Botswana
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Nick and Greg from Leicester travelled to Botswana
Hi Rob, we had a fantastic time – as a headline I would give Selinda a 5 out of 5 rating. Beautiful camp and experience enhanced by the boat ride from the boat station to camp past the hippos etc. Felt very close indeed to the wildlife – had baboons, elephants and hippos in/very close to camp. On the last morning we were sat having breakfast round the fire when a kudu crashed through 3 yards from us pursued by a pack of 16 wild dogs!! We saw the dogs twice, lions 4 times, leopard and lost count of the number of elephants. Guide OB was fantastic – very experienced. At Shinde our guide Bee was again very experienced and very good. Lovely Independence Day celebrations – staff charming and tried super hard. We did the mekoro excursions – a great experience. All the arrangements were superb. Everything worked incredibly well for which we thank you. Also, it was meant to be a real lifetime experience for Greg and it certainly was!!!! Already started thinking about next time – I’d love Botswana and Namibia together. Many many thanks for all the help you’ve given. I’m not pleased to be home though!!!!!
Botswana
Regions
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Other areas of interest include the Tsodilo Hills, Khutse and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
In an otherwise flat landscape, the Tsodilo Hills rise off the plain to the west of the Okavango panhandle and unsurprisingly, are steeped in local folklore. Inscribed as a World Heritage Site, the hills contain over 4500 rock art paintings. Archaeological discoveries have shown that people have lived here for around 100 000 years.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier was the first ‘Peace Park’ developed by combining the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa, and the Gemsbok and Mabuesehube national parks in Botswana. The park is dominated by the dune landscape of the region. There are only four roads in the park suitable to two-wheel drive vehicles, all of which are on the South African side – two follow the water courses of the Nossob and Auob rivers and have numerous ‘loops’, with the other two joining the river roads by travelling in a roller coaster manner over the dunes. There is no permanent accommodation in the Botswana section so access from that side requires the use of four-wheel drive vehicles and mobile camps.
Khutse is a small reserve which lies on the southern boundary of the Central Kalahari. There is no permanent accommodation and one needs to camp. The reserve is part of an ancient river system and contains a series of pans which form the nucleus of any game-viewing. It was the second reserve in Botswana to be created on tribal lands (1971) and there are a number of San communities on the periphery.
For further information on the many safari regions in Botswana please call us on 01787 888590 or contact us to talk to one of our specialists.