- Gaborone
Botswana's capital city.
- MaunBotswana
The gateway to the Okavango Delta
- Gweta
Somewhere in Botswana
Botswana is home to the world’s biggest inland delta. It is here that the Okavango River floods the Kalahari Desert, forming a maze of winding channels that create palm-fringed islands and fertile floodplains.
Botswana is home to the world’s biggest inland delta. It is here that the Okavango River floods the Kalahari Desert, forming a maze of winding channels that create palm-fringed islands and fertile floodplains.
The game rich Moremi Game Reserve and grasslands of the Chobe National Park add to the immense variety of wildlife, with 600 species of birds and a migrant population of over 120 000 elephants. In the south, the baobabs of the Makgadikgadi Pans mark the site of an enormous, ancient lake which still fills in the rainy season while the Tsolido Hills were sacred to the Stone Age San. With over 4 000 catalogued paintings, it is one of the richest rock art sites in Southern Africa.
Getting there: Buses and mini-buses run between the bus station in Gaborone and Johannesburg (via Mafikeng) daily. The National roads are tarred but access tracks leading to the parks and reserves require a 4x4 vehicle. Campsites must be booked in advance.
Currency is Pula
All telephone numbers are provided as if phoning from within the country. The international dialling code is +267.
Places to Stay
- Mokolodi Backpackers
This Botswana backpackers is only 10km outside the city of Gaborone and in the bush.
- Okavango River Lodge
Stop here for sundowners and safaris.
- Planet Baobab - Botswana
Stay in a traditional style village shaded by baobabs and visit the salt pans.
- The Old Bridge Backpackers
Stay here and they'll get you to the Delta on an affordable trip.
What to do
- Armbush Safaris
The travel specialists for Botswana
Feeling lucky?(randomly selected service providers from all regions)
These are usually air-conditioned “luxury buses” which have on-board toilets and a hostess who occasionally offers you a sugary drink or blanket. “Chicken (pack ‘em and stack ‘em) busses” are cheaper, less spacious, more crowded, more likely to be fun (if you have a sense of humour) and more likely to break down. In some areas they may be the only bus service and are unlikely to have a strict timetable.
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Stay in a traditional cottage, hike, explore, and chill.
(Howick,Lesotho)
They offer a small lodge and a travel centre.
(Cape Town City Centre,Cape Town)
A Backpackers that puts the "Hip" back into "Hippy" - a Bohemian wonderland
(Grahamstown,Eastern Cape Inland and the Karoo)
Serene and unsoiled, this area is an African Eden.
(Hoedspruit,Limpopo)
A backpackers in mountains of Swaziland.
(Northern Swaziland,South Coast)
Within a yell (scream) of the Great White shark's playground…
(Gansbaai,Overberg )
Live with the locals and get to understand their culture
(Grahamstown,Eastern Cape Inland and the Karoo)
A soul calming view of azure seas.
(Vilanculos,Mozambique)
This lodge is on the outskirts of George offering log cabins with en-suite bathrooms - an ideal spot from which to explore the Garden Route.
(George,Garden Route)
