Explore Botswana's diverse ecosystems and the incredible array of wildlife that calls them home, from vast elephant herds to elusive predators.
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Botswana's Bold Bet on Wildlife
This series, Wild Heart of Africa, explores Botswana's wildlife wonders — from the Okavango Delta's floodplains to the salt pans of the Kalahari.
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Chobe's Elephants Shape the Land Itself
Chobe National Park holds roughly 120,000 elephants — the densest concentration of African elephants anywhere on Earth. That number is not just a statistic.
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A River That Never Reaches the Sea
The Okavango is one of the few major rivers on Earth that never finds the ocean.
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Kalahari: Thriving in the Great Thirstland
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve covers over fifty-two thousand square kilometers, making it one of the largest protected areas on Earth — roughly the size of Denmark.
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Apex Predators of the Botswana Wild
African wild dogs hunt with a success rate near eighty percent, making them the most efficient large predators on the continent — far outpacing lions, which succeed…
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Six Hundred Wings Over Botswana's Wetlands
The Kori Bustard, weighing up to forty pounds, is the heaviest flying bird on Earth, and Botswana is one of the best places to spot it striding across open grasslands.
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Forty Percent Wild: Botswana's Conservation Gamble
More than forty percent of Botswana's total land area falls under some form of official protection — one of the highest percentages of any country on Earth.
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