Botswana
is one of the finest tourist destinations on the African continent.
The Okavango, which originates in the uplands of Angola
to the north-west, flows into and then spreads over the sandy
spaces of the Kalahari to form an immense and wondrous inland
delta of lagoon and labyrinthine channel, palm-fringed island
and fertile floodplain. A number of safari lodges and camps
have been established in and around this watery wilderness.
This wilderness and the nearby game-rich Moremi Game Reserve
and Chobe National Park reserves, offer the visitors the best
of several worlds, appealing variously to the game-viewer
and bird-watcher, the hunter and the sporting fisherman, the
explorer of hidden places and the lover of Africa in its loveliest
and least spoilt state.
From
the calcrete floors and ancient baobabs of the Makgadikgadi
Pans to the savannah grasslands of Chobe National Park and
the mophane woodland of the Tuli Block, there is a wide variety
of wildlife in Botswana.
However it is in the Okavango Delta and Moremi Game Reserve
that visitors will find unforgettable beauty. In the lush
indigenous forests of the delta and its islands, and along
the floodplains spawned by this great marriage of water and
sand, more than 400 species of birds flourish.
On the mainland and among the islands in the delta, lions
elephants, hyenas, wild dog, buffalo, hippoand crocodilescongregate
with a teeming variety of antelope and other smaller animals
- warthog, mongoose,spotted genets, monkeys, bushbabies and
tree squirrels.
Interspersed throughout Botswana are rich collections of historical
and cultural heritageUnique San rock art, geological wonders,
and traditional art are additional attractions located in
various parts of the country Experience of a tourist is further
enhanced by the friendly, hospitable and warm-hearted people
of Botswana. |
