Botswana Articles
Safari: Botswana’s Wild Dogs – AfricaSteve Brynes relates his first encounters with the African wild dog, a beautiful animal, whose population is declining.
Safari in Botswana – AfricaThe question Rebekah Pothaar asks is: Are safaris
over-rated?
Volunteering in Botswana, Julie Urquhart realizes that with generosity, dancing, and a dash of salt, the cultural barriers are not so great after all.
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park & Adjoining Salt Pans, Botswana …Once a superlake, the Makgadikgadi Pans now comprise perennial pools that attract
waterbuck, bushbuck and resident hippos.
The Linyanti Reserve is highly populated with animals particularly in the dry
winter months when elephants concentrate in enormous numbers at the rivers and …
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) is the largest game reserve in the world,
and has until recently been closed to the public.
Both hippo’s and elephants epitomise this park more than any other animals.
It is estimated that there are between 45000 and 90000 elephants in this area.
Julie treks across Botswana to see beautiful Victoria Falls. Hitchhiking her way through, she encounters vicious hippos, a tropical paradise and wonton soup!
Botswana Travel FactsThe Basics
Country: Botswana
Where is it?: Botswana lies in southern Africa, north of South Africa
Why do people go here?: Another country for safari holiday-makers, Botswana once only catered to high-end safari tourists. Slowly, more and more independent travelers are attempting to traverse the vast country. Due to its vast national parks [...]
Blantyre, Malawi to Francistown, Botswana (7 August 2002)For the first time ever Al surprises and disappoints himself by being too squeamish to take advantage of an extremely cheap and dinner-party-conversation-enhancing foodstuff: boiled mice on sticks. Wh
