Top Reasons to Go to Botswana

The Okavango Delta. Whether you are drifting dreamily in a mokoro through the crystal-clear, papyrus-fringed channels, or walking among ancient trees on one of the many islands, your everyday world is guaranteed to fade from your consciousness.

Big Game. You won't find huge herds as in Serengeti, but you will come face-to-face with more critters than you ever knew existed. And there won't be hordes of other visitors blocking your view or diluting the experience.

Birding. Marvel at more than 900 species—many endemic—that crowd the game reserves. A sighting of a Pel's fishing owl, one of the world's rarest birds, will have Audubon twitching in his grave.

Walking with the Bushmen. Far from being lifeless, deserts are miracles of plenty, you just have to be in the right company—that of the Kalahari Bushmen. Listen to their dissonant music, watch them dance a dance as old as time, and then listen to the stars sing.