Access to reliable groundwater is a central concern for homes, farms, and businesses across Botswana, a country where surface water is scarce and rainfall is unpredictable. Boreholes remain one of the most practical ways for property owners, agricultural operations, and mining companies to secure a steady water supply, whether for domestic use, irrigation, livestock, or industrial processes. A number of drilling companies operate across Gaborone and other parts of the country, offering services that range from borehole drilling and pump installation to borehole rehabilitation, water surveys, and solar-powered water systems.
This article lists borehole drilling companies operating in Botswana, along with their locations and phone numbers where available, to help property owners and businesses find a suitable contractor for their water needs.
1. Rockwell Borehole Drilling and Exploration (Pty) Ltd
Operating since 1986, Rockwell drills 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 inch boreholes using hydraulic rigs, serving agricultural, commercial, mining, industrial and municipal clients. Services include DTH air and mud rotary drilling, pump installation (hand, electric submersible and solar), water storage tank supply and installation, irrigation systems, and mining exploration drilling such as core drilling and blasting.
Phone: +267 722 72 433, +267 770 00 188, +267 769 85 444, +267 311 8064
Location: Plot No. 887, Extension 2, Kaunda Road, Beside Security Services, Gaborone
Email: info@rockwelldrilling.co.bw
2. Tlou Drilling (Pty) Ltd
Tlou Drilling has over 20 years of experience drilling boreholes throughout Botswana and the wider southern African region, for individuals, companies, farms, schools, churches and NGOs. The company handles new borehole drilling, borehole cleanouts and recasing, and the supply and installation of submersible and bush pumps, and also offers horizontal micro-tunnelling. Rigs can drill to depths of up to 500 metres.
Phone: +267 350 0260
Location: Plot 68278, Dikgosi Drive, Phakalane Industrial, Gaborone
Email: info@tloudrilling.co.bw
3. Global Water Drilling (Pty) Ltd
Global Water Drilling provides borehole drilling and related water solutions for residential, agricultural, commercial, farming, livestock, horticultural and mining applications, including geophysical surveys, borehole drilling, pump installation and water storage installation.
Phone: +267 76 606 220, +267 73 415 885
Location: Off A1 Road, before Engen Filling Station, Mmamashia
Email: mailus@gwdpl.com
4. Phuduhudu Drilling Company
Phuduhudu Drilling has operated in Botswana since 1985 and specialises in deep, large-diameter boreholes for the mining sector, as well as drilling for farmers and domestic clients across the country. The company added DTH and RC drilling rigs in 2009.
Phone: +267 591 0175, +267 749 63 355, +267 717 0811
Location: Magokotswane Ward, next to Engen Filling Station, Molepolole
Email: info@phuduhududrilling.com
5. Ganga Drilling Botswana (Pty) Ltd
Ganga Drilling provides DTH, mud rotary, Odex and RC drilling along with borehole rehabilitation, and installs hand, electric submersible and solar submersible pumps. The company also supplies tanks and irrigation equipment and handles drilling rig maintenance.
Phone: +267 75 577 788
Location: Gaborone
Email: gangadrillingbotswana@gmail.com
6. Discovery Drilling Contractors Africa
Established in 2008 and registered in Botswana, Discovery Drilling is a major player in diamond and water borehole drilling nationwide, serving mining companies, farms, schools and individual clients with both vertical and horizontal drilling capability.
Phone: +267 72 304 844, +267 72 307 713
Location: Plot 10155, Mashaba Estates, Gaborone North
Email: francois@discoverydrilling.co.za
7. Geo Drilling
Founded in 2010 and based in Gaborone, Geo Drilling offers borehole drilling, borehole pump testing, submersible pump installation, water storage tank supply, and solar-powered borehole installations for individual property owners, farms, and mining operations.
Phone: 072 384 034, 072 699 906, 072 114 437
Location: Plot 17849, Gaborone West Industrial, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: info@geodrillingbots.com
8. Aqua Drilling Company
Phone: +267 76 755 212
Location: 23196 Mogobadi Road, Gaborone
9. United Drilling Botswana
Phone: +267 74 789 590
Location: Gaborone
10. Hydro Borehole Drilling
Hydro Borehole Drilling offers coring and monitoring wells, drilled piers, test holes, and water well repairs and installation.
Phone: +267 72 678 221
Location: Block 6, Gaborone
11. Delta Drilling Botswana (Pty) Ltd
Phone: +267 74 148 345
Location: Impala Steel, along A1 Road, Mmamashia
12. Impala Drilling
Impala Drilling covers coring and monitoring wells, directional drilling, engineering design, high-capacity production and injection wells, pump repairs and installation, water disposal facility design, and water well repairs and installation.
Phone: +267 592 1684
Location: Molepolole
13. Ss Drill (Pty) Ltd
Ss Drill offers coring and monitoring wells, borehole decommissioning, borehole inspection, borehole upgrading, pump testing, reservoir construction, and solar systems.
Phone: +267 73 662 533
Location: Plot 4867, Mahalapye
14. VAJRA Drill (Pty) Limited
Part of a group with operations across Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana, VAJRA Drill offers borehole drilling, equipping and solarisation, serving government institutions, NGOs and private clients.
Phone: +267 73 060 369
Location: Plot 3183, Mogoditshane-Kanye Road, Gaborone
15. RA Longstaff Exploration Drilling Botswana
Phone: +267 261 0523
Location: Plot 2713, Station Road, Selebi-Phikwe
16. Metsi Drilling Company (Pty) Ltd
Metsi Drilling handles water well drilling, exploration drilling, and borehole rehabilitation.
Location: Mochudi
Phone: +267 572 8922
17. Geo Drilling Botswana
Location: Farm 1/NQ, Francistown
Phone: +267 75 289 193
18. Victoria Drilling Botswana
Location: Plot 6523, Mmamashia, Along A1 Road, Next to Engen Filling Station, Near Irvines, Gaborone
Phone: +267 77 381 120
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