Botswana: The Bradt Safari Guide, 3rd Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari

by McIntyre, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781841623085
• ISBN10: 1841623083
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-13
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Summary

A safari in northern Botswana takes the traveller to a wilderness populated almost exclusively by wildlife. Here are the predators and their prey; here, too, are the elephants, the hippos and the astonishing birdlife of the Okavango Delta. This third edition of Bradt's Botswana Safari Guide: Okavango, Kalahari, Chobe Desert provides unrivalled coverage of the region's wildlife, environment and history, as well as a thorough evaluation of when, where and how to go. Accommodation options for all budgets - from lodges to camps and hotels - are fully revised and updated.Chris McIntyre is a director of a UK travel company specialising in southern Africa.  He travels regularly throughout the region, including extended trips to Botswana. 

Author Biography

Chris McIntyre is a director of a UK travel company specializing in southern Africa.  He travels regularly throughout the region, including extended trips to Botswana. 

Table of Contents

Introduction

General Information

History, Politics and Economy

People and Culture

The Natural Environment

Planning and Preparation

Health and Safety

Into the Wilds

The Guide

Maun

Kasane and the Northeast

Chobe National Park and Forest Reserve

Linyanti, Selinda and Kwando Reserves

The Okavango Delta - Moremi Game Reserve

The Okavango Delta - Private Reserves around Moremi

The Okavango Panhandle and Northwest Kalahari

The Kalahari's Great Salt Pans

The Central Kalahari

Livingstone and the Victoria Falls

Wildlife Guide

Language

Further Information

Index

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Excerpts

“… the underlying reason why many come here – is the feeling in Botswana that you’re within an endless pristine wilderness, almost devoid of human imprint. For city-dwellers, such space is the ultimate luxury. In Botswana, animals wander freely across vast reserves which are measured in thousands of square kilometres, not hectares. Exploring these wilder corners is invariably deeply liberating. …”

 

“One of Savuti’s more famous residents was an elephant named Baby Huey, who had become very relaxed around people. He’d also picked up a liking for oranges, after foolish visitors fed him. Gradually he came to associate people with food. When I first visited Savuti in 1998, this was a problem.

Nobody drives around at night, but on that trip we were woken at 05.00 one morning by a vehicle driving up to our tent. The couple inside it had seen our fire burning, and come to seek sanctuary. It seems that they, and their small son, had been sleeping in the back (the pick-up section) of their 4x4 when Baby Huey had passed by. Smelling oranges, he’d used his tusk on the front cab like a can-opener on a tin, and then delved inside for a snack. The couple were completely traumatised, and left Chobe at first light. Two days later Baby Huey was shot – and camping visitors are still banned from bringing citrus fruit into the park. And all because people were naive enough to feed the animals.”

 

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