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For a 7-night, mid-range Botswana safari covering the Okavango Delta and/or Chobe, budget roughly €1,750–4,500 per person for the safari package itself — accommodation, meals, guiding, and game activities are almost always sold bundled, the same as other safari destinations. Add €900–1,600 for flights routed through Johannesburg to Maun or Kasane, and €85–190 for travel insurance. A realistic all-in total lands around €2,700–6,300 per person for the week.
Botswana deliberately runs a low-volume, high-value tourism model: strict limits on camp numbers and bed capacity inside its private concessions, rather than competing on visitor volume. This is a real, government-backed conservation strategy, not just premium marketing — and it's the direct reason package prices sit noticeably above South Africa or even Namibia for a comparable trip length.
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Budget options have expanded in recent years (public campsites, mobile tented safaris), but "budget Botswana" is still priced above "budget" almost anywhere else in the region.
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This range spans public-campsite/mobile-tented setups at the low end to private lodge concessions at the high end — see the Okavango Delta vs. Chobe guide for how much the region you pick moves this number. Park fees are typically folded into package pricing, but if you're pricing a self-organized trip: Chobe and Moremi charge around $20/person/day, other parks around $14, plus a separate vehicle fee.
Almost all routes from Europe connect through Johannesburg before a final short hop to Maun (Okavango) or Kasane (Chobe) — there's no realistic direct option, which is part of why this line runs higher than a Johannesburg-only safari destination.
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Had a flight delayed, cancelled, or denied boarding on this trip — even in the past? Under EU261, an EU-departing flight delayed 3+ hours, cancelled, or overbooked can be worth €250–600 in compensation, and most member states let you claim for years afterward. Compensair checks your flight for free and files the claim for you — they take 30% of whatever you're awarded, plus a further 10% if the airline forces it to court, so you only pay out of the compensation itself.
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This is the baseline travel insurance range — see our Botswana Insurance page for why a standard policy isn't the whole story for a remote Delta trip specifically.
Safari packages and tours: browse and compare Botswana safari operators directly
Want the whole trip planned for you? If you'd rather hand the planning to a specialist than book camps and flights yourself, Go2Africa builds private, tailor-made safaris in Botswana. It is the high-end route: their own price guide puts mid-range Botswana safaris at roughly €1,400–2,100 per person per night (about US$1,650–2,420, sharing, flights excluded), so a week comes to about €10,000–14,500 per person before flights. You send an enquiry and they quote — prices aren't listed online, and planning is done in English. The cost breakdown above is still the way to check whether a quote is fair.
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