Gaborone eSIM
21 Botswana plans · from $13.06
Gaborone is a small, orderly capital in the south-east corner of a country that is mostly Kalahari. Almost nobody comes to Botswana for the city — they fly on to Maun for the Okavango Delta or Kasane for Chobe, and a travel eSIM covers all three on one plan, for as long as there is anything to connect to.
Landing at Sir Seretse Khama International (GBE)
Gaborone's airport is 15km from the centre and mostly serves regional routes. Safari itineraries typically connect through Johannesburg to Maun or Kasane rather than passing through the capital at all.
eSIM plans that cover Gaborone
Gaborone is covered by every Botswana plan below — there is no separate city-only eSIM to buy.
Choose a data plan
1 GB
7 days· 0.1 GB per $1
$13.06
5% back in credits
$18.09
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$21.61
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2 GB
15 days· 0.1 GB per $1
$24.82
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3 GB
30 days· 0.1 GB per $1
$34.58
5% back in credits
$42.85
5% back in credits
$51.74
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5 GB
30 days· 0.1 GB per $1
$56.79
5% back in credits
$62.00
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$85.39
5% back in credits
$102.38
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10 GB
30 days· 0.1 GB per $1
$103.90
5% back in credits
$119.04
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$123.62
5% back in credits
$142.77
5% back in credits
$169.53
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20 GB
30 days· 0.1 GB per $1
$186.34
5% back in credits
$203.35
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$204.37
5% back in credits
$285.14
5% back in credits
$406.29
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How “Unlimited” works: Never cut off — each plan gives a set amount of full-speed data, then a slower speed. The exact allowance and speed are shown on every plan.Read more
Unlimited plans never run out and your eSIM is never disconnected, but every one has a fair-use limit: a set amount of full-speed data, after which the speed is reduced. The amounts differ between plans — most give a daily full-speed allowance that refills every 24 hours from when you first activate the eSIM, while Premium plans give a larger allowance for the whole plan instead. Each plan states its own allowance and the speed after it before you buy. At the reduced speed, messaging, maps, email and light browsing still work; video streaming and video calls may not. If you want every gigabyte at full speed, choose a fixed-GB plan.
Which networks you'll be on in Gaborone
Siima eSIMs for Botswana ride Mascom and Orange Botswana. Coverage follows the towns and the tarred highways, which in Botswana means a small fraction of the map.
Coverage around Gaborone
Gaborone and the south-east
Good coverage across the city, the Main Mall and the government enclave, and along the A1 corridor towards Francistown.
Maun and the Delta
Maun town has solid coverage. Once you are into the Okavango by mokoro or light aircraft, there is none — delta camps run on radio and satellite, and that is the point of going.
Chobe and Kasane
Kasane and the riverfront lodges have signal. Game drives and boat cruises inside the park lose it in stretches.
The Kalahari and Makgadikgadi
The Central Kalahari and the salt pans are genuine dead zones measured in hundreds of kilometres. Self-drivers carry satellite communications and recovery gear as standard, not as a precaution.
How much data you need
Two weeks in Botswana is 1–2 GB. This is one of the least data-hungry destinations anywhere, because most of the trip has no coverage at all.
Work it out with our data usage calculator →