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Airline of Botswana
Wilderness Air, formerly known as Sefofane Air Charter, is an air charter company headquartered in Botswana, Africa. It operates regularly scheduled and sole-use charter flights, as well as limited cargo operations. It also owns and operates a charity called Children in the Wilderness which offers children in rural areas flights and educates them about their camps and local wildlife.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Wilderness Air, formerly known as Sefofane Air Charter, is an air charter company headquartered in Botswana, Africa. It operates regularly scheduled and sole-use charter flights, as well as limited cargo operations. It also owns and operates a charity called Children in the Wilderness which offers children in rural areas flights and educates them about their camps and local wildlife. It further operates the first flight simulator in Botswana, to train pilots on the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.2
The company was founded in 1991 as Sefofane Air Charter by Neil and Suzy Lumsden operating one Cessna 206.
The company operates in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The airline's main base of operations is in Maun, Botswana.
From Wikipedia’s article on Wilderness Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Wilderness operates the following aircraft:
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Cessna 210 Centurion
From Wikipedia’s article on Wilderness Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
The company had a fatal Cessna 210 accident in April 2010. The aircraft apparently broke up in mid air during a flight from Damaraland to Swakopmund, Namibia. The pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was killed.
From Wikipedia’s article on Wilderness Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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