WELCOME TO BOTSWANA

Recent feedback from the Du Plessis party:

J.P. and I would like to thank you for all your arrangements etc for our holiday. Everything went smoothly as usual, the transports went well. The camp at Elephant valley was very good, the tents comfortable the food excellent the game drives very good as well as the river trips, the guide very knowledgable and friendly, you can truly recommend this camp to people, what was the best it was a small camp, so we got personal attention. It is a half hour away from, the river and game reserve but Zambo made it very interesting by taking us on different roads each time. We were upgraded to the Livingstone hotel, prices high but the breakfasts excellent. We obviously ate dinner at the Squires Loft Zambezi Sun. Thanks again for your hard work we appreciate it very much, till next time Glenda du Plessis

6 Day Tailor Made Botswana and Livingstone

INTRODUCTION 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 Okavango in the northwest. In seasons of heavy rainfall, floodwaters flow into the Makarikari Salt Pans and Lake Ngami.

AT A GLANCE

Full name	Republic of Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland)
Capital	Gaborone
Independence	30 September 1966
Time	GMT +2 hours
Population	1,640,115 (estimated July 2005)
Area	600,370 km2 (585,370 km2 land; 15,000 km2 water)
Currency	Pula (P)
President	President Seretse Khama Ian Khama (since 1 April 2008)