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Botswana is a politically and socially stable African success story, educated, and blessed with a long-standing democracy and a relatively comfortable standard of life. This means a less harrowing experience for the traveler, but also makes Botswana’s wide wildernesses more costly to travel in. Most visitors agree that they’re worth the effort.
The Okavango Delta’s watery wonders are arguably Botswana’s best, and can be explored in rocky dug out canoes amongst hungry crocodiles and aggressive hippos, which your local guides skillfully avoid. Herds of elephant, antelope and buffalo also roam the vast expanses of the delta. A whole host of other game reserves offer an expansive variety of wildlife experiences, like the frantic annual migrations of zebra and wildebeast in the Makgadikgadi Pans, or the thousands of elephants on the riverbanks of the Chobe, viewed from a tiny speedboat. Plentiful shambolic jeep safaris through muddy terrain are absorbing but unreliable.
Away from the extensive wildlife, the animal-themed wall paintings of the rugged Tsodilo Hills are reminiscent of Australian outback art, while the Kalahari Desert – not a desert, but an undulating grassy plain – is best enjoyed from the back of a quad bike amongst crowds of meerkats, and is home to the Kalahari Bushmen’s tiny villages, survival focused ways of life and renowned clicking language. The Tuli Circle has another host of mesmerizing activities, such as mountain biking across the plains, riding on horseback through the dusty savannahs and taking low-level hot air balloon trips over herds of elephants and jumpy zebra.
Capital Gaborone is an uninspiring but pleasant stop near the South African border, with an interesting bushmen exhibit as well as national museums of history and art, but you’ll probably want to head straight for the national parks, where accommodations can be anything from rustic lodges to modern resorts with phenomenal views of Botswana’s golden sunsets. A haven for the wildlife lover that lacks Africa’s usual political difficulties and poverty, Botswana is a scintillating taste of the continent’s marvelous array of beasts.
The Okavango Delta’s watery wonders are arguably Botswana’s best, and can be explored in rocky dug out canoes amongst hungry crocodiles and aggressive hippos, which your local guides skillfully avoid. Herds of elephant, antelope and buffalo also roam the vast expanses of the delta. A whole host of other game reserves offer an expansive variety of wildlife experiences, like the frantic annual migrations of zebra and wildebeast in the Makgadikgadi Pans, or the thousands of elephants on the riverbanks of the Chobe, viewed from a tiny speedboat. Plentiful shambolic jeep safaris through muddy terrain are absorbing but unreliable.
Away from the extensive wildlife, the animal-themed wall paintings of the rugged Tsodilo Hills are reminiscent of Australian outback art, while the Kalahari Desert – not a desert, but an undulating grassy plain – is best enjoyed from the back of a quad bike amongst crowds of meerkats, and is home to the Kalahari Bushmen’s tiny villages, survival focused ways of life and renowned clicking language. The Tuli Circle has another host of mesmerizing activities, such as mountain biking across the plains, riding on horseback through the dusty savannahs and taking low-level hot air balloon trips over herds of elephants and jumpy zebra.
Capital Gaborone is an uninspiring but pleasant stop near the South African border, with an interesting bushmen exhibit as well as national museums of history and art, but you’ll probably want to head straight for the national parks, where accommodations can be anything from rustic lodges to modern resorts with phenomenal views of Botswana’s golden sunsets. A haven for the wildlife lover that lacks Africa’s usual political difficulties and poverty, Botswana is a scintillating taste of the continent’s marvelous array of beasts.