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Botswana

Background: Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name upon independence in 1966. Four decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created one of the most dynamic economies in Africa. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection, but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.




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Last group picture in Botswana
5 hours ago: OLP published a blog
Last group picture in Botswana
July 9th 2009  Africa » Botswana
Glad all made it home safely. Meghan gets the prize for getting at least 75 pictures up on her facebook page! Check them out. Here is the last group shot at the Botswana border and then one more at th ... 2 photos [full story]

Chobe hui - Okavango pfui
8 days ago: holamundo published a blog
Chobe hui - Okavango pfui
July 1st 2009  Africa » Botswana » North-West
In Botswana erlebten wir erst mal einen kleineren Tiefschlag nach der genialen Zeit in Namibia. Mit unserem Volksie meisterten wir recht problemlos den Grenzuebergang (man muss einfach nur eine Summe ... 17 photos [full story]

Rip off at 500 feet
12 days ago: jayandnat published a blog
Rip off at 500 feet
May 12th 2009  Africa » Botswana » North-West » Maun
Day 22 (Tuesday, 12-May-09, JRJ) Up at 8am, had breakfast and packed away our stuff, ready to go to back to Benji and found out that what we thought were hungry hippos outside our tent turned out ... 4 photos [full story]

40 days ago: Sammm published a blog
Verandering van travel blog
May 30th 2009  Africa » Botswana » North-West » Maun
Allen, We hebben besloten een andere blog te gebruiken. Je kan onze avonturen vanaf nu volgen op: http://toonensaminafrika.reismee.nl/ Groetjes, Toon en Sam ... [full story]

44 days ago: Thedah published a blog
Kasane
May 21st 2009  Africa » Botswana » North-West » Kasane
What an experience this has been! No info about prices unfortunately, since we did things in a slightly different way here. So here we go... Took the bus from Maun to Nata where we were supposed to ... [full story]

46 days ago: Lucy9 published a blog
Botswana to South Africa
May 24th 2009  Africa » Botswana » North-West » Maun
So after such an eventful easter weekend we set off again on the big yellow bus heading for Botswana. The heavy rains seen in Malawi had clearly been here because the roads were flooded and the bo ... [full story]

52 days ago: JohnMorley published a blog
Botswana, Africa
May 18th 2009  Africa » Botswana
Our first stop in Botswana was the (kind of) city of Maun, gateway to the Okavango Delta. The delta is quite unique in that the Okavango River, rather than flowing into the sea, spreads out and evapor ... [full story]

52 days ago: Thedah published a blog
Maun
May 13th 2009  Africa » Botswana » North-West » Maun
The Old Bridge Backpackers. Such a lovely place to arrive at after the days in Cape Town! The bar and restaurant that are overlooking the river. The fig trees that gives shade. The pool that you can c ... [full story]

Boating in Botswana
54 days ago: jasonkirstyn published a blog
Boating in Botswana
November 17th 2008  Africa » Botswana
The debauchery from the previous night in Vic Falls did not leave us in good shape for our first day in Botswana with a 7am departure and all of 2hrs sleep under our belts. Today was the first day wi ... 38 photos [full story]

57 days ago: Thedah published a blog
Cape Town to Maun.
May 9th 2009  Africa » Botswana
Going from Cape Town to Maun in under two days? Yes you can do it! We started from Cape Town at 6.20 friday morning. Plane tickets costed around R600 p/p. We arrived in Jo'burg two hours later. We had ... [full story]


Botswana Blog Entries

Elephants in the distance
Ghanzi Hut
Fish Eagle
A Marabou Stork
Almost a Good Picture!
Elephants
A Big Eater
My, What Big Teeth You Have!
Another Fish Eagle
A Perfect African Sunset
Basking in the Sun
Planet Baobab - Home for the Night
Road?  Swamp?
The Ferry Ride
Hippos & More Hippos
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