintings
Dinare Camps (Okavango Delta)
Mma and Rra Dinare are sister camps overlooking the Gomoti River in the South Eastern Okavango Delta – luxury Gomoti accommodation with excellent game viewing
Splash Camp (Okavango Delta)
Splash Camp and Splash Enclave offer fully inclusive accommodation in the heart of the Okavango Delta, in Kwara Reserve – Best rates and offers
Moremi Crossing Camp (Okavango Delta)
Moremi Crossing Camp offers luxury accommodation in 16 vintage-style safari tents in Moremi, east Okavango Delta, with views over Boro River to Chief’s Island
Gunn’s Camp (Okavango Delta)
Best rates and offers incl. honeymoons in the Okavango Delta – Overlooking Chiefs Island, bordering Moremi Game Reserve, Gunns Camp is one of the last few remaining luxury, vintage safari camps
Gomoti Plains Camp (Okavango Delta)
Gomoti Plains Camp and Private Suite offers accommodation with eco-luxurious comfort in the Okavango Delta, alive with superb land and water-based game-viewing
Kiri Camp (Okavango Delta)
Kiri Camp is a family friendly, small (accommodating up to 24 guests), luxury safari camp in the Gomoti area, Okavango Delta with both land and water activities
Kanana (Okavango Delta)
Kanana is a 5-star child-friendly camp (southwest Okavango) that offers both land and water activities and access to the most active heronry
Machaba Camp (Okavango Delta)
Machaba Camp is a luxury 1950’s camp nestling in the game-rich Khwai area (wheelchair friendly accommodation). Little Machaba is ideal for exclusive use safaris
Okuti (Okavango Delta)
Ker & Downey Okuti is a 5-star child-friendly camp in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta. Excellent big 5 and birding safari destination