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What to know before travelling Namibia and Botswana: seasons, self-driving, parks and regions.

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Each guide answers a question that comes up before almost every trip to southern Africa — with figures, sources and what we see on the tracks ourselves. Together they give an honest picture of what travelling there by 4x4 is really like.

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  • A 4x4 trailing a plume of dust along a gravel road

    When to go

    Best time to visit Namibia

    Month by month: temperatures, rain, wildlife and tracks in every region.

  • A Land Cruiser on an open gravel road in front of the mountains

    Travel style

    Guided self-drive

    Drive yourself, but not alone: how it works, what you need and what is different on gravel.

  • A traveller sitting on a wooden deck above a waterhole

    National park

    Etosha

    Waterholes, rest camps, park rules and the best time for wildlife.

  • A wide valley in the Kaokoveld

    Northwest

    Kaokoland & Epupa Falls

    Namibia’s most remote corner: tracks, passes, waterfalls and what to know before you go.

  • The Okavango from above

    Comparison

    Namibia or Botswana?

    Desert or delta, gravel or deep sand: the two countries compared, and which one suits whom.

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