These operators are based in Botswana and describe budget or participation camping trips on their own websites; each card quotes it.
Which companies run budget camping safaris in Botswana?
The 6 operators below each describe budget or participation camping trips they run in Botswana, quoted on their cards with their published price where they give one.
Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table holds 245 companies with a head office in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia or Zimbabwe: the ones ChatGPT named on two or more days between 5 October and 1 November 2026 in answers to the safari questions Uncompromised Travel asks every day and the operators in those countries with 20 or more reviews on SafariBookings. Their websites were read on 2 November 2026, with their reviews on SafariBookings, Google and Trustpilot. This page carries the operators in it for which a line from its own website, as read, can be quoted showing that it is based in Botswana and describes budget or participation camping trips it runs: 6 operators. Where a website does not give its office, the office on its SafariBookings profile is used. Companies whose websites describe them as planners, agents or destination management companies, or do not say whether they run their own trips, are left out. Cards are in alphabetical order. Prices are shown as each company published them, in its own currency, never converted. No company paid to be on this page.
Budget-priced camping safaris (walk-in tents with bedding, rustic open-air bucket showers and long-drop toilets) and a 'Semi-Luxury Safari' with en-suite tents and a private luxury camp.
Based in
Kasane, Botswana (721 President Avenue).
How it runs trips
Private trips are possible (children under 12 only on private bookings).
Reviews
SafariBookings: 5.0 out of 5 from 45 reviews; Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 211 reviews, read 2 November 2026.
Small-group mobile safaris through Botswana and Namibia
Camping trips
Tiers by tent style, all en suite: Meru-style tents on luxury safaris, Sahara Tents on most scheduled and private safaris, Bow tents for larger groups, expeditions and budget safaris.
Published price
2026 rates per person sharing, USD: 5 Day Luxury Delta (5 days, low and high USD 4 300); 5 Day Moremi (low USD 3 000, high USD 3 500); 7 Day Central Kalahari (low USD 4 450, high USD 4 900); 9 Day Classic (low USD 4 980, high USD 5 775); 11 Day Transfrontier Kalahari (low USD 7 200, high USD 7 700); 13 Day Botswana Explorer (low USD 6 650, high USD 7 650); 15 Day Circular (USD 8 950); 16 Day Namibian (USD 8 000, private on request); 20 Day combined (USD 10 850, private on request); combined 7 day Kalahari and 9 day Classic, 16 days (low USD 8 500, high USD 9 650).
Reviews
SafariBookings: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, read 2 November 2026.
4 of the 6 operators on this page say how they run trips (private, scheduled or overland); for the others, nothing on their websites as read can be shown here.
Kalahari Tours: Private trips are possible (children under 12 only on private bookings).
Moonlight Safaris: Private game drive is offered (US$90.00).
Moonstroll Safaris: Private and small group safaris plus tours with set departure dates.
Nalange Mobile Safaris: Private and small-group safaris are offered.
Botswana budget camping safari companies: the questions people ask
Which run private trips on your own dates?
4 of the 6 do: Kalahari Tours, Moonlight Safaris, Moonstroll Safaris and Nalange Mobile Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which run scheduled departures you can join?
2 of the 6 do: Kalahari Tours and Moonstroll Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which help with self-drive trips?
1 of the 6 does: Nalange Mobile Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which run mobile camping safaris?
All 6 run mobile camping safaris.
Which use vehicles of their own?
1 of the 6 does: Penduka Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which publish a deposit?
3 of the 6 do: Moonstroll Safaris, Penduka Safaris and Sekanka Travel and Tours Safaris. Each one's own website says so.
Which have guest reviews on SafariBookings, Google or Trustpilot?
All 6 do. Each platform's rating and count are on the card, never added together.
Can I book these trips through Uncompromised Travel?
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell safaris. Each card has the company's own enquiry link.
How were these operators chosen?
Each one is an operator in the Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table whose own website shows that it is based in Botswana and describes budget or participation camping trips it runs. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
How current are these facts?
Each company's website was read on 2 November 2026. Prices, departures and reviews change, so confirm them with the operator before you book.
Is any company on this page paying to be here?
No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be listed.
Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: facts each operator published on its own website, read on 2 November 2026, with reviews per platform (SafariBookings, Google and Trustpilot), from the Uncompromised Travel local safari operators table. Operators whose websites would not open are not on this page. Cards are in alphabetical order. No company paid to appear or for its place. Prices are in the currency each company showed and were not converted. How this site earns · How we work.
Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 2 November 2026 · updated 2 November 2026
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