Botswana Travel Stories Articles

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

25: Africa Wins Again Today – Diary of a Single Girl – Africa

Police checkpoints are a great way to hone your storytelling skills, and the fiercest predator in Africa is not in the wild, it’s in the airport lounge.

Botswana – The Other African Safari – Botswana

David Moss ponders the hard questions: Isn’t a sle

Disbelief of Wonder – Kasane, Botswana

Erik Trinidad tries to convince his safari camp co

What a year! – Botswana

After a year on the road (and 11,000 miles and 24 countries) Al feels that at last he is at the beginning of the end of the beginning.

Francistown, Botswana to Jane Furse, South Africa – Botswana and South Africa

What should have been a gentle four day triumphal procession into South Africa turned into a ghastly five day long beasting thanks to the wind.

Okavango Detour (3 of 3)

A side trip to the Okavango Delta in Botswana lead

Okavango Detour (2 of 3)

A side trip to the Okavango Delta in Botswana lead

Okavango Detour (1 of 3)

A side trip to the Okavango Delta in Botswana lead

Riding Wild in Africa

Finally, I turned into the Nature Reserve in Botswana after a 5½ hour drive from Johannesburg. I was nervous. Nervous about riding in the wild African bush. Nervous about riding new horses.
My soon to be trusted guide, Steven, with arm outstretched, shook my hand. His strength and confidence reassured me. Immediately [...]