Where to Go On a Weekend in South Africa? Botswana

Where to go on a weekend in South Africa? Botswana

Southern Africa is becoming a new long-weekend destination for the British. There’s no time difference, the flights are overnight (both ways), and you waste no precious daylight hours travelling.

The good news is that the aeroplanes depart around 8pm, so dinner; sleeping and breakfast are at the right time in the right order. The pleasure in travelling or sleeping overnight on a plane to South Africa however is that you wake-up to a different and dramatic landscape; fresh air and smiling warm faces and if you are lucky, some snarling animals as well.

BEFORE YOUR GO

The best way to travel on your weekend is to pack light and travel easy. The out-going flight is on Thursday, so carry a bag, small enough to smuggle in and out of your office:

Hand luggage can include your binoculars, camera and travel books you’ll need on safari

Arrive at the airport well before time to have a glass of champagne and some smoked salmon at the Caviar House.

Travel in the loose chinos or combat trousers you’ll wear for game drives, plus the baggy cotton or fleece jumper

Take a pure down baby pillow: it squashes up small, you can cosy up to it on the plane and it’s invaluable in the camps where pillows are hard.

JOHANNESBURG – MAUN

Your wake-up call is a few thousand meters above Johannesburg. You have the choice to eat on the aircraft or at the airport caf