African Blog: Botswana

• Top Tips on Enjoying a Malaria-FREE Safari

  kimberoo in Botswana,, Kenya,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Swaziland,, Tanzania,, Uganda,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,,

  March 15th, 2010 10:56am

  Since I was small, my trips to the Kruger National Park have always been dampened by having to take some nasty-tasting medicine in the morning, and even for a few weeks after our trip. Much to my chagrin, my refusal...

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• Birds of a Feather: my Top 5 Birding Spots in Southern Africa

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Zimbabwe,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  March 17th, 2010 11:01am

  Funny people, bird watchers (I should know - I am one myself). Capable of dropping everything in pursuit of some wind-blown vagrant or unpronounceable rarity, bird watchers (birders to their...

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• Weird Things We’ve Eaten in Africa

  kimberoo in South Africa,, African Adventures,, Food & Wine,, Quirky Stuff,,

  March 25th, 2010 12:44pm

  Pretty much anywhere you travel around the world will bring you up close to the local cuisine of that destination - unless of course you're being safe (and boring) and only sticking to fast food! ...

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• Getting a Bird’s Eye View over Africa

  avthepav in Tanzania,, Zambia,, African Adventures,, On Safari,,

  March 30th, 2010 2:10pm

  As far as I'm concerned one of the most unforgettable ways to experience Africa is from about 1 000 feet above the ground, looking down!This one-of-a-kind bird's eye view of the African wilderness offers a...

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• No Rain, No Gain: Why Travel to Botswana in the Off Season.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,, Wildlife,,

  April 13th, 2010 3:56pm

  So Botswana has a rainy season but don't panic just yet. Considering the extreme north of the country experiences the highest annual average rainfall at 650mm (about the same as London) and the bl...

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• Sweeping Herds: the 2 Great African Migrations You Probably Won’t Have Heard Of.

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Zambia,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  May 12th, 2010 11:46am

  I reckon it's Basil Fawlty's fault: the manic Torquay hotelier's "herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains" line has long been part of the English lexicon and partly inspired this write...

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• A single Tourism Visa for Southern Africa in the pipeline

  emmagass in Botswana,, Kenya,, Mozambique,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Swaziland,, Tanzania,, Uganda,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, 2010 FIFA World Cup ™,, African Adventures,, News & Current Affairs,, Responsible Tourism,, Travel Tips,,

  May 13th, 2010 3:10pm

  Seven border crossings in five days was one of my bragging points after a recent visit to Victoria Falls and the wildlife-packed Chobe River; I do like collecting stamps in my passport! B...

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• Books I would tell a guest read…..

  pmdtphotography in Botswana,, South Africa,,

  May 26th, 2010 3:21pm

  Inspired by a Blog entry on this site, I am going to list a few books that I recommend to guests who are eager to learn while on safari. BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH The entire serious - animals and birds especially - are like...

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• Odd Couples: African Animals in Unlikely Relationships

  thefynbosguy in On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  June 7th, 2010 7:45am

  All Good Things Come to Those Who Wait: Honey badger/Goshawk The Honey Badger is a bad-tempered 15kg ball of bristling fur and sharp teeth with a reputation for punching way above ...

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• Putting the Wild back into Wilderness: A Southern Africa Wilderness Guide

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Mozambique,, Namibia,, African Adventures,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  June 22nd, 2010 8:28am

  Okay, I'll admit it: we get kind of smug south of the Zambezi. African countries here generally have great roads, clean water, lots of power and shops full of food. In addition, our national parks are well o...

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• Botswana and Kruger

  hakane65 in Botswana,, South Africa,,

  June 30th, 2010 7:17pm

  May 8-22, 2010 This was a 14-day trip spanning Northern Botswana and Sabi Sands Reserve in Kruger. It was booked by go2africa.com. We had a fantastic time. We visited 5 lodges, 3 Desert? lodges in Botswana and 2 lodges in Kruger. It's very di...

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• Chobe 101: Unravelling the Chobe National Park

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  July 6th, 2010 8:17am

  It shouldn't be confusing but it is: the Chobe National Park may be one of Botswana's biggest and best wildlife reserves but it's also among the most difficult to visualise. Is it the Chobe River...

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• Thirstland: the Kalahari Made Easy

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, African Adventures,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  July 8th, 2010 3:19pm

  Ask someone to describe the Kalahari Desert and chances are they'll scratch their head a bit and come up with images of sandy wastes and sharp-eyed Bushmen hunters....

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• Delta in the Desert: How the Okavango Delta Works

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  July 19th, 2010 9:46am

  The Okavango Delta is, without question, one of the natural world's finest creations. An enormous freshwater wetland fed by an enigmatic river, it sits surrounded by wild Kalahari woodland and savan...

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• Bikes, Quads & Canoes: Alternatives to Game Drive Safaris

  kimberoo in Botswana,, Kenya,, Mauritius,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, Zambia,, Zimbabwe,, African Adventures,, On Safari,,

  July 21st, 2010 8:50am

  Last week I wrote a blog about animal-back safaris - something everyone needs to try at least ...

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• Desert Safaris in Africa

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, African Adventures,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  August 10th, 2010 9:37am

  Tricky word, 'desert'; images of clean-lined dunes and palm trees immediately spring to mind, and in Africa's largest desert - the Sahara - this is largely true. Trouble is, the Sahara is ni...

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• African Rock Art

  claudiskies in Botswana,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Zimbabwe,, African Adventures,, Community & Culture,,

  August 17th, 2010 3:12pm

  Africa is the birthplace of modern man and woman. It follows that where there are people, there is a need for self-expression - ergo, Africa is the birthplace of art...

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• Spotted, Moving Swiftly: the Best Places to See Cheetah

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Kenya,, Namibia,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, On Safari,, Quick lists,, Travel Tips,, Wildlife,,

  September 1st, 2010 10:52am

  You have to feel sorry for cheetahs: way down on the predator pecking order (below wild dog, just above jackal), they regularly lose freshly-caught prey to lions and hyenas; they are persecuted as livestock-...

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• Doggone It: the Best Places to See Wild Dog

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, On Safari,, Wildlife,,

  September 21st, 2010 8:19am

  Painted Wolves, Cape Hunting Dogs, African Wild Dogs - call them what you will but one thing is for sure: after the gaspingly rare Ethiopian Wolf, the Wild Dog is Africa's most endangered large carnivore whose number...

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• Stealth Tactics: the Best Places to See Leopard

  thefynbosguy in Botswana,, Kenya,, South Africa,, Tanzania,, Zambia,, African Adventures,, On Safari,, Travel Tips,, Wildlife,,

  September 27th, 2010 8:47am

  I spent 5 years leading commercial safaris in Botswana in the 1990s; it's wall-to-wall big game there, but even if we'd seen lions killing buffalo, huge herds of elephant, stripy seas of migrating zebra and ...

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