Botswana Travel Guide

The National Museum and Art Gallery of Botswana was opened in 1968, two years after the country gained its independence. The museum is also a research institution. Its collections include: Archaeological artefacts, traditional crafts, art works, natural history exhibits and a library. The outside compound (pictured) shows different examples of...

Spar is part of a huge international chain of stores and they offer and excellent range of fresh foods, meats, cheeses, vegetables and even braai supplies. If you are on a budget you can get some good deals on food for you travels. They also have a butcher counter for some really good steaks and Boerewors. You can’t go wrong with Spar.

One thing I'd like to tell traveller who never visit Africa yet but plan to go there one day is...1. Food choices are limitted if you travel in normal or middle class type ,not high end type. 2. You have to prepare yourself to wait long to "very long" time before you get your food,so I suggest people who always have a little emotion or bad temper...

Maun is the gateway to the Okavango Delta, and the airport there primarily serves the 'high end' tourist market. You could be forgiven for not realising this given the disgraceful state of the ladies' toilets (in the interests of gender sensitivity, I didn't check out the gents, but am told that they are no better).An international airport is the...

When in Kasane remember to visit the CARACAL Biodiversity Center just up the hill from First National Bank. This amazing place is one of a kind in Botswana. Come and see indigenous amimals from mongoose to scorpions. Gate fees are used to support our environmental education program for school children in Chobe. Visit us at www.caracal.info or our...

Since Kasane is on the edge of Chobe National Park, the logical thing to do there is take advantage of all of the natural beauty and chances to observe the wildlife in its natural environment. Boat tours provide a great opportunity to see hippos, crocodiles, elephants, and a myriad of birdlife, as well as the antelopes and other animals that come...

The cheapest was a daytour from Viktoria Falls for 140 $, a 3 hour boat tour, lunch then 3 hours with a 4 weel drive, i didn't see that tour in Livingstone but it might available and probably cheaper there as all the other tours where cheaper.In Livingstone the cheapest i saw was 1 day and 1 night, a 3 hour boat tour, lunch, then 3 plus 2 hours...

Like everyone, we saw hundreds of elephants and loved every minute of it. Definitely the #1 attraction. But the other wildlife and flora are pretty spectacular, too. Our guide from Chobe Chilwero showed us beautiful birds, trees that give off odors to repel the local vegetarians, lions mating and more.The rhino pic is from Zambia; more on that...

We took a three hour overland safari tour with 6 other people during our afternoon in Chobe. The tour lasted about three hours, about half of which was spent traveling near the river, while the other half was spent up on higher and drier ground. Near the river, we saw at least a hundred elephants, including entire families with babies and...

Botswana has tried for years to stop corruption within the Police and to try and stop them from forcing innocent people from paying bribes. Innocent people like me. So how did I come into contact with the scary, drunken, corrupt Police in Nata? I had a car accident and was stupid enough to go see them. I was driving down the deserted road south of...

This is certainly a must see, so do it...arrange with Nata lodge, or if you have your own 4x4(must have a 4x4)take a trip to Makgadikgadi salt pans for sundowners.here you will see one of the most beautiful sunsets of your life....drinking brewskies under ancient baobab trees watching the sun set over one of the worlds biggest salt pan...

Kang is a great place to stop in the middle of the Trans-Kalahari Highway. One reason is they have fuel! They also have a BOB (Bank of Botswana) ATM machine. Even with the air conditioning in your car you will be hot and need a cold drink. The BP and the larger Kang Ultra Stop have that too. Because your next fuel stop is over 100 miles just about...

I found this fantastic sign in Kang at the Kang Ultra Stop. How many times has someone driven past you in a car with music suicidally loud? The worst part being that it always seems to be really bad music played by complete idiots who just look stupid. Why do they feel the need to PROVE how stupid they are? Well, not here mister! Turn it down and...

In the middle of nowhere, we did our unfueling… (just off the highway to Namibia). This is a good way of breaking down the journey. We were also observing the trees with weaver bird nests and many interesting elements of the dry grasslands, such as the way plants adapt to the drought.