Botswana Road trips

2 curated road trips in Botswana — Kalahari Desert Drive, Makgadikgadi Pans. Mapped stops, distance, duration, best season, and practical route notes.

These 2 routes range from 600 to 900 km and from 4 to 7 days, across 1 country. Top picks: Kalahari Desert Drive, Makgadikgadi Pans.

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  NotableKalahari Desert DriveBotswana · 900 km · 5–7 daysCross the world's largest sand system from Gaborone west to the Central Kalahari, red dunes, black-maned lions, meerkats at sunrise, and skies so dark the Milky Way casts shadows on the sand.
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  NotableMakgadikgadi PansBotswana · 600 km · 4–5 daysThe remnant of an ancient mega-lake larger than Switzerland, two vast salt pans at the Kalahari's heart. In the dry season: meerkats and brown hyena. In January: a quarter-million zebra on the world's second-largest migration.