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Long Weekends in Botswana 2025

Botswana has 3 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Sat–Sun weekends; the longest natural break runs 4 days (Apr 18 – 21). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 5 consecutive days off — every option is below.

Long weekends
3
Longest break
4 days
Best bridge
+1 → 5 days
Weekend
Sat–Sun

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Every break in 2025

Public holidayWeekendLeave day
1 dayThu, May 1

Labour Day — a lone day off, bridge it:

1

Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 2) for 4 days off (May 1 – 4).

1 dayThu, May 29

Ascension Day — a lone day off, bridge it:

29

Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 30) for 4 days off (May 29 – Jun 1).

1 dayTue, Jul 1

Sir Seretse Khama Day — a lone day off, bridge it:

1

Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Jun 30) for 4 days off (Jun 28 – Jul 1).

1 dayTue, Sep 30

Botswana Day — a lone day off, bridge it:

30

Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Sep 29) for 4 days off (Sep 27 – 30).

4 daysThu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28

Christmas Day · Family Day

25262728

Stretch it: take 3 days of leave (Dec 29–31) for 11 days off (Dec 25 – Jan 4).

All bridge plans, ranked by date

Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.

Days offLeaveSpan
62d · Dec 30–31Dec 28 – Jan 2
93d · Dec 30–31 + Jan 3Dec 28 – Jan 5
5Best value1d · Jan 3Jan 1 – 5
104d · Apr 14–17Apr 12 – 21
104d · Apr 22–25Apr 18 – 27
63d · Apr 28–30Apr 26 – May 1
94d · Apr 28–30 + May 2Apr 26 – May 4
41d · May 2May 1 – 4
63d · May 26–28May 24 – 29
94d · May 26–28 + May 30May 24 – Jun 1
41d · May 30May 29 – Jun 1
41d · Jun 30Jun 28 – Jul 1
94d · Jun 30 + Jul 2–4Jun 28 – Jul 6
63d · Jul 2–4Jul 1 – 6
93d · Jul 23–25Jul 19 – 27
41d · Sep 29Sep 27 – 30
94d · Sep 29 + Oct 1–3Sep 27 – Oct 5
63d · Oct 1–3Sep 30 – Oct 5
93d · Dec 22–24Dec 20 – 28
113d · Dec 29–31Dec 25 – Jan 4

Computed from Botswana's public holidays plus Sat–Sun weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.

Holiday data is sourced from open data and may not reflect last-minute regulatory changes. Verify with official sources before legal or financial decisions.