Dewan Adventure Travel — Botswana Safaris

The fifth compass

A safari guided by purpose, not a checklist.

In 1990, William Dewan Burns arrived in Etsha 6 to teach Design & Technology with Botswana's Ministry of Education. The Okavango did more than change his view of Africa—it changed the direction of his life.

Dewan Adventure Travel creates journeys where wildlife is not counted, but encountered; where local knowledge matters; and where the silence between sightings can be as powerful as the sighting itself.

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Pula1990

The Botswana chapter began in Etsha 6.

One guideOne journey

A journey is more than a string of transfers.

No checklistMeaning over tally

A meaningful sighting matters more than a count.

PulaRain · blessing · life

A word of welcome and a reminder of connection.

Field-tested inspiration

Journeys that begin with who you are.

These are starting points, never formulas. Your timing, comfort, interests and sense of adventure shape the route.

01

10 nights · 11 days

The Ultimate Family Safari

Moremi · Makgadikgadi · Okavango · Chobe · Victoria Falls

A graceful, lodge-led family journey that gives every generation time to be astonished together.

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02

9 nights · 10 days

Luxury Mobile Tented Safari

Xakanaxa · Khwai · Savute · Chobe

A true mobile safari: the same guide, camp crew and sense of belonging as the wilderness changes around you.

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03

10 nights · 11 days

The Last Frontier

Maun · Khwai · Savute · Chobe · Victoria Falls

A ground-level passage through predator country, elephant country and one of Africa’s greatest riverfronts.

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Malachite kingfisher in the Okavango Delta

04

12 nights · flexible pacing

The Panhandle Explorer

Maun · Moremi · Khwai · Tsodilo · Panhandle

A private self-drive journey through Moremi and the living cultural landscape of the Okavango Panhandle.

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05

8–10 nights

Tanzania: Plains to Island

Tarangire · Serengeti · Ngorongoro · Zanzibar

Baobabs, lion country and the endless plains—finished, if you wish, with Indian Ocean air.

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06

8 nights · 9 days

Gorillas, Chimps & the Virungas

Uganda · Rwanda · Volcanoes National Park

A rare primate journey joining chimpanzee forest, the Albertine Rift and mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

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Regenerative by instinct

“The best safari does not simply show you a place. It leaves the place stronger—and sends you home carrying part of its story.”

Conservation, culture and community are not side trips. They are part of the path. Dewan works with trusted local partners and favors thoughtful, low-impact experiences that keep the value of tourism close to the people and landscapes that make it possible.

Your safari can include an unhurried mokoro ride, time in a village market, a local guide at Tsodilo Hills or simply more hours to listen to the bush. That is how a place becomes a relationship.

Plan Your Safari

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Tell us enough to start well. Your answers will be sent to Dewan Adventure Travel so the conversation begins with what matters to you.

Come for the wild.
Leave with something deeper.

A safari guided by purpose, not a checklist.