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Driving with elephants: Botswana, anyone?

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Last year we spent three weeks+ in Southern Africa and fell in love—Botswana in particular is now our hands-down favorite place on the continent to explore (and we’ve spent considerable time in Tanzania and Kenya). Easy to get to via Durban (direct flights now from many cities) or Johannesburg, it’s accessible, friendly, laid-back, and blessed with abundant wildlife.

And now is the time to go—as we said in this fall 2019 article in the Overland Sourcebook. If you just don’t have the time to plan your own trip (which can take considerable effort, especially if you haven’t ventured into Africa yet), we can highly recommend a September 2020 Botswana safari with Graham Jackson (Overland Expo training team director) and 7P Overland.

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Up close and personal at Elephant Sands Camp, northern Botswana

Up close and personal at Elephant Sands Camp, northern Botswana

Beginning August 31 at Santa Safari Camp near Victoria Falls, the trip will wend its way through the famous Makgadikgadi Pan, through the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, resupply at Maun (like Moab only with elephants), then explore Moremi Game Reserve and the legendary Okavango Delta. It just doesn’t get any better—especially with a small group (no more than 9)—for 16 days of classic Africa. ($14,500 all-inclusive once you arrive to Botswana; a bargain, in our opinion.)

More information at 7p.io/destinations/botswana/

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Overland Tech and Travel is curated by Jonathan Hanson, co-founder and former co-owner of the Overland Expo. Jonathan segued from a misspent youth almost directly into a misspent adulthood, cleverly sidestepping any chance of a normal career track or a secure retirement by becoming a freelance writer, working for Outside, National Geographic Adventure, and nearly two dozen other publications. He co-founded Overland Journal in 2007 and was its executive editor until 2011, when he left and sold his shares in the company. His travels encompass explorations on land and sea on six continents, by foot, bicycle, sea kayak, motorcycle, and four-wheel-drive vehicle. He has published a dozen books, several with his wife, Roseann Hanson, gaining several obscure non-cash awards along the way, and is the co-author of the fourth edition of Tom Sheppard's overlanding bible, the Vehicle-dependent Expedition Guide.