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camping in style
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game viewer
incredible birdlife
  • front client tent
  • camping in style
  • starter
  • game viewer
  • incredible birdlife

All you need to know

Intro

Hemingway Safaris is a Botswana based mobile tour operator who’s owners want to share their love for the country and its nature and wildlife with their visitors. This reflects in the way they run their safaris, clients appreciate the personal attention Hemingway offers and many become friends.

Highlights

Areas visited Botswana offers a whole range of wildlife & cultural destinations. Not only the world famous Okavango Delta is worth a visit but certainly also the Kalahari and Kgalagadi reserves offer superb game-viewing. Discovering the skills of the Bushman or gliding over a water lily covered lagoon in a mokoro are also well worth experiencing. The biggest concentration of elephants in the world is found along the Chobe river in the North of the country.

Need To Know

Our strong points: - We specialize in tailor-made safaris to cater for people/groups who don’t find their wishes in our colleagues’ brochures. - We are able to guide you in English – French – German – Dutch & Afrikaans - We are offering star-presentations which is unique for Botswana - We don’t only visit the well-known areas but have extended knowledge of the remoter parts of the country and can bring you to some unknown jewels. - Our vehicles are unique and have the best comments about space, comfort and design - Our meals are extended with continental breakfasts or English brunch, lunch always has salads, fruits, cold meats and cheeses and dinner is elaborated three-course with as much as possible fresh ingredients. - All drinks are included: water, juices, coffee, tea’s, hot chocolate, coke, beer, white and red local wines, Amarula and G&T’s for sundowner or for around the campfire. Other drinks are on client’s request.

Safaris

Our set date departures are found on our website, together with all info, you have the choice between: 8 day Best of Kalahari 8 day Moremi Chobe Classic ( these 2 trips can be combined into one 15 day safari ) 10 day Moremi Chobe Classic ( 2 additional days along the Khwai river ) 11 day Botswana Classique

Wildlife

All of the "big five" can be seen on our safaris. Birders can join specialised trips which focus on the abundant birdlife

Quick Facts

Region
Africa
Safari Operators
Safari Lodge (less than 20 rooms), Safari Tented Camp ( less than 20 tents), Safari Lodge (more than 20 rooms), Safari Lodge (more than 20 rooms), Mobile Safari Operator
Average Stay

7 nights - 8 days

Average Price

440 U$ ppd

Child Policy

all ages are welcome: youngest was 18 months old and oldest was 94 years old

Accommodation

Hemingway Safaris organizes mobile tented safaris but can also offer lodge-to-lodge safaris. Clients are accommodated in spacious 3x3 m tents or 4.7 m long en-suite Meru style tents with camp beds and bedding. No participation is required and clients are fully catered for: 3 full meals a day are provided and all drinks are included.

Accolades

The reason why we offer mostly mobile tented safaris is that no lodge can offer the "close-to-nature" feeling a tented camp provides: the animals visiting the camps, the sounds and smells of the bush, the sitting around the campfire in the middle of the bush with no neighbors, etc

Season

Our safaris run throughout the year but we offer a 10% discount for trips during our green season which runs from 15 November till 15 March: this is when the nature is at it's most beautiful but as many see this as "rainy season" it is largely ignored Facts: Botswana’s “rainy season”, or more accurately the summer or green season, people can expect a great blue sky in the mornings, getting cloudy around noon and by late afternoon some localized showers begin forming. These outbursts are mostly “localized” and you can expect roughly a one hour shower about twice a week. The nights are warm (20 to 28 degrees C) and during the day temperatures normally hang around 35 degrees with some days getting exceptionally warm, up to 40 degrees C. A nice shower brings the temperature back down to a comfortable level. Advantages: Gone is the dust, this is the time when the young animals are born, where there is abundant food and water for the animals and where photographers get the best contrasts: a yellow lion on green grass with a dark-blue sky behind: whaahw !!! Migrant birds (25 % of all bird species in Botswana) are around and birdsongs are at their best during this nesting period. The landscapes and sundowners are superb, huge clouds giving stunning reflections and special effects to pictures. Most people are not aware that this is such a unique period for visiting Botswana, which means that there are hardly any other visitors in the parks: no vehicles around to disturb a sighting, a splendid feeling of how Africa was in “the good old days”. (just avoid from 15/12 to 10/1 as this is when we have South African school holidays )

Region
Africa
Safari Operators
Safari Lodge (less than 20 rooms) Safari Tented Camp ( less than 20 tents) Safari Lodge (more than 20 rooms) Safari Lodge (more than 20 rooms) Mobile Safari Operator
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Attention to guest appreciated, All is done to satisfy guests requests

04-11-2025 @ 7:01pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Wonderful.

31-10-2025 @ 3:21pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

An overall magical experience with the most wonderful staff looking after all our needs and wants. We will be back.

DR
29-10-2025 @ 1:20pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Amazing

JC
29-10-2025 @ 11:01am
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Amazing safari experience with qualified guide, great staff and tents on top of what you can expect from a mobile safari in Botswana.

29-10-2025 @ 8:28am
Best Mobile Safari Operator

They care as good for nature as well as for you while on safari. An experienced team looks after you to ensure a real close wildlife and nature experience.

ZM from South Africa
27-10-2025 @ 3:57pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Great set up, efficiently run by expert guides and brilliant chefs. The mobile tented accommodation is comfortable with all the amenities you need.

OM from South Africa
27-10-2025 @ 1:54pm
Best Safari Cuisine

Food out of this world

02-09-2025 @ 11:24am
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Once in a lifetime experience

02-09-2025 @ 11:24am
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Super!!!

SF
09-04-2025 @ 5:45am
Best Mobile Safari Operator

FANTASTIC

10-12-2024 @ 10:35am
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Our Safari in Botswana with Kalahari Skies was one of the best experience in our lives!

09-12-2024 @ 4:59pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

Professional run safari outfitters. Top guides and support staf running the show like one big happy group of friends and family.

OM from South Africa
09-12-2024 @ 3:20pm
Best Value Safari Property

the best

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:25pm
Best Safari Experience

the best of all

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:23pm
Best Safari Guiding Team

the best of all

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:23pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

the best of all

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:23pm
Best Family Safari Experience

the best of all

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:23pm
Best Safari Cuisine

the best of all

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:23pm
Best Value Safari Property

The best of all!

V
08-03-2024 @ 7:18pm
Best Value Safari Property

Yess, the best of all safaris!

07-03-2024 @ 6:07am
Best Value Safari Property

the best experience we ever had, super services and organization.

RD
02-03-2024 @ 2:35pm
Best Family Safari Experience

une expƩrience unique avec des guides uniques

BI from France
20-11-2023 @ 3:40pm
Best Mobile Safari Operator

le top

BI from France
20-11-2023 @ 3:40pm

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