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Botswana - The Central Kalahari Game Reserve is larger
than Belgium and the Netherlands put together – it covers
52 800 sq km of Kalahari desert.
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The Moremi, Chobe, Savuti and Okavango Delta Reserves have an estimated
elephant population of 60 000. The junction of a complex system
of waterways form the Okavango Delta, a truly beautiful watery area
of lagoons, rivers, islands and forests of 15 000 km2.
Wild life in their thousands stream to the flooded areas and the
arid landscape breaks into flowers. Even the waterways shimmer with
the colourful flowers of the scented water lily. You can silently
glide in a mokoro (dugout canoe) through the reeds and lily leaves,
while watching crocodiles basking in the sun and hippos lowering
their corpulent bodies beneath the water.
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An unforgettable experience.
The best time to visit this beautiful area is from late May
to July, when the Okavango River floods the delta. Do not
forget tiger fishing on the Okavango River.
Then there are the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans which covers a
surface area of about 12 000 sq km,
it has treacherous roads and the most beautiful sunsets on
earth.
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The Tsodillo Hills offer about 400 sites of well preserved
Bushman rock art. There are an estimated 3500 rock paintings.
For the real wild life experience, the Botswana Safari is
a must!
Background:
Botswana is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa.
It has land borders with Zimbabwe in the northeast, South
Africa in the south and southeast and with Namibia to the
west. The country is a broad tableland with a mean altitude
of 3,300 ft. A vast plateau of about 4,000 ft in height, extending
from near Kanye north to the Zimbabwean border, divides the
country into two distinct topographical regions.
The eastern region is hilly bush country and grassland (veld).
To the west lie the Okavango Swamps and the Kalahari Desert.
The only sources of permanent surface water are the Chobe
River in the north, the Limpopo in the east, and the Okvango
in the northwest. In seasons of heavy rainfall, floodwaters
flow into the Makarikari Salt Pans and Lake Ngami.
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