Advantages: Not many tourists Disadvantages: Getting eaten by a lion, hippo, hyena, leopard, honey badgers
I went on a camping trip to Botswana a few years ago, on an organized tour with Explore (www.explore.co.uk) feeling that it was safer to have everything coordinated and someone at least knowing whom to contact if I was eaten by a hippopotamus or honey badger. It turned out to be a wise precaution (no I didn't get eaten by a honey badger)
We flew from London to Windhoek in Namibia via Frankfurt. Our baggage flew to Frankfurt, where it decided to ... ...a hurried shopping trip to Woolworths, which is an African shop selling clothes and everything else, with the £50 each, that our travel agent representative had managed to get for us (possibly from the airline) This turned out to be plenty of money and were able to kit ourselves out with enough clothes for at least a week, and the local representative provided sleeping bags etc.
The following morning we flew to Maun (rhymes with "town" as our guidebook ...
AndrewPo 17.11.2008
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Compared with other African countries, Botswana has a lower profile among foreign tourists. Say safari and most people think of Kenya, which means you end up seeing 25 trucks around every lion. Go to Botswana and you may have the whole pride to yourself.
The Botswanan government has tried to encourage lower volume, higher price tourism in an attempt to keep away the flocks of backpackers who add little to the local economy. Yes you can get around ... ...to turn up at the gates of the gamepark and be able to get in. They only allow a certain number of passes per day, which are mostly pre-booked by organised safari companies.
By car hire I mean 4x4 - there aren't that many tarmac roads in Bots so a four wheel drive is essential.
The official language of the country is English, but indigenous languages vary with geography. The colonialists cared little for local cultures, so when they carved up Africa ...
Phil_P 24.02.2001
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Advantages: Plenty to do Disadvantages: Transport can be a problem
About four years ago I went to work in Gaborone, Botswana. I spent two wonderful months in what's known as 'Baby Africa' by the majority of the ex-pats living and working there.
The people I met whilst working in this beautiful were very friendly and helpful and helped to make my time there most enjoyable.
Being based in the capital, Gaborone was a lot of fun. There is plenty to see and do even if you're not working, and there are some great restaurants. ... ...a weekend, but I can definately recommend 'rib night' on Monday night. The Bull & Bush is a pub out in the middle of the bush (with an Indian restaurant next door), so it's all quite weird, but good fun! The Swiss Cottage is a very upmarket restaurant, and right next door to Crash! bar (this is where the owner, Lawrence, crashed his plane in the bush and built a bar around the wreckage).
There are two game reserves in around Gaborone, Mokolodi game ...
Pobs 25.09.2000
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