THE ESSENTIALS Selinda Reserve, Botswana. Rooms from $1760 a person a night and include light-plane transfers, game drives, ...

Imagine, if you will, Botswana’s Okavango Delta in 1850: vast, sprawling grassy plains and lush verdant waters, attracting populations of elephant, giraffe, lion, cheetah, zebra and rhinoceros ...

But what truly stands out is Botswana's dedication to conservation ... including elephants, lions, and rhinos, and it has implemented stringent measures to safeguard these animals.

In environmental, conservation ... says Map Ives, the Botswana-based naturalist, “will absolutely not forgive the lion and will mercilessly hunt it down.” Exacerbating all this, of course ...