This new edition of Bradt's Botswana remains the only full-blown standalone guide to one of
Africa's most popular and rewarding safari destinations. Acclaimed by tour operators and travel
writers alike this is the only guide to focus on the most popular tourist areas of Botswana:
the Okavango Delta Chobe National Park and the Northern Kalahari and for this new edition
includes a new full-colour wildlife guide backed up by detailed flora and fauna information
for each safari area. Fully updated from top lodges in the Okavango Delta to small guesthouses
(including many new to this edition) also included are detailed maps comprehensive GPS
coordinates (invaluable to self-drivers) and coverage of Livingstone and the Victoria Falls
ideal as an add-on trip to a safari in Botswana With this guide explore one of the world's
most stunning wildlife destinations read up on superb safari lodges with excellent guiding
from traditional tented camps to those offering five-star luxury and top-class cuisine and
make the most of the excellent birding (almost 600 species identified). Also included are
details of how to arrange mobile safaris around the national parks and reserves with your own
guide often staying in private campsites boat cruises on the Chobe River where herds of
elephant cross every evening and when and how to view one of the great gatherings of zebra in
Makgadikgadi National Park. Botswana's wilderness is pristine. The permanent waters of the
Okavango Delta attract year-round wildlife now including all the 'big five' - for the rhinos
are back thanks to a successful re-introduction programme. Spreading out from the Delta
Botswana has tremendous variety from the arid Kalahari to lush well-watered forest glades and
the broad Chobe River. And then there's Botswana's rich history from the ancient rock
paintings at Tsodilo to Stone Age arrowheads on the Makgadikgadi Pans. Written and updated by
experts Bradt's Botswana is the definitive companion to discovering this enchanting
destination.
