Is Botswana safe for tourists?

You are in an unfenced wilderness with big animals and the camps are not fenced either — an escort walks you to your tent after dark, and that rule is not theatre. Across 1 guides Botswana averages 4.0 out of 5; Okavango Delta are rated safe or very safe. Every guide names the comfortable areas and the ones that want care, with the reason.

Which parts of Botswana need the most care?

None of the 1 guides in Botswana is rated below 3: the usual big-city attention — bags in front on transit, phones away at the kerb — is the whole of it.

Is Botswana Safe? Safety by City — 1 Destination Rated

Is Botswana safe?

1 guide, each rated 1 to 5 with the reason — and two lists per place, where you are comfortable and where to pay attention. Nowhere is called dangerous; the specific thing is what helps.

4.0 average across 1 guide · Safe

Okavango Delta Safe

You are in an unfenced wilderness with big animals and the camps are not fenced either — an escort walks you to your tent after dark, and that rule is not theatre. Hippos kill more people in Africa than lions and the mokoro passes them; listen to your poler. Malaria is present, particularly in the wet months, and prophylaxis is standard advice. Otherwise Botswana is stable, orderly and has very little crime.

Comfortable: Maun · Okavango Delta

Hippos, which kill more people in Africa than any large animal and which are what the mokoro poler is watching for
Walking outside camp at night, in any camp, ever
Light aircraft baggage limits, which are 15–20kg in a soft bag and are enforced

The ratings are this site's own, from the guides' authors and the corrections readers send in; they are not an index. Read the general advice in travel safety tips.

Is Botswana safe?

Okavango Delta Safe

The guides in Botswana