Air Botswana keeps its pet policy narrow: no cabin option here — animals travel in the hold as cargo, full stop. That single column decides the entire checklist, from crate sizing to how early the booking has to happen. Luna, a devoted skeptic of anything involving engine noise, would file a formal complaint about the arrangement. For everyone else, the numbers below are where the planning actually starts.
Air Botswana's pet policy splits into cabin and cargo. This page summarizes the weight limits, fees, brachycephalic-breed restrictions, and carrier specifications for both modes — sourced from the airline's official pet pages.
How Air Botswana handles your pet
Each fact comes straight from the operator’s published policy. Tap the to read the exact wording; the opens the source page.
Hold & cargo policy
Air Botswana applies a heat embargo on hold transport, refusing pet loads once ground temperatures climb past the carrier's ceiling of 68 °C. Check the forecast for departure, connection, and arrival airports against that 68 °C threshold before committing to a date. Book travel windows that clear the cutoff, since an embargoed flight leaves the animal grounded.
Cargo-only travel puts every gram of preparation on the paperwork, the crate, and the temperature windows, because there's no cabin backup if a detail slips. Rather than tracking all of that by hand, drop your real route and dates into Pawgo and let it generate a personalized plan. It pulls the deadlines, embargo thresholds, and destination requirements into one checklist worth keeping in three places.
Glossary
- ISO chip
- ISO 11784/11785 — the universal microchip standard.
- FAVN
- Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization — a rabies serology test required by rabies-free destinations.
- Brachycephalic
- Snub-nosed breeds (French Bulldogs, Pugs, Persians, Himalayans) with restricted airline acceptance due to heat-stress risk.
- AVIH
- Animal Vehicle In Hold — IATA's term for cargo pet shipment, with fees that vary by carrier and route.