Tag: Botswana

  • Official Name: Republic of Botswana Established: 30 September 1966 Population: 2,254,068 (2018 estimate) Religion: 73% Christianity, 20% No religion, 6% Traditional faiths Language(s): English, Setswana  Capital: Gaborone Order of Visit: Sixty Sixth      First Visit: 28 December 2017 Last Visit: 07 January 2018 Duration: 9 Days Visit Highlights: Chobe National Park; Water Safari, Dusk Game Drives,…

  • Sunday 07 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Group Dinner Today I farewelled amazing Botswana and entered Namibia for the first time. This is the second last country of my 2017-18 Africa Trip and my passport is almost completely full, in fact it is over full as I had to remove the Brazil Visa to make room.…

  • Saturday 06 January 2017. Photos. Highlights: The San people / Bushman Experience Today we truly become venturing into more desert areas of Africa as we continue our march further south. We left the Delta Rain Campsite at a late time around 8.30 am as our drive today was only 500 km on great roads meaning…

  • Friday 5 January 2018. Photos. Highlights: Mokoro (canoe) ride, flight over the Delta. Today we visited our bush camp experience within the Okavango Delta. This started with a 5.30 am one hour bush walk which I decided against doing being so early plus not really wanting to experience a lion while I’m on foot, I…

  • Wednesday 03 January 2017. Photos. Highlights: Dodging cattle on the highway Today we travelled 600 kms to Maun on the outskirts of the Okavango Delta however unlike earlier long distance travels we completed this in around 8 hours. The further south we get the better the infrastructure (roads, toilets, shops) but the more arid the…