Botswana Travel Pack

by Alan Brough

• ISBN13: 9781843308843
• ISBN10: 1843308843
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Globetrotter

Summary

Globetrotter Travel Pack Botswana is packed with useful information, tips, and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts, and maps for first time travelers who want to experience the major highlights on offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy to carry and easy to read format that is attractive and useful at the same time. It provides visitors with an invaluable introduction to the country by concisely highlighting the "must see" areas in a practical and user-friendly format. All the essential information they need to get around is compacted into a useful "At a glance" section found at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map is ideal for tourists and visitors.

Author Biography

Alan Brough has lived in Botswana and traveled extensively throughout southern Africa. He regularly writes features on travel and tourism, and has written the Department of Tourism's annual Botswana Focus publication, as well as articles for international business publications such as Opportunity Africa and Africa Review.

Table of Contents

Introducing Botswana	p. 5
The Land	p. 6
History in Brief	p. 14
Government and Economy	p. 20
The People	p. 25
Gaborone and Surrounds	p. 31
Gaborone	p. 32
Along the Francistown Road	p. 38
Northwest of Gaborone	p. 39
South of Gaborone	p. 40
The Southern Kalahari	p. 45
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	p. 45
The South African Side of the Park	p. 48
Ghanzi	p. 49
The Western Woodlands	p. 49
Makgadikgadi Pans	p. 53
Francistown	p. 54
North of Francistown	p. 56
Sowa Pan	p. 58
The Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan National Park	p. 60
The Baobab Trail	p. 61
Nxai Pan	p. 64
The Tuli Block and Eastern Botswana	p. 67
The Tuli Block	p. 67
Mashatu Game Reserve	p. 68
Tuli Game Reserve	p. 71
Solomon's Wall and the Granite Hills	p. 71
Towns of Eastern Botswana	p. 74
The Central Kalahari	p. 79
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve	p. 79
Serowe	p. 82
Khutse Game Reserve	p. 83
Chobe National Park	p. 89
Kasane	p. 90
The River Frontage	p. 92
Nogatsaa and Tchinga	p. 94
Savuti	p. 95
Linyanti	p. 100
Kazungula	p. 102
Victoria Falls	p. 103
The Okavango Delta	p. 107
Maun	p. 107
Moremi Game Reserve	p. 111
The Central and Southern Okavango	p. 115
The Panhandle, Tsodilo and Western Okavango	p. 116
Travel Tips	p. 122
Index	p. 127
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