This is Botswana 2008-09

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Showcasing all that is good about Botswana

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Dynamic museum brings nation’s cultural heritage to life

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Africa’s top tourist destination has got it all

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Mystical rock art like no other

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Discover the hidden charms of this laid-back capital

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World’s biggest inland delta is a magnet for visitors

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Capital offers better-than-ever conference and expo facilities

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The ‘green’ desert has its own unique beauty

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Famous national park offers game viewing galore

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Lady detective steals the limelight

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Wider choice of courses on way for golfers

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Square cut or pear-shaped...

FEATURES

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Mack Air

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Maun Lodge

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AT&T Monnakgotla Travel & Tours

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Kwando Safaris

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Travel Leisure

MEMBER LISTINGS 45

HATAB Members Index Location Botswana

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Eco Africa

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Kalahari Kavango Safari Co/Meno A Kwena Tented Camp & Safaris

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Camps & Lodges

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Cresta Hotels

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Self-Catering Apartments

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Air Botswana

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Guest Houses

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Desert & Delta

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Hotel Sector

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Wilderness Safaris

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Air Charter & Air Lines

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Grand Palm Hotel

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Mobile Sector

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Botswana Development Corporation

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Cultural Experience

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Botswana Tourism Board

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Tour Operators

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Lulu Kati Kati Day Spa

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CC Africa

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S h owc a s i n g a l l t h at i s goo d a b o u t B ots wa n a W

elcome to the second edition of ‘This is Botswana’, the annual publication of the Hospitality & Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB).

This second edition not only informs and promotes, but also provides an insight into an understanding of our beautiful yet sparsely populated nation. Moreover, the publication acts as a showcase for HATAB’s growing membership in an industry that is

making an ever-increasing contribution to the national economy.

In fact, our members form the backbone of Botswana’s tourism sector and are engaged in a diverse range of activities, providing visitors with the kind of quality accommodation and first-class services that will ensure we remain Africa’s foremost high-end destination.

well established Our upmarket wildlife and safari products are well established and have set the benchmark for others to meet. And it’s true to say that the popular Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park and Central Kalahari Game Reserve remain among the best presented and best run game parks in the region.

Gaborone is clearly one of southern Africa’s leading conference and exhibition centres. The city offers top-notch accommodation, a safe and secure environment and a wide choice of exhibition venues.

Finally, I should mention ‘The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’. Set in Gaborone, this sympathetically shot, made-for-TV adaptation of the best-selling Alexander McCall Smith novel, and the series that is to follow, will undoubtedly attract a new and altogether different type of visitor to our beloved Botswana. They will not be disappointed.

Morongoe Ntloedibe-Disele Away from our more obvious wildlife attractions and adventure safaris,

Chief Executive Officer, Hospitality & Tourism Association of Botswana

Afr ic a’ s top tou r i st desti nation h a s got i t a l l

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t is generally acknowledged that, since the mid 1960s, Botswana has enjoyed the world’s fastest growing economy – even faster than the oil-rich Gulf States.

This phenomenal success is based largely on revenue from diamond exports, but more and more income is also being generated by inbound tourism.

This long and uninterrupted period of economic growth has transformed a poor, sparsely populated country into Africa’s most prosperous state. Growing income levels and good governance have combined to provide a solid infrastructure with roads, schools and hospitals that would be

the envy of many other states, not only in Africa but also beyond.

Today, Botswana is justly proud of its well maintained infrastructure, its first-class health care provision and its excellent education system.

diamonds Yet diamonds do not tell the whole story. Many other African countries have diamonds, but unfortunately they do not enjoy the same high standard of living, political stability and inter-ethnic harmony as Botswana.

For visitors, this means peace of mind in terms of emergency health care provision as well as the ability to move around the country efficiently and without hindrance from petty bureaucracy or any security concerns.

The vast majority of visitors arrive in Botswana via the two northern wildlife gateways of Maun and Kasane. Maun is a natural springboard for the nearby expanses of the Okavango Delta and for mobile safaris heading for the Kalahari and elsewhere, while Kasane is the main centre for trips to Chobe National Park (via the Sedudu Gate) and for those heading

across the border to Zambia to see the Victoria Falls.

Maun is very much a frontier town – albeit a rather pleasant and agreeable one. The town has regular flights to Gaborone and Johannesburg and is very much at the heart of Botswana’s safari sector. From Maun airport, a fleet of small aircraft is on hand to fly guests directly into camps and lodges throughout the Okavango and beyond.

Kasane, meanwhile, has mushroomed from a somewhat remote and unremarkable little village into a bustling crossroads for those travelling in northern Botswana and is the unique meeting point of four national frontiers. In this way, Zambia is reached via the Kazungula ferry across the Zambezi only about 6 km away. The

border with Zimbabwe is also nearby, and so is the extreme tip of Namibia’s Caprivi Strip.

adventure Aside from Botswana’s more obvious wildlife and adventure-related tourism, the capital, Gaborone, is a key venue for conferences and exhibitions – an important and growing market for the city.

Today, Gaborone is a city dominated by gleaming office towers, dotted here and there with fancy hotels and smart new shopping malls and crisscrossed by broad uncongested highways. Yet Gaborone has lost none of its laid-back charm and unhurried way of life. Not far from the city there are opportunities for game viewing and visits to places of interest such as the National Museum.

In essence, Botswana has all the right ingredients to make it Africa’s top destination. Botswana has the quality and variety of accommodation, the wildlife, the unique natural phenomena, the roads, airports, the security and the people to offer a product which, in overall terms, cannot be matched in Africa.

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OTSWANA’S capital city, Gaborone, is said to be the fastest growing in Africa.

Yet, with a population of about 200,000, it still has the delightfully laid-back, easygoing atmosphere of a medium-sized country town.

For many visitors to Botswana, heading for the wildlife parks in the centre and north of the country, Gaborone is either a stepping stone to somewhere else or a place to be by-passed altogether.

Yet Gaborone has its own attractions as well as being an important venue for conferences and exhibitions. And, of course, it is the commercial centre of the nation.

The comparative modernity of Gaborone and its expanding glass-fronted skyline do nothing to hide the city’s heritage or its thriving cultural life, much of which is now centred on Gaborone Village. The Village contains the new seven-hectare National Botanical Garden. Gaborone Village also boasts historical buildings such as the Old Gaberones Hotel and a 100-year-old prison.

There is also the Three Chiefs monument, built close to the Central Business District to commemorate the achievement of Chiefs Khama, Sebele and Bathoen. It was in 1895 that these three leaders, supported by the London Missionary Society, travelled to England to plead with the government not to incorporate Bechuanaland (as Botswana was then known) into the Republic of South Africa. Hearing their concerns, the government agreed to allow Bechuanaland to be a British protectorate rather than a colony.

Visitors can also take the official ‘No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’ tour and see main locations used in the TV film. The tour includes a trip to Mochudi, about 45 minutes from Gaborone.

Also just outside Gaborone are the Odi and Mochudi craft villages. The main attraction in Odi is the Lentswe-la-Odi weavers’ co-operative, which has gained a reputation with its modern designs. In Mochudi there are traditional crafts including hand-made jewellery and a tin workshop.

Visitors can also go on a mini wildlife safari right on the city’s doorstep at the 600 hectare Gaborone Game Reserve, the privately run 3,000 hectare Mokolodi Nature Reserve, with its stock of white rhino, and the St Clair Lion Park.

Gaborone is far from the sea, but this apparent handicap is easily overcome by the attractions at Gaborone Dam. Surrounded by tall hills and game-filled woodland, the city’s main water supply offers sailing, windsurfing, fishing and other activities.

Drinks, snacks and Sunday lunch are available at the yacht club. There are also picnic sites and a children’s playground.

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aborone is without doubt one of southern Africa’s most popular conference and exhibition venues – one that is set to grow further as new facilities and capacity come on stream.

The local market is dominated by two players: the Botswana Conference & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), operated by Fairground Holdings – a company owned jointly by the Botswana Development Corporation and the government; and the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC).

The BCEC was originally set up by the government in the 1980s to run the annual Botswana International Trade Fair. But as the

fair was held only once a year, it was decided to use the BCEC as a conference venue.

Today, the BCEC caters for larger numbers than any other conference venue in Botswana. Its centrepiece is a fully air conditioned, multipurpose exhibition hall

Fairground Holdings wants BCEC to be Botswana’s premier venue for meetings and conferences and to provide even bigger and better facilities to its clients.

NEW HOTEL

covering 5,000 square metres. The hall can seat up to 15,000 people in cinema style and is ideal for concerts, major religious meetings, large conferences and examination sittings. There is a second conference hall covering nearly 3,000 square metres along with meeting rooms for between two and 100 people.

refurbishment Fairground Holdings is working on a US$3 million plus refurbishment programme for BCEC that is due to start in mid 2008.

At the same time, Fairground Holdings intends to build a new three-star, 150-room hotel alongside the exhibition centre, due for completion in the second half of 2009. This project is being undertaken in partnership with a property development company.

One of the site’s big selling points is its car park, with space for 400 vehicles. This will be enlarged once the new hotel opens.

Located 12 km from the airport, GICC comprises a major exhibition and conference venue, with capacity for up to 1,800 delegates in theatre style, plus a series of halls

and suites to meet every requirement. The GICC forms part of the Grand Palm complex.

Associated with the GICC are the 149room select services Metcourt Inn and the 186-room Walmont Ambassador hotel.

More accommodation is available at the Mondior Summit hotel in the city centre.

C h o b e n at i o n a l pa r k o f f er s g a m e v i e w i n g g a lo r e T

HE 10,566 sq km Chobe National Park, in north-west Botswana, is the nation’s third-largest, with one of Africa’s largest concentrations of game.

dance during the dry season. Owing to its location close to the Victoria Falls and the ‘frontier’ town of Kasane, this area attracts many visitors.

The park is divided into four eco systems:

• The Savuti Marsh in the west is a relic of an ancient lake. Savuti is often considered one of the best all-season game viewing areas in Africa.

• The popular Serondela area of the park features lush plains and dense teak forests close to the Chobe River in the extreme north-east and attracts animals in abun-

• The Linyanti Swamps in the north-west, located alongside the Linyanti River, feature riverine woodland as well as lagoons and floodplains. The swamps are excellent for game viewing and there is also a strong emphasis on bird-watching.

• The hot, dry hinterland between the three is mostly covered in nogatsaa grass woodland. Although rarely visited, it is a good place for viewing eland.

All major species can be found in the park: giraffe, elephant, zebra, impala, tsessebe, roan, sable, wildebeest, kudu, buffalo, waterbuck, warthog, eland and predators such as lion, hyena and jackal as well as the less common cheetah and wild dog.

In particular, Chobe National Park as a whole is famed for its abundant, but migratory, elephant population, thought to number about 120,000. The elephants move as far as 200 km from their dry season habitat around the Chobe and Linyanti rivers to the open pans in the south-east of the park, where they disperse during and just after the rains.

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L a dy d e t ec t i v e s t e a l s t h e l i m el i g h t M

aybe it’s by accident rather than by design, but Botswana is starting to find itself almost as well known as the fictional setting for ‘The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’ as it is for its wildlife.

In 2008 the first of the nine novels written

by Alexander McCall Smith became a film for television, bringing to a fresh international audience the gentle and humorous everyday life of Botswana’s top (and so far

only) female sleuth and occasional sage, Mma Precious Ramotswe.

The fictional haunts inhabited by Mma Ramotswe and the other leading characters – Mma Grace Makutsi and J.L.B. Maketoni – of Zebra Drive and Speedy Motors are drawing visitors to Gaborone and have raised the city’s profile outside southern Africa.

leading characters The novels, with titles such as ‘In the Company of Cheerful Ladies’, ‘The Kalahari Typing School for Men’ and ‘The Good Husband of Zebra Drive’, are as much commentaries on the adventures and mild idiosyncrasies of the leading characters as they are detective stories.

The new TV series is a joint production by the BBC and HBO and the pilot

programme in early 2008 will be followed by a series of 13 episodes. The pilot was written by Richard Curtis and directed by the late Anthony Minghella.

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W i d er c h o i c e o f co u r s e s o n way fo r go l fer s I

f you want to play golf in Botswana, you have only two real choices – the Phakalane Golf Estate, just outside Gaborone, and the Gaborone Golf Club, located next to the Gaborone Sun Hotel.

Yet, if you count the existing sand course in Francistown, the nine-hole course in Kasane and an assortment of others in Lobatse, Jwaneng, Selibe Phikwe, Sowa and Orapa, then there are six others from which to choose but some of these are of variable quality.

Completed in 2002, Phakalane is a cleverly laid out 18-hole, 6,806 yard, par-72 bushveld course that blends perfectly with

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the surrounding landscape. Managed by Three Cities Group, of South Africa, it is the first and only golf course of its kind in Botswana.

Water comes into play on at least seven of the 18 holes. And while the course is

Looking to the future of Botswana as a southern Africa golf destination, Three Cities is set to add a 36-room, four-star hotel to the facilities and accommodation already available at the course. Three Cities manages three other similar golf resorts in South Africa. Phakalane already attracts golfing groups out of South Africa, but for the most part the golf estate caters for the local market, also offering conference and banqueting facilities.

promises to be a fabulous new golf estate in Francistown. Phase one calls for a ninehole course, a clubhouse, a hotel and plots for new housing. It is hoped that the new course will be ready to play by the end of 2009 and discussions are under way that could lead to it becoming the new home for the Francistown Golf Club.

TRADITIONAL mostly open and treeless, it is a challenging test for all golfers. Players can either hire karts or walk. Green fees are about US$20 per round at weekends, with karts costing US$30 for the day – something of a necessity when temperatures can be in the forties Centigrade. Caddies cost a very reasonable US$12. Weekday rates are lower.

Meanwhile, close to the city centre, Gaborone Golf Club is a traditional members’ club totalling 6,206 metres off the competition tees and provides easy access for those working or living in the city The course is a par 71 for men and a par 72 for women.

A third major golf course is in prospect with the breaking of ground for what

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Sq ua r e Cu t o r Pe a r -S h a ped. . .

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otswana may be the world’s largest diamond producer by value, but until now few of these precious gems have been available for sale in Gaborone or Maun.

The reason is that, while Botswana produces about 25 per cent of the world’s rough diamonds, these have traditionally been exported to Europe and elsewhere for cutting and polishing and rarely find their way back home unless they are set in the ring of a tourist.

But the prospect of more local diamonds being on sale to tourists came closer to reality in 2008 when Debswana, a joint

venture between the government of Botswana and De Beers, opened a US$ 83 million diamond processing plant in Gaborone with an annual capacity of 45 million carats.

JOINT Venture Like Debswana, Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB) is a joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government.

DTCB will carry out local sales and marketing initiatives as well as cutting and polishing diamonds within Botswana. These diamonds will be both local and from those ‘aggregated’ from around the world in Gaborone – an activity previously undertaken in London.

Debswana is the world’s leading diamond producer by value and has played a significant role in the transformation of Botswana’s economy over the past 42 years. It is the largest non-government employer and the largest earner of foreign exchange in Botswana. About 75 per cent of the nation’s income is from diamonds, which represent about 50 per cent of state revenues and about 30 per cent of gross domestic product.

Diamonds were only until now really available locally from the Schachter & Namdar factory in Molepolole.

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Dy n a m ic m u s eu m b r in g s n ation ’ s cu lt u r a l h er itag e to l i f e

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nlike many others of its type around the world, the Botswana National Museum is anything but a dull and worthy representation of a nation’s history.

In fact, the museum, which marks its 40th anniversary in 2008, is at the forefront of the nation’s cultural and artistic life, drawing some 45,000 visitors each year. These include children from local schools, students engaged in research and, of course, tourists visiting Gaborone.

can buy works directly from these artists.

Exhibitions vary in length from one week to longer periods.

Other crafts on display include leatherwork, pottery and ceramics. There is even a section for ‘own label’ clothing.

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Each year, the National Museum plays host to five major exhibitions, each lasting a month and featuring local artists. The museum also organises craft exhibitions, encourages local artists and hosts exhibitions on topics such as HIV/AIDS.

The museum’s biggest event takes place in July and August when its main gallery is used for the National Basket & Craft Exhibition, which provides a showcase for basketry, beadwork, leatherwork, pottery, textiles and woodcarving. This is the world’s second-largest basket exhibition and the baskets are widely considered to be the best of their kind anywhere.

Individual baskets can sell for as much as US$2,500 in the United States.

The museum provides work space and financial support for individual painters and sculptors, and members of the public

Another artistic form being encouraged by the museum is traditional music. It is easier for musicians to make a living than

Exhibitions

it is for artists, so the museum plays a less active role in terms of providing subsidies – although the absence of royalties or copyright protection is a major issue. In another departure from the norm, the museum has been lobbying the government for musicians to be given more support and recognition.

At the same time, the museum has been supporting an initiative to have the 22 July President’s Day celebrations extended and declared part of a cultural and heritage month.

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Mystical Rock ART like no other T

sodilo Hills, in the far north-west of Botswana and about 50 km from the village of Sepupa, provide one of the world’s best examples of primitive rock paintings. What’s more, this is Botswana’s only Unesco World Heritage Site and the earliest evidence of man’s existence in the country.

Archaeologists believe the San people have occupied the area around the Tsodilo Hills for perhaps 100,000 years. The San consider the hills sacred and a resting place for spirits. However, the oldest rock paintings

date from about 3,000 years ago and the best examples are only between 800 and 1,300 years old – but no less impressive for their comparative modernity.

Concentration It is estimated that, within the nine square kilometres that make up the Tsodilo Hills, there are some 4,500 rock paintings. This is thought to be the highest concentration of rock art anywhere in the world.

The remoteness of the Tsodilo Hills is also unusual. The nearest other similar rock art site is about 250 km away from Tsodilo Hills. Emphasising its isolation is the fact that the style of rock art – with many solitary human figures and, for some reason, a preponderance of eland – is unlike any other in southern Africa.

The best-known collection of paintings is the so-called Van der Post Panel, named after the legendary explorer Sir Laurens

van der Post, who originally drew attention to the archaeological significance of the Tsodilo Hills in his seminal book, ‘The Lost World of the Kalahari’.

Access to the paintings is easy because the hills, which rise to 410 metres above the surrounding bushveld, can be reached by way of footpaths and reasonably shallow climbs. Visitors are advised to view in the early morning or late afternoon, however, because of the often high temperatures.

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Wo r l d ’ s b i gg e st in l a n d d elta is a m ag n e t f o r visito r s T

he Okavango Delta is Botswana’s best known and most visited tourist attraction. The Delta is generally reached via the gateway town of Maun, in the north of the country.

after the rainy season, the Delta irrigates about 15,000 sq km of otherwise arid desert. However, the high temperatures of the Kalahari ensure that this excess water quickly evaporates.

The Delta, which once formed part of Lake Makgadikgadi, has no outlet to the sea and therefore is forced to empty into the Kalahari Desert. It is the world’s biggest inland delta. Each year, during and shortly

This seasonal flooding commences during the southern hemisphere midsummer in the north and ends about six months later in the south of the Delta. This results in water rising in the north as it recedes in the south in summer, and rising in the south as it recedes in the north in winter.

The nature of the annual flooding is benign, with floodplains and islands disappearing under the rising water and then reappearing in an ever-changing landscape at the end of each season.

Depending on the season, the Okavango hosts a wide variety of game: elephant, buffalo, rhino (black and white) and hippo

as well as the big cats (lion, cheetah and leopard) and other predators such as hyenas and wild dogs. The Delta is also home to over 400 species of birds.

The Moremi Game Reserve, which makes up about a quarter of the Delta’s total land area, forms a contiguous area with the Chobe National Park (see separate story) and is a mix of wetland and desert.

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T h e ‘g r een ’ d e s ert h a s its ow n u ni q u e b e au t y T

he Kalahari desert covers 900,000 sq km and spreads across seven countries in southern Africa. By far the largest part of this desert lies within Botswana, where it occupies about 70 per cent of the nation’s total land area. Its name derives from the Tswana word Kgalagadi, meaning ‘great thirst’.

In fact, it is more semi-desert than desert: the Kalahari is surprisingly green because most of the desert receives some rain each year. At times the landscape is covered with flowers and grass and even tracts of

woodland. After rain, its comparative lushness attracts a variety of animals including lions, several species of antelope and the ubiquitous meerkat.

Game Reserv es The Kalahari contains three main game reserves: the giant 52,800 sq km Central Kalahari Game Reserve (the world’s second largest protected area); the 2,500 sq km Khutse Game Reserve; and the 38,000 sq km Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, of which 28,400 sq km is in Botswana and the remainder in South Africa.

The San people have lived in the Kalahari for 20,000 years as hunter-gatherers and, despite Botswana’s economic success, many still maintain a way of life largely unchanged over many centuries.

The Kalahari is one of Africa’s last great wildernesses and fixed accommodation is

in short supply. To get around this lack of lodgings and to ensure that the Kalahari remains unspoiled, many local companies offer mobile safaris that allow visitors access to even the most remote corners of the desert. Most of these either start in Maun or require an onward flight from Maun to a place such as Nata, a small village on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Pans.

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J o u r n e y o f Discov ery R

oger Dugmore is one of Botswana’s most highly qualified professional guides. The son of a former Great White Hunter who travelled widely through Africa, wilderness is a part of life for him - indeed, when he first arrived in Maun almost 40 years ago, trips to school by boat usually involved dodging hippos and crocodiles, and lions and elephants were still a common sight in the small frontier town.

Roger has been conducting photographic safaris since 1989 and his passion, knowledge, and experience of wild areas translate into an unforgettable adventure in some of the most beautiful parts of Botswana.

His personal interests lie in photography and videography, and his photographs have been exhibited in Botswana’s National Museums. He has assisted film crews in the making of documentaries, including ‘Aspects of Life’ and ‘The Last Edens’ featuring the Okavango Delta and the Kalahari Desert.

Discovery Roger’s philosophy is that every safari is a journey of discovery, where each sunrise marks the beginning of another day of adventure. He is uniquely qualified to take visitors to wild and untamed areas in absolute comfort, including three-course

meals, hot showers, cold drinks, and gives personal attention to ensure satisfaction and enjoyment. He prides himself on the number of guests that return each year, once again eager to experience adventure.

He also tells some pretty good tall tales around the campfire.

Kalahari Kavang o Safari C o & M eno A Kwe na Tented C amp & Safaris

G r e at loc ation fo r K a l a h a r i sa fa r is M

eno A Kwena Tented Camp & Safaris operates out of its base camp on the banks of the Boteti Riverbed, one of the drainage systems that carry the Okavango floodwater deep into the Kalahari and the dry season range of southern Africa’s largest zebra and wildebeest migration.

involvement, uses tourism to maximise the benefits to local people, as well as preserving wildlife through establishing wildlife corridors between the protected wildlife sanctuaries.

Safari operations incorporate three protected wildlife sanctuaries in the Kalahari – The Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pans National Parks, and Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The camp is just over an hour from Maun, and in a unique position for Kalahari safaris.

Using safari tents and equipment from the company’s former ‘mobile’ safari days and combining these with permanent locally sourced and built fixtures, the fully serviced camp maintains an atmosphere of the original safari experience. The seven safari tents are set on the edge of the riverbank.

A hundred feet below the camp is the waterhole that attracts thousands of animals during the dry season.

The company’s commitment to wildlife conservation through local community

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Other options include self-drives, mobile safaris, Kalahari helicopter safaris, wildlife and saltpans, tailor-made safaris, and film and photographic expeditions.

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Cresta Hotel s

L a rg e- h ot el speci a l ist o f f er s co m f o rt a n d conv e ni e nc e I

for business. Its restaurant, Chatters, is popular with both locals and out-of-town visitors.

Cresta is easily Botswana’s largest hotel group in terms of bed capacity and is certainly the most broadly spread when it comes to locations.

The central location of the 90-room Cresta President Hotel is perfect for those visiting Gaborone on business or to attend a trade show, conference or seminar. Most government ministries are just a short walk from the hotel. Its Terrace Restaurant seats up to 140 guests and offers a full menu throughout the day.

n a country where the hospitality sector consists mainly of small lodges and camps, Cresta Hotels is unique in running eight quite large city hotels.

town loc ation The three-star, 51-room Cresta Bosele Hotel is set in the town of Selebi-Phikwe, gateway to the Tuli area, famed for its abundant wildlife.

The group’s flagship property is Kasane’s 111-room Mowana Safari Lodge. Gaborone’s 159-room Cresta Lodge. Just 2 km from the city centre, the hotel is convenient

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The 49-room Cresta Botsalo Hotel is located at Palapye, between Gaborone and Francistown. The 96-room, four-star Cresta Thapama Hotel is the largest hotel in Francistown and a natural meeting place for those on business or passing through Botswana’s second-largest commercial centre.

Perhaps the best located of the group’s properties is the 58-room Cresta Marang Hotel – just four km outside of Francistown – which occupies what is arguably the finest natural location in Botswana.

Up in Maun, the 51-room Cresta Riley’s Hotel – known locally simply as Riley’s – offers an established base from which to explore the wonders of northern Botswana. Located on the banks of the slow moving Thamalakane River, it is also a perfect getaway location for work or play in peaceful surroundings.

AIR B OTSWANA

Ai r Bots wa n a : Goin g Yo u r Way F

rom its Gaborone hub, national carrier Air Botswana operates and maintains a modern fleet of three 46-passenger ATR42500 aircraft. In addition, Air Botswana owns one 78-passenger BAe146 jet.

The carrier’s mission statement says that “Air Botswana is committed to being the airline of first choice through the delivery of high quality service”. And in a highly competitive international airline sector this is exactly what Air Botswana is trying to achieve – albeit against a backdrop of operating in a vast country with a sparse population.

more than 150,000 – a 68 per cent market share. It is estimated that nearly half of Air Botswana’s passengers are business travellers and 31 per cent are tourists; From Gaborone, Air Botwana’s route network comprises: • 27 flights a week to Johannesburg • two flights a week to Harare • nine flights a week to Maun • nine flights a week to Francistown

Total annual air passenger movements in, out and around Botswana are about 400,000 including 235,000 for scheduled services, of which Air Botswana carries

• three flights a week to Kasane From Maun, Air Botswana offers 12 flights a week direct to Johannesburg.

Since its inception, Air Botswana has been 100 per cent owned by the Government of Botswana, but for some time there have been plans to privatise the carrier – although plans to do so were temporarily abandoned in 2007.

The airline contributes fully to the development of the tourism sector through its active membership of the Hotel & Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB), its scheduling and its participation at major international travel shows.

On the ground, the airline’s reputation for excellence extends to the modern engineering hangar at Gaborone’s Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Air Botswana is able to carry out full maintenance of its own fleet and also on aircraft from carriers based in Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania.

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ix properties, all located in very different areas of Botswana, are owned and operated by Desert & Delta Safaris.

Each property is managed by a team of dedicated professionals with many years’ experience.

The Desert & Delta philosophy is to provide guests with the best possible safari experience through ownership of some of Botswana’s finest locations and properties: • Camp Moremi, situated on the Xakanaxa Lagoon within the Moremi Game Reserve.

• Chobe Game Lodge, as its name suggests, is set within the confines of Chobe National Park.

• The Savute Safari Lodge offers individually designed suites that set the property apart from more typical safari-type accommodation.

• Camp Okavango has been built on remote Nxaragha Island in the heart of the Okavango Delta and caters for those who demand the ultimate in exclusivity.

• Xugana Island Lodge – also in the Delta – is one of Africa’s finest wildlife and wilderness sanctuaries.

• Leroo La Tau – A luxurious timber and thatch lodge overlooking the Makgadikgadi National Park. Opening June 2008.

Fully integrated Part of the fun of visiting the various Desert & Delta lodges and camps is actually moving between them. A fully integrated private air charter service is provided by the air charter subsidiary, Safari Air, which operates single-engined Cessna 206, Airvans, twin engine Islanders and

turbine Cessna Caravans. Many of the lodges have their own private airstrips.

From the camps and lodges, Desert & Delta operates either seven-seat Toyota Landcruisers or nine-seat Land Rovers.

Each vehicle has a removable canvas roof to provide shade and ample storage space for cameras, binoculars, etc. The Land Rovers at Chobe Game Lodge are equipped with 12-volt power points for guests’ cam recorders.

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Pr istin e a n d r em ot e W

ilderness Safaris was established in 1983 as an ecotourism company that specialises in memorable wildlife experiences in some of the most remote and pristine areas in southern Africa, while remaining fiercely committed to protecting the planet’s precious natural and cultural resources. It shares these special places with guests from all over the world by operating camps and safaris in Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Seychelles.

The company offers wildlife, marine and heritage safaris in remote and pristine wilderness destinations, which are specialised, educational, explorative and fun. Its ‘conservation through responsible tourism’

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policy shares the benefits of tourism with local communities and ensures the protection of these areas for future generations.

UNTO UCHED The reserves and concessions that Wilderness Safaris manages cover some of Africa’s most impressive and untouched wildlife experiences. It operates privately on nearly 3 million hectares of southern Africa’s best wildlife and wilderness reserves in some 54 lodges and camps. Wilderness Safaris offers over 4,000 hectares per bed of private land, creating a sense of privacy, exclusivity and space that makes its operation unique.

Wilderness Safaris provides memorable wildlife experiences in Botswana’s most beautiful areas: the Okavango Delta, Linyanti and the Selinda. In these areas it operates in several private concessions, where its varied activities include game drives and night drives by vehicle as well as wildlife viewing by boat and dugout canoe (mokoro), which are ideal ways to see the

water areas. Walks are unsurpassed for being in touch with nature, while hides offer a great way to enjoy wildlife viewing and birding, especially during those midday siesta hours.

Wilderness Safaris is dedicated to responsible tourism in southern Africa, striving to ensure the protection of Africa’s spectacular natural heritage while sharing the benefits with its people. It was a finalist in the World Travel & Tourism Council’s 2007 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, which recognise the world’s leading examples of best practice in responsible tourism development. www.wilderness-safaris.com

PEERMONT GLOB AL

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ocated just 12 km from the centre of Gaborone and 12 km from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, the 15hectare Grand Palm Hotel & Convention Resort is the ultimate business and leisure experience.

children’s playground as well as a lakeside jogging trail. There are various species of antelope, such as blesbok, duiker, hartebeest and impala, roaming freely in the resort.

The resort consists of two hotels, two restaurants and a convention centre and includes the magnificent and sophisticated Walmont Ambassador hotel.

The Grand Palm Resort also offers the 5,200 square metre Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC), a neo-classical jewel in the African savannah and one of Africa’s premier conference destinations.

During their stay, guests can enjoy all the exciting facilities at The Grand Palm Resort, which include a casino, a swimming pool, a gym, tennis and volleyball courts and a

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GICC has two restaurants – the Beef Baron, specialising in prime cuts of tasty local beef, and Livingstone’s, which serves an international buffet in a relaxing colonial atmosphere.

In addition, the resort contains the 149room Metcourt Inn, an affordable threestar hotel.

The Grand Palm is a Peermont Global Botswana resort. The South African-based Peermont Global group has a strong market position both in South Africa and in Botswana, where it has an ownership interest in, and management responsibility for, three integrated resorts.

The group plays a similar role in the ownership and management of two hotels in Botswana: the 167-room Mondior Summit in Gaborone and the 53-room Metcourt Lodge in Francistown.

The Mondior Summit is ideally located in the hub of Gaborone, about 400 metres from the main Tlokweng Border traffic circle and just 20 minutes from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. A courtesy transfer service to and from the International airport runs to and from all Peermont Global hotels in Gaborone.

The Metcourt Lodge, in the heart of Francistown’s commercial and business direct, meets the needs of every kind of traveller, from stop-off tourists to the overnight business guest.

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Bot swana Development Corporation

At t h e foref ront o f t h e N at i on ’ s d e v elopment B

otswana Development Corporation Ltd (BDC) was established in 1970 and is wholly owned by the Government of Botswana. Since inception, BDC’s has aimed to be the country’s main agency for commercial and industrial development by providing financial assistance to investors (both local and foreign) with viable projects.

Another core objective is to support projects that generate sustainable employment for Batswana and for those that add to the skills of the local workforce. BDC also seeks to encourage citizen participation in business ventures.

Additionally, BDC will consider giving its support to a project if it:

• Fosters close links with local industry.

• Contributes to the development of Botswana’s existing resources and overall economic development.

Generally and despite these objectives, BDC does not wish to be a majority stakeholder but may bear the major burden of any development project if it’s in the national interest.

This is particularly true in terms of development finance where BDC has been instrumental in the sustained growth of the property market, through its 100% owned properties, and partnerships. The Property Division’s mandate is developing and managing hotel, residential, commercial and industrial properties for BDC.

• Uses locally available resources.

• Produces products for export or substitutes imports.

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The division also monitors a portfolio of property development loan facilities held with subsidiary, affiliate and non-affiliate

companies, through partnerships or joint venture developments.

strategy The strategy is aimed at developing new businesses that are commercially viable, and sustainable. It must also contribute to the growth and economic diversification of Botswana. With a mandate of developing manufacturing, the Industry Division has a key role to play in the diversification of the economy.

BDC’s Agribusiness Division’s role is to help grow the local agricultural sector. There is strong emphasis on this particular sector as Botswana is keen that locally grown foodstuffs should reduce the country’s reliance on imports. Furthermore and given the slow rates of return from, and highrisk nature of, agribusiness projects, BDC’s involvement is crucial in this sector.

Botswana Tourism Board

Promot i ng B ots wana T

he Botswana Tourism Board was established by an Act of Parliament with a mandate to market Botswana as a tourist destination of choice; promote investment in the tourism sector, and grade and classify tourism accommodation facilities.

The Botswana Tourism Board has overseas representation in Germany, and is the driving force behind Botswana’s high profile presence at major international travel trade shows.

The Botswana Tourism Board surely has an amazing product to market: Botswana – A land of: • Unspoilt wilderness • Unlimited wildlife • The largest inland delta - The Okavango Delta • The Kalahari • The ancient super-lake - The Makgadikgadi Pans • An aviary of birdlife • Ancient discoveries - a rich cultural history • The mystical Tsodilo Hills • Enviable infrastructure • Peace and quiet

PEACE AN D TRANQUI LLITY Botswana is a country best known for peace and tranquillity, its diamonds (the country is the world’s largest exporter by value), its phenomenal game viewing and wilderness areas and its excellent quality

beef. In all of Africa, Botswana stands out as a beacon of democracy and the rule of law.

Botswana has succeeded in the tourism sector (as in other sectors and activities), by operating an open approach to foreign investment, while also encouraging nationals to participate in the development of new tourism products and services.

This has enabled Botswana to benefit from a growing and highly successful tourism industry that has maintained a reputation at the premium end of the market while ensuring that fragile eco-systems in the pristine Okavango Delta and the Kalahari remain unspoilt for the enjoyment of future generations.

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lulu kat i kati day s pa

T h e u lt i mate s pa e x per i en c e P

eaceful, rustic and hidden away on the banks of the Thamalakane River near Maun, the Lulu Kati Kati Day Spa and associated luxury lodge is the ideal retreat for travellers seeking a unique experience in the African wilderness.

A maximum of eight pampered guests can be accommodated in the exclusively delightful surroundings while enjoying the many superb facilities of the spa and the wonders of the local area around Maun. Lulu Kati Kati uniquely combines

the atmosphere of a traditional bush lodge with that of a contemporary resort and spa.

TREATMENTS The wide range of treatments at the spa include hot stone massage, deep tissue massage, aroma massage and Swedish massage along with reflexology, head massage, facials, manicures, pedicures and waxing.

Natural stress management and pampering is all also included in the ultimate African spa experience. Full body massages are offered by Lulu Kati Kati with various essential oils and hot stone therapy.

The lodge has a private plunge pool, built within an attractive wooden viewing deck and surrounded by vegetation overlooking the Thamalakane River.

Furthermore, a hand-crafted cement bath and outdoor bush shower comple-

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ment and underscore the truly authentic African safari atmosphere offered by Lulu Kati Kati.

atmosphere Mouth-watering fire-cooked meals are prepared by the Lulu Kati Kati’s professional chef and these can be enjoyed under a star-lit African night sky at a bush braai or in the traditional boma.

Conservation Corporation Afric a

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onservation Corporation Africa (CC Africa) is one of the world’s leading ecotourism companies, deeply committed to providing the ultimate in responsible luxury.

With more than 45 luxurious safari camps and lodges situated throughout Africa’s wilderness highspots, as well as a unique range of Specialist Safaris and Expeditions, CC Africa is world-renowned for offering

exhilarating wildlife experiences led by highly-skilled guides.

In Botswana, CC Africa operates two permanent lodges, Sandibe Safari Lodge and Nxabega Okavango Safari Camp set in the magnificent Okavango Delta, with two more exquisite lodges opening in August 2008 – Xudum Delta Lodge and Xaranna Tented Camp.

CC Africa also boasts two beautiful semipermanent camps – Savute Under Canvas and Chobe Under Canvas – in the wildlife rich Chobe National Park. Each camp features just six luxury en-suite tents which are available on a nightly basis.

For guests wishing to experience the best of Botswana, including the Delta, Moremi, Savute and Chobe National Park, CC Afri-

ca’s 10-day Botswana Explorer Expedition is the perfect choice. Offering the epitome of classic African style and comfort in tented travel, this exhilarating Expedition will feature new en-suite tents with flushing toilets and hot bucket showers from June 2008.

MACK AIR

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ack Air, established in 1994 and based in Maun (the Gateway to the Okavango), has quickly made a name for itself as one of Botswana’s leading independent air charter companies.

Over the years Mack Air has built-up a reputation for offering a reliable, efficient and personal service with an emphasis on safety as a priority.

The company’s versatile fleet of 14 aircraft is well suited to operating in the remote areas of Botswana and includes Cessna 206 and 210 aircraft, the 7-seat Gippsland Airvan, as well as the state-of-the-art 13-seat, turbine powered Cessna Grand Caravan.

tran sfers Mack Air specialises in camp transfers, scenic flights, supply runs and medical evacuations in and around the Okavango Delta, as well as serving destinations further afield in the Southern African region.

Many of the larger and most prestigious safari operators in Botswana, such as Abercrombie & Kent and Orient Express

Safaris choose Mack Air for their flying requirements, appreciating the reliability of its modern aircraft fleet and the quality of service provided.

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bots wana safari & To urs

Spec i al i s ed sa far i s for some t h i ng s pec i al B

otswana Safaris & Tours specialises in private safaris to individuals and groups with a minimum number of six people. Tailoring the safari around individual requirements, the company attends to all the details from start to finish.

To ensure the best possible safari experience private campsites are booked wherever possible. This results in a wide variety of animals visiting the campsites and guests are able to appreciate the incredible sounds of the African night.

Safaris options include the 10 day Elephant Trail, the 14 day Gemsbok Trails, the 12 day Flamingo Trail as well as semi-luxury and luxury camping safaris with various

options. Customised itineraries include wildlife areas in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.

On the ‘Elephant Trail’ guests travel from Maun to the Okavango Delta area of the Moremi Game Reserve, and experience game drives, boat ride, the Khwai River floodplain, the lion, elephant and hyena of the Savuti, the elephant and buffalo of the Chobe River, and finally Zimbabwe and the Victoria Falls.

The ‘Flamingo Trail’ can start at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe or Livingstone in Zambia and follows the reverse of the ‘Elephant Trail’. The extra two days take in the Nata Bird Sanctuary.

The ‘Gemsbok Trail’ also starts in Maun but heads for the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and covers Makalamabedi, the Boteti River, Rakops, game drives in the Deception Pan area and the Makgadikgadi Pans Game Reserve and the Nxai Pan Game Reserve.

Letaka Sa faris

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etaka Safaris is a mobile operator run by brothers Grant and Brent Reed (Letaka is the Setswana word for reed).

Both know the region intimately and openly share their experience and knowledge with guests.

Camps are set up in remote sites within wildlife reserves, and each trip is customised to the requirements and interests of guests.

Exper ience Each camping safari is a unique experience.

Camps are taken down and re-erected on arrival and consist of spacious East Africanstyle tents with beds and duvets. Each has an en-suite toilet, with a shower tent nearby.

Guides and staff travel with guests between camp. Each meal is a special experience, with lunch, perhaps, sheltering under a shady acacia or dinner beneath the star-filled African sky.

Game viewing is conducted by experienced guides. Walking, game drives and boat

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trips are all possible and offer guests an excellent variety of game viewing.

Mobile safaris offer an excellent choice for those who want a trip where expert guiding is important and where privacy and interesting game viewing take priority.

MAUN LODGE

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ituated along the banks of the Thamalakane River in Maun, the gateway to the Okavango, Maun Lodge offers luxury accommodation, banqueting and conference facilities and a personal service at affordable prices. Close to the town centre and 4km from the International Air-

port, Maun Lodge is ideal for international visitors and business travellers alike.

a range of daily specialities together with international and traditional cuisine.

Accommodation consists of six double rooms, 20 twin rooms, four suites/family rooms as well as three deluxe riverfront suites with private verandas and 12 thatched chalets for those of a more limited budget.

Maun Lodge also has the largest conference facilities in Maun with seating for up to 120 delegates, in addition to two smaller meeting rooms seating up to 40 persons each.

The à la carte restaurant offers a full menu and a range of daily Chef’s specials together with international and traditional cuisine. ‘The Boma’ is a traditional open air bar and restaurant offers local dishes including the lodge’s famous barbeque and a light snack menu, while ‘The Pygmy Goose’ is an ideal rendezvous spot offering

The hotel has its own swimming pool and on-site parking, while tennis and squash facilities are available at a nearby club.

Various tours and safaris into the Okavango Delta and other local sites are available as optional extras. From the warm friendly welcome to fond farewells, the staff at Maun Lodge will provide a getaway adventure to remember.

AT&T MONNAK GOTLA

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T&T Monnakgotla is a 100 per cent Motswana-owned company with interests in passenger transport, insurance, travel and tourism.

The company started business in 2000 by launching two much-needed regular bus services between Gaborone and Palapye and between Gaborone and Hukuntsi.

The company’s policy of operating only new 65-seater buses has brought a high level of reliability, comfort and sophistication to the two routes. Since then, the company has underlined its success by investing in new vehicles, acquiring about 15 buses – both Scania and Mercedes Sprinter units – between 2003 and 2006.

diver sified In 2003, the company diversified into the insurance sector. This decision was taken in order to reduce costs on its own fleet of vehicles. The company now offers motor, travel and household policies and has since graduated from agent to broker.

In 2004 a Travel & Tours Division was added to the group, allowing the company to make better even use of its bus fleet. The company became a member

of HATAB in 2005 and now offers airline agency services including a shuttle service to and from Gaborone’s Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Car rentals and tour packages can be arranged for customers when needed.

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KWAN DO safaris

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odern luxury is being in truly pristine wilderness, no phones, no television, no email, a million acres and ten million stars – just like visiting Africa as it was tens of thousands of years ago Kwando Safaris is very proud to be 100 per cent Botswana owned and feels privileged to be concession holders of over 4,000 sq km of wilderness in northern Botswana for the exclusive use and enjoyment of its guests. This area is outside of the national parks and game reserves, with no crowds, no fences, where the animals roam as they have for thousands of years.

con cession areas Kwando Safaris operates two ‘concession’ areas in Botswana. One is in the permanent water of the Okavango Delta, but this doesn’t mean guests are limited to water activities. This concession is adjacent to Moremi Game Reserve, so provides the best of both worlds. The other concession is in the far north of Botswana in an area

renowned for its large herds of elephants and frequent predator sightings.

Kwando operates its four camps all year round – Kwara and Little Kwara in the Okavango Delta and Lebala and Lagoon camps in the Kwando River Concession (in the far north of Botswana).

absorb ing The fascinating and absorbing Kwando Safaris circuit is one of the best available for the discerning visitor to Africa. The style is intimate, private and personal, with the company and the staff going out of their way to treat every guest as though they are a member of the ‘Kwando Family’.

Recommended circuits include at least two nights at either of the camps in the Okavango Delta – Kwara or Little Kwara, a couple of nights at Lebala Camp on the edge of the Linyanti marsh – a favourite spot for predators, two nights at Lagoon camp on the edge of a permanent lagoon

(about three hours from Lebala Camps) and finishing with a few nights at the delightful Songwe Village – situated on the edge of a gorge in Zambia and close to the Victoria Falls – where guests can participate in all the wonderful activities that the Victoria Falls has to offer.

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TRavel leisure (PTY) LT D

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ith the entire range of first class Desert & Delta lodges to choose from, visitors to Botswana who book their holidays through Travel Leisure Pty Ltd are assured of a once in a lifetime experience, a getaway never to be forgotten. A fascinating balance of wildlife, and the friendly

environment, creates an intriguing and exciting adventure.

The Desert & Delta properties are the Chobe Game Lodge, Camp Moremi, Savute Safari Lodge, Camp Okavango, Chobe Savanna Lodge and Xugana Island Lodge. Travel Leisure also operates the ‘Desert & Delta Safari’ aircraft, boats and vehicles to transfer clients between the various properties and their point of entry or departure in Botswana.

ning an affordable quality safari holiday and wildlife tours packages in Botswana.

Travel Leisure Pty Ltd is primarily a tourism and travel booking operation. The company helps visitors plan a dream safari holiday, with detailed tour itineraries, useful links, travel tips and information to assist in plan-

Because its partner Desert & Delta Safari is the owner of every lodge that Travel Leisure operates, guests are assured of the same high standard across accommodation and on safari.

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C A MPS & LODGES

Abu Camp P Bag 332, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1260 • Fax: +267 686 1005 Email: ebs@info.bw • www.abucamp.com or www.wildernesssafaris.com Abu Camp, the flagship of Elephant Back Safaris’ operations in Okavango, has six Afro-Bedouin-style luxurious tents with en-suite bathrooms. Each has its own private elevated teak deck sculpted around sycamore figs or jackalberry trees.

The essence of the camp is the elephant herd. Guests are ‘introduced’ to the elephants shortly after arrival and are soon high in the saddle for morning and afternoon rides. Guests are invited to become part of the elephant herd during their stay, watching them being fed in the evenings, enjoying the frolics of the babies and accompanying them on foot as they

move through the bush. In addition, guests are offered game viewing from open vehicles and mokoro trips.

Villa Okavango affords total privacy and luxurious relaxation for a maximum of four guests. The whole ambience of the villa is that of a luxurious private home in secluded splendour.

Seba Camp: This 12-bed camp boasts a family unit with two en-suite bedrooms, each with its own private swimming pool.

The camp is also the base of one of the most fascinating elephant research projects in the area.

A f r i ca n H o r s e b ac k Sa fa r i s PO Box 20538, Maun • Tel/Fax: +267 686 3154 Email: reservations@africanhorseback.com • www.africanhorseback.com African HorseBack Safaris was established by Sarah-Jane Gullick in 1989 and offers a range of horseback adventures in the Okavango Delta.

The safari camp, Macatoo, is situated on the western side of the Delta, from where the riding terrain from camp is scenically varied in all directions. It is a truly spectacular area in which to ride and camp. Macatoo combines luxury with a happy camp atmosphere and the spirit of the Okavango wilderness, with its sheer beauty and diversity.

The camp features large, en-suite, walk-in, twin-bed tents.

Centrally there is a large furnished mess tent and tucked away a private pool. On longer safaris, guests have the opportunity to experience the thrill of riding out to a mobile fly-camp.

Riding groups will normally be no more than seven guests, while the camp accommodates 12 guests in all. Activities include horseback safaris, game drives, helicopter rides, bird walks, night drives, seasonal boating, canoeing and fishing.

a n s y l n g u m a i s l a n d lo d g e P Bag 013, Maun • Tel: +267 687 4022 • Fax: +267 687 4021 Email: gumacamp@info.bw • gumacamp@dynabyte.bw • www.ngumalodge.com Nguma Island Lodge offers peace and tranquillity with spectacular and exclusive views over one of the largest lagoons in the north-west of the Okavango Delta. The lodge is situated on the banks of the beautiful lagoon, bordered by palm trees, papyrus and reed beds.

Accommodation is in eight stilted luxury Meru-style en-suite tents set among large indigenous trees. Nguma Island Lodge offers a relaxed family atmosphere. It is also a fishing, Mokoro and birdwatchers’ paradise. At the lodge, meals include full English breakfast, hot or cold lunch and a three-course dinner.

In addition, there is a campsite that can accommodate eight campers in walk-in tents. The campsite can also accommodate four roof-top tents or four self-erected tents. Separate ablution facilities, scullery and mess are available.

Nguma Island Lodge is just a 40-minute boat ride from the main Okavango River, where tigerfish abound and the many inlets offer good bream fishing. The lodge provides four large boats taking six to eight people. Special boating arrangements for fly fishing groups can be made on request.

au d i ca m p PO Box 21439, Boseja, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0599 • Fax: +267 686 5388 Email: audi.safari@botsnet.bw • www.okavangocamp.com Audi Camp, established in 1993, is located 12 km north of Maun on the road to the Moremi Game Reserve. Audi means ‘fish eagle’ in Setswana.

It is situated on the banks of the Thamalakane River, the southernmost tributary of the Okavango Delta. Accommodation is in luxury en-suite tents on raised wooden decking overlooking the river, mini-Meru tents and large dome tents with stretcher beds. There are also many shaded camping areas, some with power points.

A range of activities can be organised including mokoro tours to the Okavango, catered vehicle safaris to Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Nxai Pan, Makgadikgadi National Park, Tsodilo Hills and other destinations in Botswana and game flights over the Okavango.

Audi Camp can also arrange half-day excursions and activities in and around the Maun area such as guided birdwatching walks, cultural village tours, tours to the Letchwee Centre, the Maun Game Sanctuary and horse riding.

Ba i n e s ’ C a m p P Bag 45, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2688 • Fax: +267 686 3526 Email: southernafrica@sanctuarylodges.com • www.sanctuarylodges.com Baines’ Camp is named after the 19th-century explorer and artist Thomas Baines and is located on the Boro River, in the 260,000 acre private concession NG32, neighbouring the Moremi Game Reserve.

giving guests the choice to sleep under star-laden skies. Each room is equipped with a hairdryer, ceiling fan, in-room safe and minibar and an oversized deck for outdoor dining. There is a swimming pool with two thatched salas on either side.

The camp has five suites set on elevated platforms with wooden decks offering expansive views over the permanent water of the Boro River.

The area is superb for viewing animals and bird species, which guests can explore in open-sided 4x4 vehicles, mokoro, motorised boat or on foot. The unique and educational elephant interaction is also available at an additional cost.

The suites feature a luxury bedroom, en-suite facilities and private viewing deck. The four-poster beds are fully mobile,

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ca m p m o r e m i Tel: +27 11 706 0861 • Fax: +27 11 706 0863 • Email: reservations@desertdelta.com Blog site: http://desertdelta.blogspot.com • www.desertdelta.com Located in the Xaxanaka area of Moremi Game Reserve, Camp Moremi peers out beneath giant ebony trees. The main building is an elegant, elevated thatch and timber structure consisting of a main lounge, wildlife reference library, dining room and cocktail bar.

Other facilities include a secluded swimming pool with sundeck and a thatched boma, where brunch and high tea are served. The elevated viewing hide has unsurpassed views of the Xakanaxa Lagoon. Camp Moremi accommodates only

22 guests in African-style safari tents. Each tent is individually situated on raised teak platforms with private adjacent facilities and viewing decks.

Guests can enjoy morning and afternoon game drives by open 4x4 safari vehicle in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve, renowned for frequent sightings of lion, leopard and cheetah as well as wild dog. Alternatively, they can explore the Xaxanaka Lagoon and surrounding Okavango channels by motorboat.

C A MP OKava n g o Tel: +27 11 706 0861 • Fax: +27 11 706 0863 • Email: reservations@desertdelta.com Blog site: http://desertdelta.blogspot.com • www.desertdelta.com Camp Okavango is located in the heart of the Okavango on Nxaragha Island. The main lodge building features a cocktail bar, lounge and wildlife reference library. The dining room leads to an expansive open-air patio for evenings around the fireside. Other facilities include a secluded bird-viewing hide and a sundeck with plunge pool.

Camp Okavango accommodates only 24 guests in custom African-style safari tents, individually situated on raised teak platforms with en-suite facilities and private viewing decks.

For those who demand the ultimate in exclusivity, Camp Okavango has the Okavango Suite, a thatched cottage offering complete privacy – ideal for honeymooners.

All game-viewing activities are conducted by experienced professional guides and include exploring the Okavango by mokoro or motorboat and tracking the larger game species by guided nature walks on the many surrounding islands.

C h i e f ’ s C A MP P Bag 45, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2688 • Fax: +267 686 3526 Email: southernafrica@sanctuarylodges.com • www.sanctuarylodges.com Chief’s Camp is situated in the Mombo Concession of the Moremi Game Reserve, which is known as the predator capital of Africa and is considered to have the finest game viewing in southern Africa.

The area is also home to the Big Five. The camp is situated on the north-western tip of Chief’s Island in what is termed seasonal delta. The area is seasonally suffused with floodwaters. Generally, the floodwaters infiltrate the area in June or July and remain for four to five months.

The camp is constructed on a greenfield site, comprising 12 luxury bush pavilions, three with king beds and nine with twin beds. Each pavilion has a spacious seating area and private game viewing deck with hammock. En-suite facilities include an indoor and outdoor shower. The main deck area is split-level and offers expansive views over the floodplain to the north.

C h i ta b e C a m p a n d C h i ta b e L e d i b a Mathibe Road 1, P Bag 159, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1230 • Fax: +267 686 1230 Email: flamingo@dynabyte.bw Chitabe Camp and Chitabe Lediba are situated in a private concession on a beautiful island in the south-east of the Okavango. The wide variety of habitats nearby provides an abundance of wildlife. Chitabe Camp consists of eight elevated, spacious Meru-style tents nestling among the trees, each with twin beds, en-suite facilities and an outdoor shower. The thatched dining area, pub and lounge area are built on decks with superb views across the floodplain.

Chitabe Lediba is smaller and comprises five spacious Merustyle tents, also built on raised decks with the same luxurious

interiors. It has two family tents, with adjoining bedrooms and en-suite bathrooms, making it the perfect camp for families and children. Both camps have been operating for over 10 years, with reputations for great game viewing with experienced guides (either in 4x4 vehicles or on foot), friendly staff and delicious food. Night drives are also offered.

Chitabe and Chitabe Lediba are owned by Flamingo Investments. Booking inquiries should be made through Okavango Wilderness Safaris.

C h o b e C h i lw e ro P Bag 45, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2688 • Fax: +267 686 3526 Email: southernafrica@sanctuarylodges.com • www.sanctuarylodges.com Chobe Chilwero borders the Chobe National Park, which is the second-largest national park in Botswana covering an area of 10,566 sq km.

Chilwero means “place of high view” in Setswana and the lodge sits above the Chobe River and offers unparalleled panoramic views across the islands and flood plains as far as Namibia.

Chobe Chilwero has 15 stone and thatched bungalows, six king and nine twin. Each cottage measures 61 square metres

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and has its own en-suite bathroom with a large sunken bath, indoor and outdoor showers, private garden with hammock, sala or P Balcony, mosquito nets, ceiling fans, air conditioning, hairdryer, minibar and in-room safe.

Chobe National Park covers a diversity of landscapes ranging from riverine forests to floodplains and periodic marshlands.

The area is home to the largest concentration of elephants in Africa as well as an abundance of hippo, buffalo, antelope and lion.

ch o b e g a m e lo d g e PO Box 32, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0340 • Fax: +267 625 0280 • Email: reservations@desertdelta.com PO Box 130555, Bryanston, 2021, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 7060861/2 • Fax: +27 11 7060863 Chobe Game Lodge is the only permanent safari destination within the Chobe National Park. It is situated in Botswana’s extreme northern riverine woodlands about 100 km west of Victoria Falls overlooking the Chobe River and the Caprivian floodplains.

The lodge accommodates up to 94 people in total luxury. The rooms are all river-facing and air conditioned with overhead fans.

Each room has a minibar, en-suite bathroom, tea and coffee making facilities as well as a private terrace. The four exclusive suites have their own plunge pools and a separate lounge.

Other facilities include a fully equipped conference room with seating for up to 90 people, broadband internet, billiards, library, gym, beauty salon and a stylish cigar bar overlooking the Chobe River. There is a large terraced swimming pool and riverside boma area where traditional dancers perform at evening meal times.

Safari activities are tailored to individual requirements and include game drives in 4x4 safari vehicles, walking in the nearby Kasane Forests, game viewing by small boats, sunset cruises along the Chobe River and after-dinner stargazing.

ch o b e m a r i n a lo d g e P Bag K 83, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 2221 • Fax: +267 625 2224 Email: reservations@chobe.botsnet.bw • www.chobemarinalodge.com Uniquely located in north-eastern Botswana where four African nations converge, Chobe Marina Lodge is surrounded by the natural beauty of Africa. The Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Kasane Forest Reserve, the Caprivi Strip and the Zambezi River are all close to the lodge.

Accommodation at Chobe Marina Lodge consists of 66 rooms including studios, apartments, chalets and suites with private lounges. All have air conditioning, television, telephones, minibars and daily housekeeping.

The world-famous Chobe National Park is just 10 minutes from Chobe Marina Lodge. Alternatively, for a totally different game viewing experience, there are river boat cruises to the park.

Other activities include a leisurely sightseeing cruise to Sedudu island, fishing for tigerfish and birdwatching. In addition there is a swimming pool, a curio shop and the Commissioners à la carte restaurant, serving world-class dishes. Golfers, too, are catered for with a nine-hole course close to the lodge. The lodge also has a stylish, state-of-the-art conference venue and conferencing equipment.

ch o b e s a fa r i lo d g e PO Box 10, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0336 • Fax: +267 625 0437 • Email: reservations@chobelodge.co.bw Mobile: +267 7131 1809 • UK Office: info@safari-agency.com • www.chobesafarilodge.com On Botswana’s far northern border lies the Kwando, Linyanti and Chobe river system, forming a series of lakes, islands and floodplains. This area forms the Chobe National Park, famous for its large buffalo and elephant herds. In addition to a variety of predators, there is an abundance of wild game and birdlife which decorate these beautiful waterways.

Chobe Safari Lodge is located on the doorstep of the Chobe National Park and offers luxury accommodation, camping facilities, river boat cruises, game drives, fishing trips and conference facilities. It is 3 km from Kasane International

Airport and 80 km from Victoria Falls and Livingstone.

Accommodation consists of luxurious twin-bed river rooms, individually decorated safari rooms, thatched rondavels and the Chobe Safari Lodge campsite.

Other activities and facilities include safari walks, fishing, swimming pool, squash, beauty Salon, internet café, river bar, restaurant, curio shop, conference room and airport transfers.

The Sedudu Sunset Bar overlooks Sedudu Island and is a perfect venue from which to view the magnificent African sunset, while enjoying the sights and sounds of nature.

D e c e p t i o n va l l e y lo d g e PO Box 818, Ghanzi, PO Box 70378, Bryanston 2021, South Africa • Tel: + 27 11 706 7207 Fax: + 27 11 463 8251 • Email: info@ deceptionvalley.co.za • www.deceptionvalley.co.za Discover an oasis in the Central Kalahari where the San share their knowledge with guests at a unique safari lodge. This is Deception Valley Lodge, where you can relax in total luxury.

The main complex has a dining room, lounge and bar area decorated in warm Kalahari colours. From the deck, guests can view activities at the nearby water hole. A swimming pool, curio shop and small library form part of the complex.

For night-time meals, a boma is used, where diners can listen to calls of the wild.

Accommodation consists of eight private units, each consisting of a twin-bedroom, lounge, Victorian-style bathroom with an outside shower. Each unit has a deck with views over the Kalahari bush.

Activities include game drives and track wildlife in an open four-wheel-drive vehicle or guests can take to the bush on foot with San guides who share their knowledge of game in the region. A cultural experience with the San is an experience that will never fade.

d u b a PL A INS C A MP P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 In the remotest reaches of the Okavango lies Duba Plains, an unobtrusive, intimate camp surrounded by expansive, seasonally flooded plains. One of the delta’s most remote camps, Duba Plains is on a tree-filled island in a private 30,000 hectare concession known as the Kwedi Reserve, an area famed for lion prides and buffalo herds.

Accommodation is made up of six roomy tents with an ensuite bathroom, an outside shower, and a veranda overlooking the floodplain. The thatch-roofed lounge, dining room

and bar areas are raised on platforms along with a swimming pool, all providing a beautiful view.

There is a variety of activities including day and night game drives, often tracking the buffalo herd around the concession.

Mokoro trips are also possible in times of good floods, usually only between May and September.

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d u m atau C A MP P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 DumaTau means ‘roar of the lion’, but the camp is renowned for its massive elephant concentrations and outstanding wildlife in general. Located close to the source of the Savute Channel, in the vast Linyanti concession in northern Botswana, this and other waterways lure a plethora of wildlife and birds, particularly in the dry winter months.

DumaTau is a 10-room tented camp (including one family room) overlooking a large hippo-filled lagoon. The tents are spacious, under thatch with canvas walls, en-suite bathroom

facilities and an outside shower. There is a dining room, pub, lounge, swimming pool and a special guest bathroom with a fantastic view.

Wildlife viewing is the primary activity here, either on day and night game drives or on foot or on the water (levels permitting). There are various platforms and hides from which to view and photograph animals and birds.

e ag l e i s l a n d Orient-Express Safaris, PO Box 100, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0302 • Fax: +267 686 0153 Email: sfowler@orient-express-safaris.co.za • www.orient-express-safaris.com PO Box 786432, Sandton 2146, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 2741800 • Fax: +27 11 4816065 Email: reservations@orient-express-safaris.co.za On the island of Xaxaba, in the Okavango Delta, lies Eagle Island Camp. Access to the lodge is by light aircraft from Maun, a 20minute flight transfer. The camp offers both open-air and covered dining, a bar and comfortable lounge area. The viewing deck with swimming pool is ideal to take in the spectacular Delta sunsets.

The camp offers game viewing by mokoro, motorised boats and a 14-seater sundowner cruiser as well as guided walking

safaris on the surrounding islands and spectacular helicopter excursions. From November to March each year, the lower water levels allow for open vehicle game drives as well. The 11 luxury en-suite tents and one suite have private decks furnished with easy chairs and hammocks, while the interiors are luxuriously appointed with minibar, four-poster bed with mosquito netting and air conditioning, offering guests complete comfort all year round.

ED o ’ s ca m p PO Box 215, Ghanzi • Cell: +267 7212 0399/7211 9400 • Fax: +267 7280 0399 Email: edoscamp@gmail.com • www.edoscamp.com Edo’s Camp Safaris offers deluxe safaris in Botswana, focusing on customers, the quality and variety of its products and the beauty of a still wild natural environment. The camp acts as a starting point for exciting adventures.

more outstanding. Edo’s Camp offers a wide range of exciting and interesting activities. A special, unforgettable moment is represented by cultural tourism – that is, the visit to a San village nearby the camp.

Edo’s Camp is located in a 120,000 hectare private game conservancy in the Kalahari and can accommodate eight guests in four large, twin-bed safari-style tents. Each tent has its own private veranda with gorgeous views on a rocky waterhole. The setting around the camp is delightful and the presence of animals drinking at the waterhole makes it even

Moreover, tourists are offered rhino tracking on foot with San guides. The camp is host to seven specimens of this beautiful animal. Further activities include: game drives in 4x4 vehicles, night drives if available and excursions on foot. The camp also has its own heated swimming pool.

g u n n ’ s ca m p P Bag 33, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0023 • Fax: +267 686 0040 Email: sales@gunnscamp.com • www.gunnscamp.com Gunn’s Camp, overlooking Chief’s Island and bordering the Moremi Game Reserve is a 20-minute flight from Maun. On arrival at the private airstrip, guests will be met by welcoming hosts and shown to either Gunn’s Main Camp or Gunn’s Bush camp.

At Gunn’s Main Camp, the flagship accommodation consists of seven fully furnished, deluxe Kenya-style Meru tents with en-suite bathrooms set on raised platforms overlooking the delta plains. Guests have access to the elevated bar, lounge and dining room, campfire boma and swimming pool.

Gunn’s Bush Camp occupies the opposite end of the extensive delta concession and functions to ensure a wonderful sense of freedom in the wilderness. Facilities include a large wooden viewing deck built over the river, the Bush Camp Cave Bar and a sparkling swimming pool surrounded by tall ebony palm trees. Accommodation is in walk-in mini-Meru tents with proper beds or pre-erected two-man dome tents with bedrolls.

G w e ta Lo d g e PO Box 124, Gweta • Tel: +267 621 2220 • Fax: +267 621 2458 Email: gwetalodge@info.bw Set in the village of Gweta, 200 km from Maun and 100 km from Nata, Gweta Lodge is a gateway to the pans and a rare oasis in the desert. Set around the central pool, the lodge offers a high-class restaurant, relaxing lounge, excellent accommodation options and a range of activities and safaris to suite people of all ages.

The lodge offers a relaxed atmosphere to our guests giving them the experience of Botswana wilderness and opportunities for game viewing, using several locations and camps in the area, including one set in 3,840 sq km of wilderness

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around one of the only waterholes to be pumped from boreholes all year round.

Based within easy reach of the Makgadikgadi Pans, the lodge is ideally situated to take advantage of a gateway into the heart of the wilderness. It offers a vast range of excursions, activities and opportunities to guests and local communities.

Gweta Lodge also has a strict environmental and conservation policy.

i s l a n d s a fa r i lo d g e (Affiliated to The African Secrets Safari Co), PO Box 116, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0300 • Fax: +267 686 2932 Cell: 7165 2225/71204684 • Email: enquire@africansecrets.net • www.africansecrets.net For over 30 years Island Safari Lodge has been offering bush experiences on an ‘island’ that in high water seasons becomes totally surrounded by water. Although this has not occurred for several years, when the annual delta flood complies, water spills over into the Boro, the Boronyane and the Thamalakane Rivers to turn the lodge into a true island.

The lodge is just 12 km north of Maun, where the meandering Thamalakane River forms a picturesque backdrop. Twelve cottage-style thatched chalets nestle under the lofty canopy of the ancient trees. Each is dressed in local tones with rich

indigenous custom-made furniture, air conditioning, television and en-suite bathrooms. Another four thatched rooms lie just beyond these chalets. These are en-suite and can be interconnected. Two have air conditioning and two have ceiling fans.

The camp grounds sprawl alongside the Thamlakane River and each site is differentiated by a shady copse, with access to a braai area, swimming pool and a beautifully finished all-wood bar and lounge – the perfect location for wining, dining and chilling out.

J aca n a C a m p P Bag 19, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3777 • Fax: +267 686 4881 Email: nasops@nas.co.bw • www.jacanacamp.com Jacana Camp, just west of the Moremi Game Reserve, is owned and operated by Ngamiland Adventure Safaris. It is set in an area densely populated with the beautiful red lechwe, sitatunga and wattled cranes.

Accommodation is in five Meru-style tents, each on raised wooden platforms with deck, with entrancing views over the lagoon and floodplains. The en-suite bathroom is enclosed but roofless.

It is a true water camp on a small island surrounded by water for most of the year. Jacana offers mokoro and walking safaris all year round as well as day and night game drives when the floodwaters have subsided – generally between October and April. Big game such as elephant, lion and leopard are regularly found in the area, depending on flood levels. Birdlife is abundant.

The main dining area is on an elevated wooden deck between two enormous sycamore fig trees, and surrounded by dense wild date palms. Downstairs, there is a cosy pub and lounge with a large viewing deck, an open area to sit around a fire and view the stars. To one side there is a small plunge pool.

J ac k ’ s C a m p PO Box 173, Francistown • Tel: +267 241 2277; 240 3309 • Fax: +267 241 3458 Email: reservations@unchartedafrica.com • www.unchartedafrica.com Jack’s Camp is a beautiful, sumptuous, authentic 1940s-style tented camp.

This is not the usual safari experience. Activities are varied and unique. Walk with meerkats, see the Kalahari through the eyes of Bushman trackers, seek the rare desert-adapted species, explore the lunar surface of the pans, meet ancient baobabs and wander around a natural history museum.

The activities here combine wildlife with culture, history, archeology and geology.

J ao C a m p P Bag 19, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3777 • Fax: +267 686 4881 Email: nasops@nas.co.bw • www.jaocamp.com Jao Camp is located on a large, remote island in a private citizen owned concession in the west of Moremi Game Reserve.

With habitats that vary from waterways, lagoons, islands fringed with palm trees and riverine forest to dry Kalahari sandveld, Jao can offer both land and water experiences depending on the Okavango’s varying flood regimes.

Jao Camp has premier accommodation in nine beautiful and spacious tents. Each room is built on raised wooden decks beneath the canopy of the large trees and has a private sala for afternoon siestas with views of the floodplains.

All rooms have en-suite bathrooms with an inside and an outside shower as well as a bath. Raised walkways link the rooms to the long house inspired main area. The camp features a wine cellar and a salon with a full-time therapist offering a wide range of therapies. There is an excellent curio shop. In addition to the well appointed dining room and lounge pub area there is an open-air boma for dining beside a fire under the stars. There is a wide range of activities on offer, from mokoro to day and night game drives, boating, fishing, guided walks and birdwatching all year round.

Ka n a n a C a m p PO Box 27, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0375 • Fax: +267 686 1282 Email: info@kerdowney.bw • www.kerdowneybotswana.com Kanana is a hidden jewel set on the Xudum River in the southwest Okavango. The area encompasses a necklace of islands dotted with palms, figs, ebony and knob thorn trees and is home to a myriad of birds, plants and animals.

At Kanana, guests are accommodated in eight spacious, twin-bed safari ‘Meru’ style tents, set on raised teak decks, offering breathtaking views across the waterways. Dependent on the annual floods, the level of water transforms this dry camp into a true water experience and in the early months of

the year guests may actually enjoy the visible spectacle of the water rising around the camp.

Situated in a private concession, Kanana offers a wide variety of activities including game drives in specially designed vehicles, exploring the waterways by mokoro or powerboats and enjoying the magnificent variety of birds, plant and reptile species found in the area.

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Kh wa i R i v e r Lo d g e c/o Orient-Express Safaris, PO Box 100, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0302 • Fax: +267 686 0153 Email: sfowler@orient-express-safaris.co.za • www.orient-express-safaris.com PO Box 786432, Sandton 2146, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 2741800 • Fax: +27 11 4816065 • Email: reservations@orient-express-safaris.co.za The exceptional location of Khwai on the edge of the Khwai River floodplains in the eastern Moremi Wildlife Reserve makes it a regular host to elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dogs.

Access to the lodge is by light aircraft from Maun, a 25minute flight transfer. The lodge has a hide overlooking the floodplains, a swimming pool and a private spa for indulgent massages and treatments as well as a small gym. The camp

offers a covered dining area as well as an open-air boma.

Activities include morning, afternoon and spotlight night game drives in open safari vehicles as well as guided safari walks. The 14 luxury en-suite tents and one suite are all raised on wooden platforms, offering great views, and each tent is en-suite, with minibar, air conditioning and a four-poster bed with mosquito netting.

k i n g s p o o l C A MP P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 Kings Pool Camp is located in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, a vast private concession in the northern part of Botswana, on the western boundary of Chobe National Park. The accommodation is luxurious and the wildlife spectacular. The area is famed for its tremendous elephant herds during the dry season.

Nine well-appointed tents each have a large bedroom area, lounge, private plunge pool and sala. The spacious en-suite bathrooms comprise double showers, twin hand basins and an outdoor shower. Raised walkways allow animals to wander

freely through the camp to and from the Linyanti River and the Kings Pool Lagoon. The main area includes a lounge and dining area, a pool and an open-air kgotla for dining under the stars.

Activities include day and night game drives, walks, and boat cruises along the Linyanti River (water levels allowing).

k u b u lo d g e PO Box 43, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0312 • Fax: +267 625 1092 Cell: +267 712 65000 or +257 718 86952 • Email: kubu@botsnet.bw • www.kubulodge.net The privately owned and run Kubu Lodge is set in 30 hectares of riverine forest on the banks of the Chobe River.

It comprises 11 thatched chalets all raised on stilts on a shaded lawn that spreads beneath giant ebony and wild fig trees to the river’s edge. The rustic exterior belies the comfort within, which includes full en-suite facilities, ceiling fans, mosquito nets, tea/coffee making facility and comfortable beds. Other facilities available include a bar, curio shop, quiet reading lounge and private secluded swimming pool.

Activities include three-hour game drives or boat cruises into Chobe National Park for a variety of big game and birdlife, a slow cruise to the confluence of the Chobe/Zambezi Rivers, a visit to the crocodile farm or snake park, a nature trail walk on the property, fishing trips or a day trip to Victoria Falls.

With the world famous Chobe National Park right on the doorstep, and the mighty Victoria Falls only an hour away, Kubu Lodge is an ideal place from which to explore this fascinating region.

K wa r a C a m p c/o Kwando Safaris • PO Box 550, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1449 • Fax: +267 686 1457 Email: reservations@kwando.co.za • www.kwando.co.za Kwara camp is situated on the edge of the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta and shares a common boundary with the Moremi Game Reserve. Owing to the specific location of the camp, Kwara is able to offer, power boating, mokoro trips, walks and game drives all year round. In addition, Kwara is in a large private concession, enabling the game drives to operate both off road and at night.

The camp consists of eight luxury tents accommodating 16 guests. There is one honeymoon suite. The camp setting is a tall treed island on the edge of the Okavango Delta.

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The teak furniture created by Zimbabwean master craftsmen is elegant, comfortable and simple. Most of the tents are raised on teak decks to afford views over the surrounding plains and lagoon with the resident hippos.

K wa n d o Lag o o n C a m p c/o Kwando Safaris • PO Box 550, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1449 • Fax: +267 686 1457 Email: reservations@kwando.co.za • www.kwando.co.za Kwando Lagoon Camp is situated in the extensive 232,000 hectare Kwando wilderness. It comprises eight spacious purpose-designed tents with views over the private lagoon formed by the ever-changing Kwando River. In the dry season, the Lagoon offers a fauna experience unmatched in Africa.

Kwando. The tents are furnished in the best teak furniture that Zimbabwean master craftsmen can create. The shady cool interiors are produced by a canvas flysheet under shade cloth, which are also set under massive ebony and marula trees with shady lawns.

Each tent comprises a bedroom area with a spacious ensuite bathroom. The bathroom has a double basin set in an indigenous Mukwa wood stand and a flush loo. The spacious outdoor reeded showers capture the essence of Africa that is

A small plunge pool is available to cool off in during the long summer days. The resident hippos entertain the guests as they sit in deck chairs on the decks in front of their tents.

K wetsani Camp P Bag 19, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3777 • Fax: +267 686 4881 Email: nasops@nas.co.bw • www.kwetsani.com Kwetsani is one of the most remote camps in the Okavango and is situated on an elongated island heavily wooded with palm, mangosteen and fig trees. It is an intimate yet luxurious camp raised on wooden decks high above the lush vegetation under the canopy of these beautiful trees.

Five beautifully furnished ‘tree house’ rooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom and viewing deck, provide guests with open, airy accommodation of thatch, wood, glass and canvas. The dining room, lounge and pub area, situated under a cool thatched roof, looks out over an enormous floodplain often dotted with

lechwe, wildebeest and other plains game. Guests can watch the animals from this deck and plunge pool or from the privacy of their rooms, Kwetsani offers excellent land and water-based activities dependent on annual flood levels.

Guests can view wildlife by mokoro, explore islands on foot or experience game drives by day or night. Lion, leopard, elephant, zebra, tsessebe and red lechwe, hippo and crocodile are all found here, as well as animals such as porcupine, aardwolf, serval, genet and bushbaby.

Lebal a Camp c/o Kwando Safaris • PO Box 550, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1449 • Fax: +267 686 1457 Email: reservations@kwando.co.za • www.kwando.co.za Hidden in the south of the extensive Kwando wilderness, Lebala Camp comprises 16 beds in eight luxurious tents on Zimbabwe teak decks. Each tent comprises a spacious bedroom area, bathroom including a Victorian ball-and-claw bath tub and double basin, outside reeded shower, dressing area and side entrance to preserve privacy.

Lebala is the Tswana word for wide-open plains and each tent has extensive views over expansive tracts of African plains and wetlands that comprise part of the Kwando-Linyanti

flood plain system. This system is an intricate labyrinth of waterways, reed beds, islands, floodplains, bush, scrub and trees. To those in the know it is somewhat like Okavango, but something different, too.

The guests arrive near a massive sausage tree and amble over a winding seasonal waterway, using an elevated walkway, into the peaceful lounge and bar area under thatch. The path continues through the thatched dinning area to the pathways leading to personal hideaways and tents.

l e ro o l a tau Tel: +27 11 706 0861 • Fax: +27 11 706 0863 • Email: reservations@desertdelta.com Blog site: http://desertdelta.blogspot.com • www.desertdelta.com Overlooking the Makgadikgadi National Park, Leroo La Tau is built on the 15 metre high cliffs of the dry Boteti River. This raised vantage point offers spectacular wildlife sightings.

This newly built lodge offers guest accommodation in 12 luxurious timber, thatch and glass chalets all raised on wooden viewing decks. The thatch and timber main lodge building houses the dining room, reading lounge and bar area. Expansive wooden decks and slightly raised pathways lead to the plunge pool and the game viewing hide and

fireplace which are located directly above the waterhole in front of the lodge.

During the dry times this area is populated by up to 30,000 zebra and wildebeest, closely followed by an influx of predators which have all migrated to the Boteti River in search of water. Explore the area and enjoy this spectacular wildlife phenomenon on guided day and night game drives.

L i t t l e K wa r a C a m p c/o Kwando Safaris • PO Box 550, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1449 • Fax: +267 686 1457 Email: reservations@kwando.co.za • www.kwando.co.za Little Kwara Camp is situated on a treed island on the edge of the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta.

This brand-new property is an intimate four-tent camp with a fifth pilot or guide accommodation and is consistent with the Kwando Safaris promise of ‘Intimate Camps in Private Areas with Personal Service – Vintage Africa’.

The camp is hidden among trees. Access is by air via the Kwara airstrip. While the camp shares its name with the well known 16-bed Kwara Camp, also operated by Kwando

Safaris, Little Kwara Camp is a completely separate camp from Kwara. The tents are spacious and are elevated into the tree canopy on wooden decks, each with its own private veranda.

Each tent has its own en-suite facilities comprising bathroom with bath and an inside/outside shower.

This is an ideal camp for exclusive use by small groups and families.

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l i t t l e v u m b u r a C A MP P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 Little Vumbura is a small camp hidden on a pretty island surrounded by the floodplains and deep, clear channels for which the Okavango is famed. Mokoro, boating and game drives take advantage of the plentiful habitat and wildlife.

It is a beautiful six-roomed tented camp, including one family room, shaded by the canopy of an ancient Okavango forest.

Each tent is large and roomy and has en-suite facilities. A plunge pool and reading area overlook the floodplains and a star deck leads off the dining area.

Being on an island, water-based activities are a focus, with mokoro trips under the guidance of experienced polers and swamp boat cruises along the permanent channels. Game drives in open Land Rovers allow guests to get close to animals in the savanna areas. Walks (on request) around the islands are an opportunity to enjoy Africa from a different perspective. Game viewing is consistently good all year round.

Ma n k w e B u s h Lo d g e c/o Kgori Safaris, P Bag 146, Maun • Tel: +267 686 5788 • Fax: +267 686 5787 Email: mankwe@info.bw • www.mankwe.com To stay at Mankwe Bush Lodge is like staying inside a game park as the animals move around freely and there are no fences between the reserves and the campsite. The lodge is in the middle of a wilderness conservation area, so as soon as the wheels start turning, the game drive has begun.

From the campsites, the Moremi Game Reserve, the Savuti area of the Chobe National Park and the game-rich Khwai river area can easily be visited. Safari options include the seven-day TransOkavango Delta & Moremi Adventure, the seven-day Okavango

Delta Wilderness Experience, the five-day Fly-In Okavango Delta Wilderness Experience and the 10-day Delta and Chobe Adventure.

Guests may wish to just stay in camp and enjoy the serenity of the surrounding wilderness. But for other days, game drives can be undertaken and Mankwe Bush Lodge also operates the Mboma boat station in the Moremi Game Reserve. For the experience of a lifetime, a boat or mokoro can be hired for an overnight stay on an island in the Okavango Delta.

m a s hat u PO Box 26, Lentswe Le Moriti • Tel: +267 264 5321 • PO Box 55514, Northlands, 2116, Gauteng, South Africa Tel: +27 11 442 2267 • Fax: +2711 442 2318 • Email: reservations@malamala.com • www.mashatu.com At the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers is an area known historically as the Tuli enclave where the Mashatu Game Reserve is situated. A place of exceptional beauty, Mashatu Game Reserve is an area of history and legend, with some of the most exciting game viewing in Africa.

On the reserve, Mashatu Main Camp consists of 14 suites, each furnished with a double bed (or twin beds), a day bed, en-suite bathroom and a second WC. The dining area, stunning day lounge and Gin Trap bar provide diverse lookouts from which to enjoy and appreciate the environment. There is also a swim-

ming pool, a curio shop and an air conditioned conference room with seating for up to 44 delegates With never more than 16 guests, Mashatu Tent Camp, provides accommodation in the form of eight twin tents. Although rustic in character, every facility is provided. The insect-proofed tents have comfortable beds and an en-suite shower and WC. There is an open-sided thatch deck where meals are served, a shaded hide overlooking the waterhole, a traditional boma for intimate camp-fire dinners and a plunge pool.

Mau n r e s t ca m p PO Box 250, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3623 • Fax: +267 686 3472 Email: simonjoyce@info.bw Simon Paul and Joyce Bestelink, owners of Maun Rest Camp and Safaris, operate mobile camping safaris throughout Botswana. The main aim of the safaris is to spend as much time as possible out in the bush, observing the wildlife, big and small, the birds and the insects and taking the best photographs possible.

and Baines Baobabs, Makgadikgadi Pans and the Okavango Delta. Trips are also run to Tsodilo Hills, Gcwihaba Caverns and Kubu Island. Families with children are welcome.

The aim is to make every safari something special, where guests take home more than just good photographs.

Itineraries are suggested to suit guests’ dates and safaris are organised to all of the great parks and reserves of Botswana including Moremi, Chobe, Central Kalahari, Khutse, Nxai Pan

m o m b o ca m p o k ava n g o P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 Mombo Camp, on the northern tip of Chief’s Island within the Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta, is built under large shady trees and overlooks an open floodplain more often than not alive with wildlife. This area boasts enormous concentrations of plains game and large predators – lions in particular – providing what is arguably the best big game viewing in Botswana.

Accommodation comprises nine spacious tents raised two metres off the ground with breathtaking views over the

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plains. The sala, long veranda and lounge area all take advantage of such vistas. Bathrooms are en-suite, with indoor and outdoor showers. The main living and dining area is under thatch. There is a boma for delicious dinners under the stars and a plunge pool to relax in on a hot day.

Activities at Mombo mainly comprise morning and afternoon game drives in open 4x4 vehicles.

m u ch e n j e s a fa r i lo d g e P Bag K31, Kasane • Tel: +267 620 0013/4/5 • Fax: +267 620 0016 • Cell: +267 7164 6017 UK Tel: +44 1206 265 121 • UK Fax: +44 1206 265 122 • Email: info@muchenje.com • www.muchenje.com Muchenje Lodge offers unparalleled safari experiences for both discerning clientele and newcomers to the bush.

platform and library while the feature swimming pool is built among natural rock formations.

Situated on the western side of Chobe National Park, Muchenje is the only lodge in this area and offers unique and prolific game experiences. With stunning panoramic views, the Central Lodge is the heart of Muchenje.

Muchenje accommodates just 20 guests in intimate exclusivity. The 10 twin-bedded thatched chalets, all with en-suite facilities, are sited on the escarpment edge with unique views.

Guests can relax in the lounge bar or look-out platform and enjoy the wonderful homely atmosphere. The main lodge features dining area, bar, reception, curio shop, game viewing

The lodge offers some of the most diverse safari activities to be found in the Chobe area including game drives, cultural excursions, walking safaris and a river cruise.

n ata lo d g e Tel: +267 621 1210 • Fax: +267 621 1265 Email: natalodge@inet.co.bw • www.natalodge.com Nata Lodge is an oasis set among the Mokolwane Palms on the edge of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. The lodge is situated close to the entrance of the Nata Sanctuary and is just off the main road and 10 km from Nata Village. This is the junction to the Okavango, Chobe and Francistown areas.

The lodge offers luxury and thatched chalets set in rustic African-style, custom designed en-suite safari tents set on platforms. Camping site with stylish semi-open ablution facilities. Other facilities include a pool, restaurant, curio

shop and a bar lounge area. The new conference centre can accommodate up to 150 delegates. This venue is perfect for both conferences and weddings.

Nata Lodge offers 4x4 guided tours in the Nata Sanctuary.

Quad biking is exceptionally popular.

Nata Lodge’s location provides a unique stopover destination when visiting the Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, Victoria Falls and Zambia.

N X A BEG A OK AVA NGO S A FA RI C A MP PO Box 232, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0119 Fax: +267 625 0456 • Email: reservations@ccafrica.com • www.ccafrica.com CC Africa is one of the world’s leading ecotourism companies, deeply committed to providing the ultimate in responsible luxury and world-renowned for offering exhilarating wildlife experiences led by highly skilled guides.

CC Africa’s Nxabega Okavango Safari Camp is on the edge of the Okavango Delta in a 7,000 hectare exclusive wildlife concession bordering the Moremi Game Reserve. Meaning ‘Place of the Giraffe’, Nxabega is ideally positioned to explore the magnificence of the Okavango.

The camp is known for its elegant tented accommodation with breathtaking views of the ever-changing Okavango Delta. Nine exclusive tented suites on raised wooden platforms nestle under a canopy of African ebony trees, featuring private verandas overlooking the reeded molapo (floodplain).

From this springboard of comfort, guests can experience the irresistible combination of water and wildlife on twice-daily game drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles, exciting mokoro rides, bush walks and excellent birdwatching.

O k ava n g o H o r s e Sa fa r i s ( P t y ) Lt d P Bag 23, Maun • Tel: +267 6861 671 • Fax: +267 6861 672 Email: safaris@okavangohorse.com • www.okavangohorse.com Okavango Horse Safaris is owned and operated by Barney and P.J. Bestelink and offers highly personalised safaris in the remote central region of Botswana’s Okavango Delta.

One of southern Africa’s most enigmatic river systems, this vast inland delta lies like an emerald jewel in the otherwise dry Kalahari Desert. It is an astonishing maze of papyrus-lined waterways, meadows and woodland that are rich in birdlife and game.

Camp, from where there is a clear view of the country about to be explored. There is a choice of five, seven or 10-day safaris and the attention to detail remains paramount as each safari is made up of no more than eight guests.

When not in the saddle – which may be four to six hours in a day – picnicking or dining, there is swimming, mokoro trips, game drives and birding walks to ensure that each journey is a fulfilling experience.

Guests are flown by helicopter from Maun into Kujwana

Okuti Camp PO Box 27, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0375 • Fax: +267 686 1282 Email: info@kerdowney.bw • www.kerdowneybotswana.com This delightful camp lies alongside the Maunachira River, which flows through the Xakanaxa Lagoon, within the world renowned Moremi Game Reserve. Offering a welcome touch of comfort, Okuti has recently been rebuilt amid the wilderness of one of Botswana’s prime game viewing regions.

Okuti caters for a maximum of 18 guests. Five units are twin share and two are family units consisting of two rooms sharing a bathroom. This is ideal for families as Okuti is a child friendly lodge.

Guests can experience game drives in the Moremi Game Reserve in specially designed safari vehicles, allowing unhindered views for game viewing and photography.

Moremi is a park rich in wildlife. Game viewing is consistent all year round, so it is ideal for the first-time visitor to Botswana. In addition to game drives, guests can explore the delta waterways by motorboat. From open lagoons to winding channels, it is a birders’ paradise, especially for herons and storks in the breeding season.

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P l a n e t Bao b a b PO Box 173, Francistown • Tel: +267 241 2277; 240 3309 • Fax: +267 241 3458 Email: reservations@unchartedafrica.com • www.unchartedafrica.com Welcome to the Baobab capital of the world. Planet Baobab is a fun and funky homage to an African village.

It is affordable and deeply desirable. There are three levels of accommodation: Bakalanga Huts (en-suite); Baobab Huts and Camping (communal ablution facilities).

Activities can be booked individually or as part of a fully inclusive itinerary. These range from the cultural to the adventurous.

Seek out the last migration in southern Africa of zebra and wildebeest; quad bike across the lunar expanse of the great extinct Makgadikgadi superlake; visit a local village and meet a traditional healer; visit a cattle post and have a traditional Batswana meal (the mopani worms are optional); walk with meerkats; take a trip to Nxai Xini Pan for a stone tool and fossil extravaganza; spend the night on Ntwetwe Pan, under the stars and wake up with the sun rising between your feet; then relax by the coolest pool in the Kalahari.

p o m p o m ca m p Tel: +267 625 0336 • Fax: +267 625 0437 Email: pompom@chobelodge.co.bw • www.pompomcamp.com In the heart of the Okavango Delta, within the Matsebe concession area, Pom Pom camp is an 18-bed safari camp, built and designed in the style of safari camps of old.

The camp overlooks a scenic lagoon and is quietly nestled under a grove of shady trees. The camp has nine large walk-in tents, all with en-suite showers and flush toilets. Although roofless, the bathrooms are enclosed for privacy and security and offer a truly unique bush adventure. This is a camp for the safari traditionalist.

In the main thatched building there is a cosy bar, lounge and table settings for imaginative meals prepared by safari chefs.

Camp staff are proficient at their skills and will offer advice, suggestions and help.

In addition to its abundant big game, Pom Pom is a paradise for birdwatchers.

Rh i n o E X E C UTIVE Lo d g e PO Box 1185, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1469 • Fax: +267 686 5120 • Cell: +267 7227 0844, 7150 0111 Email: rhinolodge@botsnet.bw, mgmasedi@yahoo.com • www.lionroarsafaris.com Rhino Executive Lodge is a new business in Maun specialising in hospitality lodging including accommodation, catering and conference facilities.

Rhino Lodge is a 21-bed lodge with air conditioning and a television. Catering for all meals takes place in the lodge’s dining room, with additional room service.

ment there is also a full open bar, which opens till late.

Under the Lion Roars Safari, the company caters for camping tours of two to 10 days’ duration to the wilderness of the Moremi Game Reserve. Mokoro trips, scenic flights and camel riding are also available.

The lodge also has a conference room that can accommodate up to 60 people, with media projector, air conditioning and all meals of the day including teas with snacks. For refresh-

Sa n C a m p PO Box 173, Francistown • Tel: +267 241 2277; 240 3309 • Fax: +267 241 3458 Email: reservations@unchartedafrica.com • www.unchartedafrica.com San Camp, deep in the Kalahari, is surely one of the most romantic camps in Africa. This luminescent white-tented camp stands majestically on the edge of the endless salt pans of the Makgadikgadi.

Here it is the nothingness that attracts. The activities, cuisine and guiding are the same as at Jack’s Camp, but the intimacy and serenity of this unique camp set it apart.

San Camp is smaller than Jack’s, with just six tents, so is ideal for small groups wanting exclusivity.

S A NDIBE S A FA RI LODGE PO Box 323, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0119 • Fax: +267 625 0456 Email: reservations@ccafrica.com • www.ccafrica.com CC Africa is one of the world’s leading ecotourism companies, deeply committed to providing the ultimate in responsible luxury and world renowned for offering exhilarating wildlife experiences led by highly skilled guides.

CC Africa’s Sandibe Safari Lodge is situated on a permanent channel of the Okavango Delta, next to the wildlife-rich Moremi Game Reserve. With exclusive traversing rights over 270 sq km of wilderness in a private concession, this site was chosen specifically for its extraordinary beauty and for its

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proximity to the game-rich grassy plains.

The lodge was built with a commitment to “treading lightly on the earth” and consists of only eight thatched en-suite cottages. Private decks right on the delta provide idyllic vantage points in this birdwatchers’ paradise.

Guests can also experience the irresistible combination of water and wildlife on twice-daily game drives, exciting mokoro rides, bush walks and delta cruises in an electrically powered ‘eco-boat’.

Sav u t e E l e p ha n t C a m p c/o Orient-Express Safaris, PO Box 100, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0302 • Fax: +267 686 0153 Email: sfowler@orient-express-safaris.co.za • www.orient-express-safaris.com PO Box 786432, Sandton 2146, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 2741800 • Fax: +27 11 4816065 Email: reservations@orient-express-safaris.co.za Perched on the banks of the now dry Savute Channel, in the Savute region of Chobe National Park, the camp is a spectacular base from which to explore the area, often referred to as the elephant capital of the world. Access to the lodge is by light aircraft from Maun, a 50-minute flight transfer. The camp offers dining in a covered dining room or in an open-air boma or “place of eating” where guests can enjoy a traditional al fresco dining experience while being entertained by members of staff.

All tents, public areas and swimming pool overlook the nearby waterhole, just metres from the camp. Game viewing activities include morning and afternoon game drives in open safari vehicles.

The 12 luxury en-suite tents with viewing decks have comfortable outdoor loungers, dressing rooms, air conditioning and outdoor showers.

Sav u t E s a fa r i lo d g e Tel: +27 11 706 0861 • Fax: +27 11 706 0863 • Email: reservations@desertdelta.com Blog site: http://desertdelta.blogspot.com • www.desertdelta.com Located on the banks of the dry Savuti channel, Savute Safari Lodge accommodates only 24 guests in local timber and glass suites with cool thatching, recently refurbished in elegant modern African décor. All chalets have private decks, a combined bedroom and lounge area and en-suite facilities.

These features set the lodge apart from other typical safari accommodation.

The lounge, library and cocktail bar are in an exquisite thatch and timber main building. Overlooking the channel, Savute boasts a viewing deck, al fresco dining area and swimming

pool – ideal for watching game at the waterhole.

Game drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles are conducted in the Savute area, including the Savute Marsh, and guests can visit the ancient San rock paintings at Gubatsa Hills.

This area is renowned for its population of bull elephant and for the interaction of resident predator species.

s av u t i C A MP P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 Since it stopped flowing in 1980, what used to be a hippofilled river is now a grassland and a legendary predators’ enclave known as the Savuti Channel. In the dry season, the waterhole in front of camp is the only source of water over a large area and therefore offers excellent wildlife viewing.

This intimate camp has en-suite accommodation with seven large walk-in tents and one family room that are raised off the ground and face the Savuti Channel’s grasslands. From the camp’s thatched dining area, a plunge pool and large viewing

area extends outwards on raised wooden decks towards the channel, providing a wonderful view of the waterhole.

Guests can explore the channel on day and night game drives.

There are nature walks (on request) and several well positioned hides for safe, up-close animal viewing. Savuti Camp’s wood-pile hide is famous for spectacular elephant viewing in the drier winter months.

S e l i n da C a m p PO Box 22, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0505 • Fax: +267 625 0352 Email: reservations@selindareserve.com • www.selindareserve.com Selinda Camp is a small, wonderful, luxury tented safari camp situated on the banks of the eastern Selinda Spillway, a waterway that links Botswana’s Okavango Delta to the Linyanti and Kwando marshes, rivers and floodplains.

Guests can sit on the verandas and gaze pensively over the floodplains of the Selinda, enjoying the passing wildlife as it has been for millennia. Hardly a moment goes by without animals being seen in front of camp.

The shaded camp is raised off the ground and offers extraordinary views over the floodplains and open savannas, broken only by attractive palm islands. These views are among the camp’s most compelling features.

Zibadianja Camp is located in the Selinda Reserve, a private wildlife concession of some 1,350 sq km located in the northern Kwando/Linyanti wildlife management areas of Botswana.

Sh i n d e C a m p PO Box 27, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0375 • Fax: +267 686 1282 Email: info@kerdowney.bw • www.kerdowneybotswana.com Nestled on a lush palm island in the heart of the northern Okavango Delta, Shinde is an intimate camp located at the edge of Shinde lagoon, teeming with animal and birdlife.

toilet. Every possible comfort has been catered for including mosquito proofing, generated electricity and a private viewing deck – and even a handy flashlight.

The main lodge’s unique tree house, made of a multi-tiered raised dining/lounge area under canvas and set among the shade of ebony and mangosteen, complements the atmosphere of this original safari camp.

Each tent, strategically positioned, offers splendid views across the delta’s mysterious waterways or open grasslands.

Shinde comprises eight twin-bed classic safari tents, each with en-suite bathroom, hot and cold running water and flush

Shinde offers a diverse range of activities, having the ideal location for water and land activities throughout the year.

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S ta n l e y ’ s C a m p P Bag 45, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2688 • Fax: +267 686 3526 Email: southernafrica@sanctuarylodges.com • www.sanctuarylodges.com Set in an amphitheatre of ebony and sausage trees on the southern tip of Chief’s Island, Stanley’s Camp borders the southern section of the Moremi Game Reserve.

and one of the largest buffalo populations in the Okavango Delta, which, in the dry season, can concentrate into a herd in excess of 2,000 head.

This private concession is located by definition in seasonal delta. The floodwaters arrive around June, although there is often navigable water all year round thanks to the presence of the Boro River.

Stanley’s consists of eight classic-styled safari tents raised on wooden decking. Each unit offers en-suite facilities and a private deck. The main building is raised on decking and offers expansive views over the surrounding floodplains. The structure was built into the existing treeline, its main support being a large sausage tree.

The area is home to a wide variety of big game including elephant, giraffe, hippo, lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dog

Tubu Tree Camp P Bag 19, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3777 • Fax: +267 686 4881 Email: nasops@nas.co.bw • www.tubutreecamp.com Tubu Tree Camp is a small camp built on the western side of Hunda Island in the Okavango’s Jao Concession. The camp is surrounded by diverse habitats ranging from dry Kalahari sandveld to Mopane woodland and riverine forest on the edge of permanent waterways.

The camp is built in traditional style with five tents on raised wooden platforms, allowing great views over the floodplains.

Each tent has a private front deck, en-suite bathroom facilities and an outdoor shower. The main dining and lounge are tented and on raised wooden decks. An outdoor pub area

is under the canopy of a large Marula tree and next to it is a deck-lined plunge pool. A walkway leads to an open-air outside dining area complete with open fire.

Activities include day and night game drives in open game viewing 4x4 vehicles, as well as guided walks. During the flood season (normally May to September) boating, fishing and mokoro trips are also offered. Elephant, lion, zebra, red lechwe, giraffe, tsessebe and wildebeest can be seen on the savanna and floodplains, while kudu, impala, leopard and bushbuck can be seen in the denser woodland areas.

VUMB A R A PL A INS C A MP P Bag 014, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 Vumbura Plains is a luxury camp situated in a private concession in the extreme north of the Delta. The concession, which is leased from the neighbouring community, includes a wide variety of habitats, diverse wildlife and an enormous traversing area of 60,000 hectares.

The camp comprises two separate seven-roomed satellite camps (including two family rooms), each with its own raised dining, lounge and bar area tucked beneath a canopy of cool, shady, indigenous trees and with a magnificent vista across

the floodplains. A stargazing deck with comfortable cushions protrudes into the floodplain – a place to gaze upwards or a convivial camp fire setting.

Vumbura Plains offers both land and water activities – principally nature viewing in open 4x4 vehicles in a wide variety of habitats encompassing just about every animal that occurs in the Okavango biome. There are also nature walks, mokoro trips and boat excursions.

X UG A N A ISL A ND LODGE Tel: +27 11 706 0861 • Fax: +27 11 706 0863 • Email: reservations@desertdelta.com Blog site: http://desertdelta.blogspot.com • www.desertdelta.com An open boma and al fresco dining area overlooks the Xugana Lagoon expanse of pristine water that makes up the permanent delta. The lounge, bar and dining areas are set back under the ebony and African mangosteen tree canopy in open-sided thatched structures. The swimming pool, located within the mature gardens in the centre of the island, is a perfect place to relax.

Exploring the delta by motorboat or mokoro, combined with walking on surrounding islands in the concession, gives guests the chance to experience a classic Okavango Delta safari.

Birdwatching opportunities are outstanding, and fishing for bream and tigerfish is also offered as an activity at the lodge.

The lodge accommodates just 16 guests in large raised reed and thatch lagoon-facing chalets with en-suite facilities and private viewing decks situated on the shaded fringe of the island.

Z i b a d i a n ja C a m p PO Box 22, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0505 • Fax: +267 625 0352 Email: reservations@selindareserve.com • www.selindareserve.com Zibadianja Camp is moving to a great new site that looks towards the Zibadianja Lagoon.

views across the flood plain that forms an extension of the southern shores of the Zibadianja Lagoon.

The new site is about 2 km south-east from the old camp and is situated in the eastern sector of the Selinda Reserve under ancient giant jackalberry and red ivory forests.

Zibadianja Camp is located in the Selinda Reserve, a private wildlife concession of some 1,350 sq km located in the northern Kwando/Linyanti wildlife management areas.

The uninterrupted views over these productive floodplains are truly breathtaking. The enormous shady trees, the palm fringed savannas and the high concentrations of wildlife and birdlife out front characterise the camp, as do the elevated

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INNISFREE A Pa rt m e n t s PO Box 301294, Tlokweng • Tel: +267 395 3603 • Fax: +267 395 3603 Email: innisfree@info.bw • www.innisfreeapartments.co.bw Innisfree Apartments is a fully serviced hotel in the village of Tlokweng, near Gaborone.

The restaurant offers breakfast and dinner. There is an outside patio with bar, braai and pool area. Some rooms are self-catering.

Accommodation options include single room (double bed ensuite), luxury studio with kitchenette, one bedroom suite, with separate lounge, kitchenette and patio, and a family suite, with two rooms and separate lounge, kitchenette and patio.

Amenities include 24-hour security, beautiful landscaped gardens, parking right outside each front door, a swimming pool with outside braai area, internet access, secretarial services, laundry service, dining and bar service. The hotel is just a one-minute drive from the Riverwalk shopping centre.

All rooms have television, air conditioning and a telephone.

The kitchen contains a kettle, toaster, fridge, microwave, cutlery and crockery.

m ot h e o a pa rt m e n t s P Bag BR 185, Plot 4710, Moremi Road, Gaborone • Tel: +267 3951564 • Fax: +267 3900358 Email: motheoapartments@info.bw • www.motheoapartments.co.bw Opened in February 1999, Motheo Apartments is a range of luxury self-contained apartments situated in the heart of Gaborone near the Main Mall and accessible from two major roads: Independence and the Broadhurst Road passing in front of the Gaborone Sun. There are 54 rooms, comprising studio, one and two bedrooms and town houses. All rooms are fully furnished with satellite TV, laundry facilities, internet, telephone line and air conditioning.

These affordable self-catering holiday apartments have a peaceful and central location, making them an ideal choice for holiday and business visitors who wish to experience everything that Gaborone has to offer.

The apartments are all situated in one compound with a beautiful garden and a swimming pool.

Lu lu Kat i k at i Day S pa & Lu x u ry G u e s t h o u s e Plot 86, Heaven on Earth Boulevard, Maun • PO Box 201956, Gaborone • Tel: +267 316 1435 • Cell: 7210 0337, 7132 5505 lulu.rasebotsa@hotmail.com • tgannet@yahoo.co.uk Lulu Kati Kati Spa is a private hideaway offering a unique spa facility to local and international visitors. This exclusive bush retreat accommodates a maximum of eight guests and has an unsurpassed African safari feel to it.

A private plunge pool, built within the wooden viewing deck, overlooks the once perennial Thamalakane River. Lulu Kati Kati is the ideal setting in which to relax and unwind.

Lulu Kati Kati is a five-minute walk from the tranquil hippo pool. Game drives to the nearby famous Moremi Game

Reserve can be arranged and are conducted by experienced field guides.

Lulu Kati Kati is a peaceful, rustic retreat only 12 minutes from Maun airport.

Also on offer are full body massages on the banks of the Thamalakane River with a blend of various essential oils and hot stone therapy. A hand-crafted cement bath and outdoor safari shower complement the authentic African safari atmosphere.

Super Guest House PO Box 50407 Gaborone • Tel/Fax: +267 318 2134 Cell: 71734578 /72537282 The Super Guest House offers all en-suite, air conditioned rooms. Guests can be sure of friendly and welcoming service.

The property is well fenced with 24-hour security.

The guest house is conveniently located within easy reach of a government clinic, a private hospital, an industrial area and shopping centres. There are good connections by public transport to various key places of interest.

Th e Ga r d e n Lo d g e c/o Cedrela, P Bag K 48, Plot 714, President Avenue, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0051 Fax: +267 625 0577 • Email: gabi@thegardenlodge.com • www.thegardenlodge.com The Garden Lodge was built with the specific intention of offering a personal service to a small number of guests. With just 24 beds, it is one of the smallest and most exclusive lodges in the area.

Located in Kasane, on the banks of the Chobe River, in the far north of Botswana, the lodge has eight bedrooms – four doubles and four family – each with its own bathroom and private veranda overlooking the Chobe River.

Activities revolve around game viewing by vehicle and boat in the Chobe National Park. Mobile camping safaris, as well as

day trips to Victoria Falls, are organised through the lodge.

The lounge and dining room are furnished in teak and wicker.

All decor comes from Botswana or one of the neighbouring countries. Guests have the choice of sitting inside under the thatched roof or outside by the swimming pool.

For dinner, guests generally sit at one table, allowing them to meet each other. Often, the conversation continues well after the meal has ended, perhaps in the bar which overlooks the Chobe River.

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C r e s ta B o s e l e H ot e l PO Box 177, Selebi-Phikwe • Tel: +267 261 0675 • Fax: +267 261 1083 Email: resbosele@cresta.co.bw • www.cresta-hospitality.co.bw The Cresta Bosele Hotel is set in the dynamic and fast growing location of Selebi-Phikwe at the gateway to the Tuli area, famous for its abundant wildlife.

After a long day, guests can take time out for a relaxing swim, sip a cocktail at the pool bar or enjoy a round of golf at the town’s 18-hole golf course.

A two-star hotel serving the needs of the business traveller as well as the tourist, the hotel offers 51 air conditioned rooms with en-suite bathroom, radio, television, video channels and direct dial telephone. The Phakalane Conference Room seats 100 delegates in cinema style, while the Peolwane Conference Room seats about 50 people in cinema style. A range of audio visual equipment is available.

The Bosele Grill offers a variety of fine dishes, including Continental and full English breakfast, and both à la carte and table d’hôte menus for lunch and dinner. For those in between times, the Palm Terrace offers a menu of light meals and snacks throughout the day.

C r e s ta B ot s a lo H ot e l PO Box 35, Palapye • Tel: +267 492 0245 • Fax: +267 492 0587 Email: resbotsalo@cresta.co.bw • www.cresta-hospitality.co.bw In the hot, dry expanse between Gaborone and Francistown lies the town of Palapye where the cool welcoming Cresta Botsalo Hotel can be found.

For conferencing and banqueting, the Morula Room can accommodate 150 people and has a range of equipment.

Other facilities include a swimming pool and darts.

A major commercial town, Palapye is central to several towns nearby and has rich historical roots.

Evenings can be spent at the Savuti Grill, which also offers Continental and full English breakfasts as well as an à la carte menu for lunch, and the Metsing Bar. Enjoy a cocktail at the poolside or simply explore the history of the Bangwato Tribe and the resting place of their king, Sir Seretse Khama.

The Cresta Botsalo Hotel offers 49 air conditioned rooms, including 39 double and 10 twins rooms, all with radio, TV, video channel, direct dial telephone and shaver outlet.

C r e s ta Lo d g e P Bag 00126, Gaborone • Tel: +267 397 5375 • Fax: +267 390 0635/3184609 Email: reslodge@cresta.co.bw • www.cresta-hospitality.co.bw Whether visiting for business or pleasure, the Cresta Lodge has everything for a comfortable and cost-effective stay.

The lodge has 159 air conditioned rooms, each with en-suite P Bathroom, radio, DSTV television, direct telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, shaver outlets and hair dryer.

The hotel is conveniently located 2 km from the city centre and 5 km from the Gaborone Game Park. There are nature trails winding their way down from the lodge to the banks of the Gaborone Dam. In addition, the new Fairground shop-

ping mall is next door. Guests can enjoy a relaxing drink and superb cuisine in the Chatters Restaurant and Cocktail Bar. For those who want more, Cresta Lodge offers a carpeted and air cooled marquee with a capacity for 200 in conference.

This also makes an ideal venue for weddings, exhibitions and cocktail parties.

The lodge also provides two small conference boardrooms, secretarial services, laundry, dry cleaning as well as daily transport services.

C r e s ta Ma r a n g H ot e l PO Box 807, Francistown • Tel: +267 241 3991/2/3 • Fax: +267 241 2130 Email: reservations@marang.cresta.co.bw • www.cresta-hospitality.co.bw The Cresta Marang Hotel occupies the most beautiful natural hotel location in Botswana, just 4 km outside Francistown on the banks of the Tati River.

to as the ‘garden hotel’. Originally a nursery, the hotel is set among some of the oldest and most beautiful trees in the area, with rambling lawns overlooking the Tati River.

It is a perfect setting for business or leisure, with friendly service, 58 comfortable air conditioned rooms and a sumptuous à la carte and buffet menu. All rooms have satellite television, tea and coffee making facilities, same-day laundry service and dry cleaning.

The restaurant is used by both residents and visitors, while the Fox and Hound Cocktail Bar is set in the heart of the hotel and the Tati River pool bar is a popular watering hole.

Boasting some of the best gardens in town, it is often referred

Conference facilities include several rooms for meetings of between 15 and 120 people. Other facilities include a courtesy bus, camping facilities, a casino and a gift shop.

C r e s ta P r e s i d e n t H ot e l PO Box 200, Gaborone • Tel: +267 395 3631 • Fax: +267 395 1840 Email: respresident@cresta.co.bw • www.cresta-hospitality.com The central location of the Cresta President Hotel offers the ideal base to explore the capital of Botswana, including the government enclave, the civic centre, the National Museum and Art Gallery, banking halls, embassies and the State House all within a three-mile radius.

Ideal for tourists and business travellers, the hotel has 80 air conditioned rooms with en-suite bath and shower, radio, digital satellite, television, video channel and direct dial telephone, tea and coffee making facilities and room service.

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The Cresta President also offers comprehensive conference facilities easily adaptable for social occasions including banquets, functions, cocktail parties and wedding receptions.

The Terrace Restaurant seats up to 140 guests and offers a full menu throughout the day. In addition there is the Pula Le Thebe Bar, located on the first floor and open until late every day.

Conference facilities include the Boiketlo Boardroom, with a capacity for 60 people, and the Brigadier Room, which can accommodate 120 people, as well as a wide range of audio and visual equipment.

C r e s ta R i l e y ’ s H OTEL PO Box 1, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0204 / 320 • Fax: +267 686 0580 Email: resrileys@cresta.co.bw • www.cresta-hospitality.com With the massive expanse of the Okavango Delta just a short distance away, Cresta Riley’s Hotel offers an established base on the very edge of paradise. Located on the banks of the slow-moving Thamalakane River, it is also a perfect getaway location for play or work in peaceful surroundings.

The hotel offers 51 air conditioned rooms, with en-suite bathroom, television, direct dial telephone and tea and coffee making facilities. Game viewing, bird walks, mokoro and boat trips and visits to the nearby Crocodile Farm are easily incorporated into any daily itinerary.

Riley’s Grill offers both Continental and full English buffet breakfasts and an à la carte menu for lunch and dinner. Braai lunch and dinner are served on Sundays.

Cresta Riley’s is a favourite conference venue with its fully equipped conference centre for 80 people nestling on the banks of the river. Other facilities include a hair salon, curio shop, swimming pool, secretarial services, on-site parking, secure porter’s lodge, airport transfer on request, travel agent and touring assistance.

C r e s ta Tha pa m a H ot e l P Bag 31, Francistown • Tel: +267 241 3872 • Fax: +267 241 3766/241 8690 Email: resthapama@cresta.co.bw Cresta Thapama Hotel is a four-star hotel located in Francistown, Botswana’s second-largest commercial centre. Satisfying the constant flow of tourists and business executives, the Cresta Thapama offers 96 air conditioned rooms with en-suite bathroom, radio, television, video channel, direct dial telephone and tea and coffee making facilities.

Seating up to 110 guests and offering à la carte and buffet menus for lunch and dinner, the Ivory Grill is the perfect place to relax in the evening. In addition, the Lenaka Bar and the pool bar offer light meals and snacks.

The fully equipped conference facilities are among the finest in Botswana and these can be adapted for private use as a banqueting or wedding venue. The Mokolane Room has a capacity for 100 people while the Francis Room can accommodate 80 people. The rooms can be combined.

Cresta Thapama has an impressive sports complex featuring glass-backed air conditioned squash courts and a gymnasium.

Other hotel facilities include a casino, squash courts, gymnasium, swimming pool, secretarial services, on-site parking and courtesy airport transfer.

Ech o Lo d g e PO Box 81, Kang • Tel: +267 651 8023 • Fax: +267 651 8025 Email: echolodge@it.bw Echo Lodge is just a few metres from the Trans-Kgalagadi Highway in Kang village, 380 km from Gaborone, at the junction of the Sekoma-Ghanzi and Kang-Hukuntsi roads.

Echo Lodge is a newly built convenient resort with 10 rooms for Trans-Kgalagadi road travellers and tourists between South East Botswana, South Africa and through Ghanzi to Namibia.

institutional organisations such as government, Land Board and District Council officials on business in and around Kang.

The grass-thatched buildings were designed to be specifically cooler in the hot summer months of the Kgalagadi Desert.

The hotel also has conference facilities and a restaurant.

It is a perfect retreat for conferences, business meetings, overnight or temporary stopovers in transit. It is also ideal for

Ga b o ro n e S u n H ot e l C a s i n o & Co n f e r e n c e C e n t r e P Bag 0016, Gaborone • Tel: +267 361 6000 • Fax: +267 390 2555 Email: gabs_res@sunint.co.za • www.sun-international.co.za The Gaborone Sun Hotel is located in the cosmopolitan capital of Botswana, with its excellent restaurants and bars and its world-class high-tech conference facilities. Offering comfort and luxury, it has been voted the Best Hotel in Botswana.

The challenges of Africa provide that stimulus and the Gaborone Sun provides the comfort and reassurance for those who face the challenge.

For a growing number of organisers in the conference and incentives industry, the Gaborone Sun is a popular choice. It sells itself to the international business market, bent on new experiences, new stimulations and new inspirations for greater achievement.

Mau n Lo d g e PO Box 376, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3939 • Fax: +267 686 3969 Email: maun.lodge@info.bw • www.maunlodge.com Maun Lodge is a three-star hotel situated on the doorstep to the Okavango Delta. Accommodation consists of six double rooms, 20 twin rooms and four suites. The deluxe Riverfront Suites, all with private verandas, are en-suite and fully air conditioned and include satellite television, bar/fridge on request, tea and coffee facilities. Room service and laundry facilities are available.

For those on a limited budget, there are 12 thatched chalets offering excellent value for money. All chalets are en-suite and fully air conditioned with tea and coffee facilities and local

television. Eight of the chalets cater for families. There are conference and banqueting facilities for up to 120 delegates.

There are also two smaller meeting rooms seating up to 40 people and a wide range of audio and visual equipment.

The à la carte restaurant offers a full menu and a range of daily chef specials, while The Boma is an open-air traditional bar and restaurant serving local dishes. In addition, the Pygmy Goose Bar is an ideal rendezvous for refreshments and conversation.

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M e tco u rt I n n At The Grand Palm Hotel Casino Convention Resort, Bonnington Farm, Molepolole Road, Gaborone Tel: +267 363 7777 • Fax: +267 391 0402 • Email: metres@grandpalm.bw • www.metcourt.com The Metcourt Inn at the Grand Palm Resort is a modern, affordable three-star select services hotel where guests decide what they need and pay for nothing extra.

The 149 modern rooms are comfortable and relaxing. After a good night’s rest, a delicious breakfast can be enjoyed at the restaurant. Guests can unwind in the bar and lounge area or catch up on some work in the business centre.

Guests of the Metcourt Inn have access to the Grand Palm Hotel Casino & Convention Resort’s magnificent variety of facilities.

M e tco u rt Lo d g e Blue Jacket Street, Francistown • Tel: +267 244 1100 • Fax: +267 244 0775 Email: info@metcourtlodge.co.bw • www.metcourt.com Situated in the heart of Francistown’s central business district, the Metcourt Lodge offers modern quality, efficiency and excellent value for money.

This cosy three-star select services hotel has 53 well appointed rooms, a conference room with seating for up to 50 delegates and a fully enclosed landscape atrium.

Over the past few years Francistown has seen a growth in demand for quality lodging establishments at affordable rates. The Metcourt Lodge meets these needs completely for every kind of traveller, from stop-off tourists to the overnight business person.

The Golden Hills Spur, located on the premises, offers guests a convenient, friendly and efficient dining alternative for a quick breakfast, business lunch or dinner, children’s party or special event catering.

Mondior Summit (formerly Syringa Hotel), Corner Mobuto & Maratadiba, The Village, Gaborone • Tel: +267 319 0600 Fax: +267 319 0660 • Email: reservations@mondiorsummit.co.bw • www.mondior.com For those who prefer quiet, understated elegance, the charm of the Mondior Summit lies in its unique ‘African chic’ style that combines a sense of timelessness with a warm and earthy atmosphere.

Other facilities include a boardroom, a conference room and a tranquil splash pool. The News Café next to the hotel blends the tempting delights of its original menu with the latest culinary trends.

This popular and elegant three-star hotel, with its 167 large rooms, offers the discerning guest first-class service while successfully maintaining international standards at attractive rates. All rooms provide self-catering facilities.

The Mondior Summit Hotel is ideally located in the hub of Gaborone, about 400 metres from the main Tlokweng Border traffic circle and just 20 minutes from the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport.

M owa n a Sa fa r i Lo d g e PO Box 266, Kasane • Tel: (267) 625 0300 • Fax: (267) 625 0301 Email: resmowana@cresta.co.bw • www.mowanasafarilodge.com Mowana Safari Lodge is set on the banks of the Chobe River, 5 km from the entrance to Chobe National Park, home to the largest concentration of wildlife in southern Africa.

There are 107 uniquely African luxurious rooms, all air conditioned, with en-suite bedrooms and four suites. All rooms face the Chobe River, with views of sunsets across immense tracts of bush and game grazing in the distance.

Conference facilities are available in the Batteleur Rooms 1 and 2. These elegant conference rooms have a sophisticated

setting that is ideal for gala dinners and cocktails. Gala and banquet menus are available on request.

The Serondella Restaurant offers world-class cuisine inspired by the many flavours of Africa. There is also the comprehensively stocked Savuti Bar, overlooking the Chobe River. Boma Terrace is an alternative dining outdoor facility.

Guests can play a round of golf on the lodge’s magnificent golf course or enjoy birdwatching from a mokoro – an unforgetable canoe trail on the Chobe River.

Pha k a l a n e G o l f E s tat e H ot e l RESORT PO Box 132, Gaborone • Tel: +267 393 0000/360 4000 • Fax: +267 315 9663 Email: sales@phakalane.co.bw • www.phakalane.com Phakalane Golf Estate Hotel Resort is only 15 km from the centre of Gaborone. The Pula clubhouse and the international standard 18-hole golf course offer the corporate and leisure traveller a host of activities in grand style.

A variety of golf packages, conference and private function packages and function venues is available to suit most requirements. Phakalane Golf Course’s beautifully landscaped 18th green can be viewed from the patios of the estate’s 12 self-catering Eagles Nest Golf Villas. In addition, there are

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eight three-bedroom self-catering fully furnished units providing spacious and luxury accommodation for businessmen and golfers alike. There is a range of restaurants and bars including Drotsky’s Fine Dining Restaurant, Feathers Halfway House and Linyanti Bar. The Reserve has a fine selection of vintage South African, Australian, French and Californian wines.

For functions and conferences, the Tsodilo Suite can host up to 300 people, while Jacana’s Nest, on the main lake, is the ideal venue for outdoor events for up to 500 people.

S e row e H ot e l ‘ Co u n t ry I n n ’ PO Box 150, Serowe • Tel: +267 463 0234 • Fax: +267 463 0203 Email: welcomebs@botsnet.bw Located in the historical village of Serowe, the Serowe Hotel ‘Country Inn’ can be found beside the main road. This small family-run business offers a selection of comfortable rooms, an à la carte restaurant open from morning to late and a picturesque thatched poolside bar.

Nearby, visitors can find the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, which was established to save the endangered white rhino but now also has one black rhino. No visit to Botswana is complete without going round the red-brick Khama III Memorial

Museum, which shows the history of the region and the historical papers of the Khama family.

The Serowe Hotel offers secure parking facilities, conference facilities, cocktail and outdoor bar facilities and it can host corporate functions and catering.

Tat i Ri v e r Lo d g e P Bag F 333, Francistown • Fax: +267 240 6080 Email: res@trl.co.bw • www.trl.co.bw Tati River Lodge is a picturesque traditional country hotel and conference centre 8 km from the centre of Francistown. Its tranquil venue and unique ambience are ideal for conferences, weddings, special functions and product launches.

For conferences and banquets, the Morojwa and Morula Rooms seat 100 people each, the Motswere Room seats 150 and the Mowana room 300. The entertainment area accommodates up to 500 guests for corporate functions and events.

The lodge also has a fully serviced, supervised and secure camping and caravan site with hot showers. The lodge has 74 standard rooms and four suites, all with air conditioning, television, telephone, bath and/or shower, safety deposit boxes, minibar, hair dryer and tea and coffee making facilities. Lodge facilities include a swimming pool, room service, cocktail bar and pool bar.

The Mophane Grill is a homely restaurant that offers mouth watering cuisine inspired by the many flavours of Africa.

Guests can also enjoy a sundowner on the terrace or in the adjoining cocktail bar.

Wa l m o n t A m b a ss a d o r H OTEL (Formerly The Grand Palm Hotel), Bonnington Farm, Molepolole Road, Gaborone • Tel: +267 363 7777 Fax: +267 391 2989 • Email: info@gp.walmont.bw • Email: info@grandpalm.bw • www.walmont.bw • www.gicc.bw Botswana’s tourism industry now boasts the sophisticated deluxe Walmont Ambassador hotel following the name change, brand revamp and hotel upgrade of the Grand Palm Hotel, which is part of the Grand Palm Hotel, Casino & Convention Resort.

This beautiful 187-room hotel offers comfortable bedrooms and suites, with an access-controlled fifth floor featuring the Executive Club Lounge and unsurpassed business services. It is located just 4 km from the city centre and 12 km from the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport.

As part of the revamp, the rooms have been significantly upgraded, while the interiors are schemed around a rustic burgundy colour to reflect the warmth of Botswana.

Guests can enjoy all the exciting facilities of the Grand Palm Resort, which is located on 15 hectares of land. The resort facilities include the casino, a swimming pool, gym, tennis, volleyball and a children’s playground, a jogging trail set around a picturesque lake and several restaurants to cater for connoisseurs of fine food.

Ya ro n a Co u n t ry Lo d g e PO Box 2436, Gaborone • Tel: +267 391 3634 • Fax: +267 397 4914 Email: yarona@botsnet.bw • www.yarona-lodge.com Yarona Country Lodge is an exquisite retreat located just 5 km from Gaborone city centre and 13 km from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport.

The lodge’s spacious and luxurious rooms all have private entrances and overlook the pool area. Each room is equipped with queen-size bed, TV, internet, air conditioning and telephone. Executive and presidential rooms have a king-size bed, fridge, Jacuzzi and shower.

by the pool. The restaurant seats up to 40 guests and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner for buffet and à la carte meals. Meanwhile, the jazz music cocktail refreshments bar is open daily to lodge guests and day visitors.

The fully air conditioned YCL conference facility has a seating capacity for 80 delegates and caters for meetings training sessions, seminars and workshops. It is equipped with stateof-the-art multimedia equipment.

The lodge also has a swimming pool with refreshments served

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Ai r B ot s wa n a Sir Seretse Khama Airport, PO Box 92, Gaborone • Tel: +267 395 2812 • Fax: +267 397 4802 www.airbotswana.co.bw Air Botswana has earned an international reputation for reliability and quality of service.

The airline operates and maintains a modern fleet of three ATR42-500 advanced turbopropeller aircraft. These high performance aircraft carry 46 passengers in jet-like standards of comfort. In addition to the ATRs, Air Botswana owns one BAe146 jet, which carries 78 passengers, as part of its fleet.

tourism industry. The timetable is particularly attentive to the needs of business and tourist passengers. An important route is the direct service between Johannesburg and Maun.

On the ground, the airline’s reputation for excellence extends not only to the home fleet but also to the aircraft of other African carriers, attracting contract work from Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania.

Air Botswana operates regional services (Johannesburg and Harare) in full support of national development and the

M ac k Ai r ( P t y ) Lt d P Bag 329, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0675 • Fax: +267 686 0036 Email: reservations@mackair.co.bw Mack Air is a well established air charter company that has been operating in Northern Botswana since 1994. The operation began with one Cessna 206 A2-AKB aircraft.

The company is based in Maun and serves destinations throughout Botswana and neighbouring countries stretching as far afield as Johannesburg, Windhoek, Victoria Falls and Vinaculos.

In the Okavango Delta, Mack Air specialises in camp transfers, supply runs, scenic flights and medical evacuations.

Mack Air today operates 14 aircraft and employs a total of 30 personnel including a flight crew of 15. Its versatile fleet enables it to schedule the appropriate type of aircraft for each particular flight.

The company’s largest aircraft is the 14-seater Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. Other aircraft include the Gippsland GA8 Airvan and a Cessna 210 Centurion. The workhorse of the fleet is the Cessna 206 Stationair. Mack Air operates six of these aircraft.

M o r e m i Ai r s e rv ic e s ( P TY ) Lt d P Bag 187, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3632 • Fax: +267 686 2078 Email: info@moremiair.com Moremi Air Services (Pty) Ltd is an air charter company based in Maun. The company has been operating since 1997 and has been under new management from June 2003.

Operating a fleet of seven different Cessna and Islander aircraft suited to regional and international flying – including both single and twin engine as well as turbine aircraft – Moremi Air offers services from Botswana and into Zambia, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Moremi Air has an aircraft continuously based in Kasane.

This enables it to offer easy and cost-effective daily transfers between Livingstone, the Caprivi and Victoria Falls. Moremi Air also offers short scenic flights from Maun to the Okavango Delta, from Kasane to Victoria Falls and a seven-hour day trip to the delta.

With pilots passionate about flying in Africa who love to share their enthusiasm with the passengers, Moremi Air ensures that everyone’s journey is as pleasant and smooth as possible.

To complete the flying experience, there is a personal meetand-greet service and a private guest lounge in Maun.

O k ava n g o H e l ico p t e r s P Bag 174, Maun • Tel: +267 686 5797/5799 • Fax: +267 686 5798 Email: okavangoheli@dynabyte.bw Okavango Helicopters has been operating in Northern Botswana for 15 years and has developed a great knowledge of the area from the air.

A helicopter is a unique way to view the scenic beauty and wildlife of the Okavango. The main reason for this is the great visibility provided from a helicopter and also because flying at slow speeds allows for good viewing. Helicopters also do not experience the turbulence felt in light aircraft which offer similar services.

Okavango Helicopters provides intercamp transfers, scenic and photographic flights with the doors removed for better viewing and photography. It will structure the flights to its clients’ requirements. While aiming to please, all flights are carried out with minimum disturbance to the environment and wildlife.

Okavango Helicopters also specialises in filming, aerial survey and game work.

S e f o fa n e ( P TY ) LTD P Bag 159, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0778 • Fax: +267 686 1649 Email: suzyl@info.bw, neill@sefofane.bw • www.sefofane.com Sefofane (Pty) Ltd was formed in 1991 to provide efficient, safe and reliable air services between remote locations in southern Africa.

The company has offices in Windhoek, Harare and Lanseria Airport, South Africa, which gives Sefofane the most widespread footprint of any charter company in southern Africa.

Sefofane’s fleet of aircraft is diverse, young and operates from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

From these offices its fleet of aircraft is effectively managed for the operations that are conducted in each country.

Sefofane’s owned and operated fleet consists of about 20 aircraft: Cessna 206s, 210s and Cessna Caravans. In addition, Sefofane leases a variety of aircraft including Beech King Air 200s, Pilatus PC12s and occasionally larger aircraft.

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A f r ic a P r i d e PO Box 989, Maun • Tel: +267 686 4845 • Fax: +267 686 4657 • After hours: +267 686 4655 • Cell: 7215 1808/7224 5968 Email: africapride@dynabyte.bw • www.africapride.travel On a safari with Africa Pride, guests can listen to the incredible sounds of an undisturbed African night. Africa Pride books only private campsites in the game reserves. It offers safaris with either camping, lodge or hotel accommodation and attends to all details from start to finish to ensure the best possible safari experience and atmosphere. If desired, Africa Pride even handles all camp chores and preparation of the campsite.

Africa Pride uses 4x4 six or nine-seater vehicles specially adapted to maximise photographic opportunities.

Safari options include the 10-day Elephant Trail from Maun to Victoria Falls; the 14-day Gemsbok Trail from Maun to Maun; the 12-day Flamingo Trail from Victoria Falls to Victoria Falls; and the six-day semi-luxury camping safari.

Africa Pride now also offers luxury mobile safaris using ensuite Meru tents (5.5 x 3.5 metres) with the comfort of beds and linen. They include three-course meals and all drinks.

Guests can enjoy this comfort without compromising on first-class game viewing with experienced guides in the finest wildlife areas of Botswana.

A f r ic a U n d e r C a n va s c/o Didibakwe Enterprises Pty Ltd • PO Box 109, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0139 • Fax: +267 625 0149 Email: booking@africaundercanvas.net; african@info.bw • www.africaundercanvas.net Africa Under Canvas is a small and vibrant mobile safari operator strategically located in Kasane, a stone’s throw from three border posts: Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

It offers a variety of self-drive, guided lodge and camping tours throughout Botswana ranging from scheduled safaris with set departure dates throughout the year to à la carte safaris with open dates. These cater for all tastes and budgets.

In order to provide a top quality service, all groups consist of 12 people or fewer to ensure manageability and a personalised service. Exclusive campsites bring the guests up close and personal to the untouched beauty of Botswana, adding to the adventurous and educational aspects of their vacation.

Most of the safaris are semi-participatory. However, luxury mobile safaris can also be organised, if desired.

A f r ic a n O dyss e y PO Box 350, Maun • Tel: +267 625 2270 • Fax: +267 625 2270 • Cell: +267 7150 8525 Email: afrodyssey@dynabyte.bw; odyssey@info.bw African Odyssey is a Kasane-based photographic tour company which is the preferred operator for Kubu Lodge. In addition to providing the game drives and boat cruises for Kubu Lodge, the company also offers boat cruises for several HATAB members and overland camping tours as well as transfers to and from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and Livingstone, Zambia.

African Odyssey also provides day trips to and from Livingstone and Victoria Falls, and to Chobe, and organises camping trips.

Afrik a Calls c/o Pickup Investment (Pty) Ltd • PO Box 726, Maun • Tel: +267 680 0710 Cell: 7210 9959/34557 • Fax: +267 680 0710 • Email: afrikacalls@botsnet.bw Afrika Calls is a Botswana based and owned mobile safari company established in 2002 to incorporate cultural tourism within the overall concept of safaris.

It is based in Maun, at the gateway to the Okavango Delta, within easy reach of Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park and the Kalahari Desert. Spelt in the African way, Afrika Calls is a truly African safari venture. Its owner and longstanding professional guide, Pius Tebele, has built up an enviable reputation as one of the country’s leading guides and tour operators.

Afrika Calls uses specially adapted 4x4 safari vehicles to share not only the fantastic wildlife of Botswana but also the culture of its people. On offer are cultural tours, mobile safaris, lodge safaris, tailor-made safaris, tours to neighbouring countries, day trips and scheduled safaris.

Destinations include the World Heritage Site at Tsodilo Hills, Drotsky’s Caves, Nxai-Nxai, the home of the Kung San, Ghanzi, the world’s largest salt pans on Kubu Island, Orapa Diamond Mine, Serowe Village and Gaborone and its surroundings. Other destinations are possible on request.

A f ro T r e k S a fa r is P Bag 058, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2574/5110 • Fax: +267 686 2574/1730 Email: sedia@info.bw, quadrum@info.bw • www.afrotrek.com • www.sediahotel.com Afro Trek offers personalised safaris throughout the Okavango Delta region and all the National Parks and Reserves. Afro Trek is based at Sedia Riverside Hotel, just 3 km out of Maun, from where all the trips start.

Afro Trek also specialises in Mokoro safaris of one, two or three days’ duration. These take place in a private concession, owned and operated by Batswana, on the Boro River system, in the Okavango Delta. For over 10 years Afro Trek has been working closely with and supporting the local communities that run the concession area.

Sedia Riverside Hotel radiates African ambience and offers various types of accommodation including chalets, hotel rooms, walk-in tents and a spacious campsite area. The hotel rooms and chalets are all en-suite and equipped with air conditioning and digital TV. Afro Trek Safaris, in conjunction with Sedia Riverside Hotel, offers a range of personalised mobile safaris to suit individual requirements and uses customised game viewing vehicles and spacious walk-in tents.

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B u sh ways S a fa r is P Bag 342, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3685 • Fax: +267 680 0937 Email: reservations@bushways.com • www.bushways.com Bush Ways Safaris is an adventure safari company, established in 1996 to offer small group tours and custom-tailored safaris.

Its safaris take guests into the heart of the natural wilderness of Botswana to experience overland routes that will reveal the vast beauty of Africa, overnight camps filled with song, camaraderie, story telling and exciting animal encounters.

Kalahari Safari and the 14-day Hyena Safari with an optional four-day extension.

From its headquarters in Maun, Bush Ways Safaris offers seven safari tours. These are the 15-day Lion Safari, the 15 day Elephant Safari, the 17-day Leopard Safari, the 11-day Fish Eagle Safari, the seven-day Buffalo Safari, the seven-day

To add to the scheduled safaris, Bush Ways Safaris also offers a number of optional activities such as flights over the Okavango Delta and adventures such as Zambezi River rafting below Victoria Falls.

Bush Ways Safaris can also cater for those who wish to create their own personalised safari tour for particular interest groups, corporate tours, private or family groups.

B u sh l i f e S a fa r is ( P t y ) Lt d c/o Safari 24 • PO Box 3662 • Swakopmund, Namibia • Tel: + 264 (0)64 404 511• Fax: + 264 (0)64 403 526 Email info@safari24.com • www.safari24.com Bushlife Safaris, registered in Namibia and Botswana, specialises in guided safaris of a different kind away from the beaten track.

Using its fleet of Land Rovers for the individual traveller or small groups, its experienced guides are experts in these adventures and completely familiar and at ease with their surroundings, thus ensuring magnificent and stunning excursions.

For example, guests can travel in a fully equipped 4x4 vehicle through dried-up riverbeds, rocky mountain passes and follow barely visible tracks.

Bushlife is equipped with comprehensive camping gear and, depending on the size of the tour group, a mobile kitchen accompanies the tour. Although in the African wilderness, holidays can be specially adapted to meet individual needs and expectations using a combination of comfortable lodges, camping in remote and romantic locations or with a guided safari with accommodation in luxury lodges.

The guides, born and bred in Botswana or Namibia, are generally multilingual and possess a sound knowledge of the region.

B u shT r ac k s S AFAR I S Tel: +267 625 0840 /+267 625 0450 • Cell: +267 71509590 • Fax: +267 625 0440 Email: reservations@safari.co.bw Kasane-based Bushtracks Safaris offers trips into and throughout Chobe National Park.

These are arranged at fixed times each day, but special safaris outside these times are available on request.

At the same time, Bushtracks Safaris offers tourist transfers and return trips between Kasane, Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) and Livingstone (Zambia) as well as wildlife excursions of two or more nights into other game parks in Botswana.

C a p r ico r n S a fa r is P Bag 021, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1165 • Fax: +267 686 2991 Email: info@capricornsafaris.com • www.capricornsafaris.com Offering traditional African hospitality, Capricorn Safaris operates scheduled departures or specific tailor-made safaris.

Capricorn Safaris is a Botswana-based safari company with affiliations in Kenya and Tanzania. It has been running safaris throughout East and southern Africa since 1972.

There are two scheduled departure safaris exploring the different regions of Botswana. The Botswana Overland Safari is an 11-day tented safari from Maun which couples the best of the Kalahari Desert with Northern Botswana. The Okavango Wildlife Explorer is an eight-day tented safari from Maun

which explores the wonders of the Okavango Delta. In the Okavango, transport is by traditional mokoro or motorboat.

In addition, guests can create their own safaris to include the empty reaches of the Kalahari Desert, the crystal-clear waters of the Okavango, a flying safari staying in luxurious camps and multiple country safaris.

Capricorn Safaris is experienced in providing tented camping in the classic African tradition with all the comforts of a luxury tented camp, yet still a true African wilderness experience.

C a p t u r e A f r ic a P Bag BO 28, Maun • Tel/Fax: +267 686 1200 Email: reservations@captureafrica.net • www.captureafrica.co.za Founded in 1997, Capture Africa has successfully designed a mobile photographic safari company which ensures a variety of unforgettable experiences. Being a private, family owned and managed company, special attention is paid to the finest details, including home-cooked meals in the bush kitchen and comfortable furnishings.

Mobile photographic safaris entails camping ‘wild’ in Botswana’s finest game reserves and national parks and viewing the abundant wildlife from open 4x4 vehicles. Accommodation varies from comfortable dome tents with camping mattresses

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to the luxurious Meru-style tents, which are fully catered and furnished with en-suite bathroom. All camps are fully catered and exclusively private. Capture Africa offers a wide variety of other activities including night drives, walking safaris with an armed professional guide, boating trips on the Okavango Delta, specialised birdwatching safaris, game flights over the delta in Cessna 206 or helicopter, fly-in and fishing safaris in the Okavango. The guides are hand-picked and are specialists in their fields.

Experience Botswana at its best with Capture Africa.

CC AFR I C A E X P ED I T I ON S c/o Conservation Corporation Africa (CC Africa) • P Bag X27, Benmore, 2010, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 809 4441 Fax: +27 11 809 4400 • Email: reservations@ccafrica.com • www.ccafrica.com CC Africa is one of the world’s leading ecotourism companies, deeply committed to providing the ultimate in responsible luxury. For guests wishing to experience the best of Botswana, including the delta, Moremi, Savute and Chobe National Park, CC Africa’s 10-day Botswana Explorer Expedition is the perfect choice. Offering guests an exhilarating itinerary, camping in the most beautiful wilderness regions of Botswana, this safari is the epitome of classic African style and comfort in tented travel.

From 1 June 2008 CC Africa’s intimate expedition safari tents will also boast en-suite bathrooms with flush WC and hot

bucket shower. Accompanied throughout by a professional CC Africa-trained guide, guests will glide past pods of hippos in the delta on mokoros and thrill to the closest encounters with large prides of lion and herds of elephant in the Chobe National Park.

Evenings are spent around a blazing campfire under a starlit African sky. Hearty, delicious bush meals are savoured while reviewing the day’s adventures.

Chobe zi P Bag K33 • Kasane Email: info@chobezi.com • www.chobezi.com Chobezi is an owner-run company based in Chobe which operates a large fleet of game drive vehicles, buses and boats to cater for a wide range of needs.

• Any ground handling services that are required to facilitate trips to Botswana.

Chobezi offers the following services: • Mobile safari packages to suit individual budgets throughout Botswana • Transfers and day trips to and from Livingstone, Victoria Falls and Kasane

D e lta R a i n Sitatunga Camp Site, PO Box 66, Maun • Tel: +267 680 0380 • Fax: +267 680 0381 Email: deltarain@dynabyte.bw Delta Rain offers specialist safaris incorporating the Okavango Delta and the National Parks and Reserves. Delta Rain also offers mobile safaris throughout Botswana and Africa.

Located at Sitatunga Campsite, 7 km from Maun on the edge of the delta, Delta Rain specialises in three-day mokoro safaris on the Boro and the Ditshipi rivers, which start from the Sitatunga Campsite.

Sitatunga Campsite offers chalet accommodation, a volleyball court and table tennis. Guests can also relax in the bar or

restaurant. The campsite offers large well-shaded areas with powered sites and braai facilities. Delta Rain has over 10 years’ experience organising mokoro trips. Using a private concession area run by local people, Delta Rain supports the indigenous population at grass-roots level.

Safety is the highest priority. Delta Rain is the only company operating mokoro trips into the delta that has direct radio contact with the mokoro stations on both rivers. It also has international medical rescue cover for all its clients.

D r i f t e r s S a fa r is P Bag 205, Maun • Tel: +267 7130 4472 • Fax: +267 686 0571 • www.drifters.co.za PO Box 4712, Cresta, 2118, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 888 1160 • Fax: +27 11 888 1020 • Email: drifters@drifters.co.za Established in 1983, Drifters has gone from strength to strength to become one of the most formidable forces in tourism in southern Africa.

Its packages are renowned for including far more than others can offer, and the vast infrastructure of Drifters-owned game reserves, bush camps, inns, boats, canoes, adventure equipment and other resources mean that clients can enjoy the best of Africa without added expense. All its tours are inclined toward the interesting and often unique fauna and flora of Africa. For this reason, Drifters tours often leave the beaten

track to explore remote areas where little or no familiar infrastructure exists.

For those who wish to spend their time on an African safari with a small international group, and who relish the thought of an environmentally educational and adventurous experience, then Drifters is the only choice. Scheduled adventure tour options in Botswana include a 16-day JohannesburgJohannesburg tour, a 15-day Johannesburg-Victoria Falls tour and a 13-day Maun-Victoria Falls option. Drifters also tailor-makes tours as required.

D r u m b e at S a fa r is PO Box 20228, Maun • Tel: +267 686 3096 • Fax: +267 686 3096 Email: drumbeat@dynabyte.bw • www.drumbeatsafaris.com Drumbeat Safaris, founded in 1996 by Annelies Zonjee and Johan Knols, is a small operator offering luxury mobile safaris.

Professional guides lead guests through the wilderness and all the beauty Botswana has to offer.

The camp is transported in a trailer behind the game drive vehicle and will be built on arrival at the new campsite. In the luxury option, the camp is moved and erected before arrival to maximise the time spent game driving.

Drumbeat Safaris is licensed to operate throughout Botswana and its tours take in the Moremi Game Reserve on the edge of the Okavango Delta, Savuti, in the Chobe National Park, the riverfront in the north of Chobe National Park, Nxai Pan National Park and Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Aha and the Tsodillo Hills, domain of the San. Tailor-made trips to other areas can be arranged.

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Eco A f r ic a BOT S WANA P Bag 035, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2427 Email: ecoafricabotswana@dynabyte.bw • www.ecoafricabotswana.com Eco Africa Botswana takes its guests on an unparalleled tented safari to some of the most striking and unique places in Botswana: the Okavango Delta and the Kalahari Desert.

These awe-inspiring destinations have been famous since the days of early African explorers, and each offers its own magnificence and beauty combined with abundant wildlife.

From the beautiful and comfortable base camp, guests can undertake various adventures: walks through the African bush; exploring the many lagoons and channels of the Okavango by boat; crossing the wide-open spaces of salt pans by

quad bike; catching sight of a myriad bird species; and taking game drives during the day and at night to see the wonderful variety of animal life.

They can also experience the rich culture of the people in these areas and even use a traditional donkey cart to traverse the Kalahari and sleep under the stars in simple fly camps.

Itineraries are custom-designed to make every trip unique and memorable. The camps are located with special attention to each particular area, detail and guests’ interests and enjoyment.

E n d e avo u r S a fa r is P Bag 206, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0887 • Fax: +267 686 0887 • Cell: +267 7176 9099 23 Lark Crescent, 7441 Table View, Cape Town, South Africa • Tel: +27 (0)21 5566114 • Fax: +27 (0)88021 5566114 Cell: +27 (0)73 2067733 • Email: info@endeavour-safaris.com • www.endeavour-safaris.com Endeavour Safaris is a dynamic tour operator specialising in safaris and tours to disabled travellers, offering them a unique experience that they would never before have thought possible.

Based in Africa, Endeavour Safaris allows for accessible travel to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. All its vehicles are fully equipped for wheelchairs with hydraulic lifts and secure locking systems.

It is the company’s wish that all travellers with disabilities, including wheelchair users, oxygen users, the visually and aurally impaired and those requiring kidney dialysis treatments, as well as senior travellers, should be aware that Africa is no longer a dream.

Able-bodied and family groups are also welcome.

Game Tr ails P Bag BO13, Maun • Tel: +267 680 0369 • Fax: +267 686 2405 Email: gametrails@botsnet.bw • F Game Trails is owner-run by a unique team of dedicated individuals, enabling it to deliver a professional and personalised safari experience. All operations are co-ordinated through its central Maun base. Using luxurious mobile tented camps in the traditional safari style, Game Trails has expertly designed a comprehensive selection of safari packages of varying duration. To ensure exclusivity and personal attention, there is a maximum of nine guests on a scheduled safari.

The seven-day Miracle Rivers & Moremi Special takes in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta and the Khwai com-

munity wilderness area. The 10-day Northern Explorer takes in the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park.

The 13-day Desert & Delta Explorer takes in Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan National Park, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Moremi Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta. It uses spacious and comfortable safari vehicles with exclusive window seats so that its guests can enjoy the best possible game viewing experience.

G av i n B l a i r S a fa r is P Bag K19, Kasane • Fax: +44 870 831 0552 Email: gbs@gavinblairsafaris.com • www.gavinblairsafaris.com Gavin Blair Safaris specialises in exclusive, personalised wildlife viewing and photographic fly-in safaris for people with a keen interest in and love of wildlife and nature. Gavin Blair Safaris has a return rate of 78 per cent – proof of high standards and commitment to guests’ enjoyment of the complete safari experience.

During 23 years of leading safaris, Gavin has gained a wealth of experience. His intimate and inexhaustible knowledge of the wildlife and his genuine and infectious enthusiasm for all

others aspects of fauna and flora will ensure a safari adventure not to be forgotten.

Gavin Blair Safaris offers luxury fly-in safaris to the best wildlife locations in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia, all with Gavin as the personal guide and pilot. Whatever the choice, Gavin Blair Safaris has the right combination of knowledge, experience, style and standards to ensure a truly personalised African safari experience that will be memorable for a lifetime.

H e m i n g way S a fa r is B ot s wa n a PO Box 2378, Plot 129 Unit G Kgale Court, Kgale View, Gaborone • Tel: +267 390 0575 • Fax: +267 390 0585 Reservations: res@africansafaris.co.za • www.africansafaris.co.za • Tel: +27 11 608 4320 • Fax: +27 11 608 4426 Hemingway Safaris explores southern Africa, but also specialises in Botswana wilderness adventures. Operating its own guided self-drive expeditions and mobile camping safaris, the company also offers a complete destination management service.

The guided self-drive option has the advantage of a private and independent experience, combined with a knowledgeable and experienced professional wildlife guide who drives his own 4x4 vehicle. There is a maximum of 12 participants, thus enhancing the exclusive character of the trips.

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On the fully serviced mobile safaris, a maximum of only six people travel in comfortable, air conditioned 4x4 safari vehicles. Accommodation is in spacious 3 x 3 metre dome tents with outside bathroom facilities or luxury 7 x 3.5 metre en-suite safari tents.

Guaranteed scheduled departure itineraries cover the best areas that Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique have to offer.

Tailor-made options include special interest, incentive and conference travel.

I n to A f r ic a S a fa r is PO Box 266, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0659/625 0478 • Fax: +267 625 0469 Email: intoafrica.gm@chobenet.com Into Africa Mowana Safaris is located within Mowana Safari Lodge just 8 km from Kasane International Airport.

The company offers boat cruises, game drives, transfers in and around Kasane and day trips to Victoria Falls and Zambia.

All are specifically tailored to suit individual needs.

J o h n C h a s e S a fa r is PO Box 444, Francistown • Tel: +267 241 3280 • Fax: +267 244 1657 Email: johnchase@inet.co.bw • www.johnchase.co.za John Chase Safaris is owner managed and run and all safaris are hosted by John and Tina Chase. Both have a deep love and passion for the bush with many years of safari experience.

Botswana and their traditional ways of living. Activities on a tailor-made trip include walking trails, flights over the delta, fishing, hot air balloons and biking.

All itineraries are tailor-made to the client’s needs and include many areas of Botswana such as Chobe National Park, Okavango Delta (Moremi Game Reserve), Nxai Pan and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

Accommodation includes twin-bedded luxury in spacious Meru-style tents, with bathroom and toilet en-suite. Bathrooms are permanently attached to the tents, roofed and completely insect-proof.

Special interest safaris are also offered in association with Deception Valley Lodge to introduce guests to the San of

After an exhilarating day’s game viewing, guests can enjoy a hot shower and relax with a chilled drink around the campfire.

K a r i b u S a fa r is P Bag 39, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1225 • Fax: +267 680 0390 Email: karibubots@info.bw • www.karibu.co.za Karibu is a reputable, well established safari company that has been organising African safaris in southern and central Africa since 1983. Over the past quarter century its dedication to well planned, authentic safari experiences for the discerning traveller has secured it the reputation as the leading mobile safari operator in southern Africa.

Its experience in Namibia and Botswana with its unique range of luxury mobile safaris, authentic mobile safaris, scheduled, private and tailor-made safaris enables it to achieve the perfect balance between a true African safari and a superior

level of comfort. All its safaris are served by a tour guide, chef and camp crew performing the camp duties, with no client participation, thus allowing time to relax and unwind.

Karibu Safari has launched a new self-drive safari where the adventurous traveller can hire a fully equipped Land Rover Defender 110 and meander through the wilderness at his or her own pace.

Come and explore the real Africa with Karibu Safari.

Ki t so B ot s wa n a ( P t y ) Lt d PO Box 215 • Tel: +267) 686 2604 • Fax: (267) 686 5111 Email: kitsosaf@dynabyte.bw • www.kitsosafaris.com Kitso Safaris specialises in outfitting camping safaris in and around the Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park, Nxai Pan National Park and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Kitso Safaris have been offering safaris since 1979 and is owned and run by Colin Dandridge who has been conducting safaris since 1975. Kitso means ‘experience’ in Setswana. All luxury camping safaris are strictly private and general bookings are not added.

Experience old style camping with its luxury camping safaris.

Camps consists of spacious twin bedded, insect proof, walk

in tents with sewn in ground sheets. Each tent has its own shower and toilet attached.

Sumptuous meals including imported wines are served in the large comfortable dining tent. The entire camp is transported from place to place in specially equipped trucks, fitted with extra fuel and water capacity. Clients and guides travel in comfortable custom built four wheel drive safari vehicles, with seating limited to six people unless otherwise requested. A satellite phone is available in case of an emergency.

L e ta k a S a fa r is P Bag 206, Maun • Tel/Fax: +267 680 0363 • Fax: +267 680 0955 Email: safari@letakasafaris.com • www.letakasafaris.com Letaka Safaris was created to provide a safari that guarantees the highest level of guiding. With a wealth of guiding experience in Botswana and its neighbouring countries and, most importantly, an unsurpassed passion for the bush, each trip is designed to give the discerning guest a holistic African experience.

requiring the highest level of comfort. Letaka Safaris is the first company to offer scheduled departures for individuals passionate about birds. And for the wild at heart it offers one of the most unique safaris anywhere, a herpetological trip to northern Namibia.

The safaris provide a variety of products to cater for the individual needs of guests. The most popular are the luxury camping safaris, which include walking and driving ‘mobile’ safaris. Also on offer are safaris using the lodges for those

Scheduled safaris include the six-day Moremi Classic Safari, which includes a walking safari in the Khwai region, night drives, game drives in the Moremi Game Reserve and the 10day Northern Highlights Classic Safari.

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M a sso n S a fa r is P Bag 257, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2442 • Fax: +267 686 2442 Email: massonsafaris@dynabyte.bw • www.masson-safaris.com Masson Safaris runs safaris dedicated to wildlife viewing, bird watching and the general appreciation of nature in remote areas of Botswana. Its ecologically friendly approach ensures that its presence has minimal environmental impact.

The company’s senior guide, Ewan Masson, has lived and guided in Botswana for over 20 years. Masson Safaris operates fully mobile camps consisting of large frame tents, en-suite toilet and washstands, camp beds, linen and towels.

Land Rovers are used for game drives, which have been extended to offer excellent photographic opportunities.

Every year Masson Safaris offers scheduled safaris coinciding with the best time of year to visit each area. Group sizes are generally small and will normally not exceed eight people.

Masson Safaris also offers tailor-made safaris and birding safaris as well as special themed safaris, such as Discover Northern Botswana, Saltpans and Waterways, Rivers Past and Present and Desert and Delta. Safaris are available to the Transfrontier Park, hiking safaris at Tsodilo Hills, fishing for tigerfish and bream on the Okavango River and excursions to Victoria Falls and Namibia.

N o N a m e A f r ic a n A dv e n t u r e s PO Box BO20605, Boseja, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1600 • Fax: +267 686 1600 Email: info@attwoodsadventures.com or noname@info.bw No Name African Adventures is a privately run, owner-operated safari company that specialises in going off the beaten track and into the African wilderness. All its trips are custom designed to suit the individual traveller and vary from bush camping to upmarket lodges. There is an emphasis on photography, conservation and respect for nature and the environment.

No Name African Adventures focuses primarily on non participation camping within Botswana on privately guided safaris, travelling by road with a specialist guide through the

diverse landscapes of Botswana’s National Parks.

In addition, it combines camping safaris with some upgrades to permanent lodge accommodation as well as co-ordinating and planning tailor-made fly-in lodge safaris featuring other southern African safari destinations.

There are many safari options to suit all timeframes and budgets, with a guaranteed expert, efficient and personal service for any individuals or groups wishing to explore the amazing continent of Africa.

Pa pa d i S a fa r i S & To u r s P Bag 114, Maun • Tel: +267 71 620 855 • Fax: +267 680 0362 Email: papadi@info.bw. • www.papadisafaris.co.bw Papadi Safaris & Tours has been taking travellers into the less visited areas of southern Africa since 1984. It is registered in Botswana, South Africa and Namibia and is a national member of HATAB and SATSA.

throughout Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. It caters for all kinds of guests, including special interest groups, families, friends, birders, specialist photographers and film crews.

Papadi caters for travellers with a zest for life and a spirit of adventure, yearning to explore and experience Africa. It ensures a vibrant holiday without formalities or pressures.

Southern Africa boasts a precious wildlife heritage and diverse scenery and is rich in African culture and history. Papadi Safaris & Tours will design and host African holidays to allow its guests to experience Africa at its best.

Papadi Safaris & Tours offers regular departure camping safaris in Botswana as well as custom-designed lodge tours

Papadi is an accredited member of Birdlife South Africa and offers tailor-made birding safaris throughout southern Africa.

P e n d u k a S a fa r is PO Box 66, Maun • Tel: +267 686 4539 • Fax: +267 686 4540 Email: pendukasafaris@botsnet.bw • www.penduka.com.na Penduka Safaris is run by a family that has been involved in wildlife since the turn of the century and has a passion and appeal for the bush, its people, fauna and flora, that has continued through each generation.

Its safaris are run on the basis of providing the maximum comfort possible on a camping safari, with time to relax and enjoy the surroundings. Wherever possible, the camp is set up prior to arrival, allowing optimal time to view game.

Penduka offers safaris to the fragile ecosystem of the Okavango and through the impressive game parks of Moremi, Savuti and Chobe. Penduka prides itself in being able to take people into the untouched world of the Kalahari, where the timelessness of old Africa pervades.

Accommodation is in spacious tents, which are insect-proof and well ventilated. Dining tents are also erected for meals.

All bedding is supplied. These are not just tours, but more of a wilderness experience. Penduka’s guides take pride in sharing their unequalled knowledge and love of Africa.

P l a n e t O k ava n g o C a ly pso Ag e n ci e s PO Box 236, Maun • Tel: +2711 803 7400 • Fax: +2711 803 7400 • Email: info@planetokavango.com www.planetokavango.com • www.sunway-safaris.com Planet Okavango is based in Maun and specialises in wildlife and culture oriented safaris throughout Botswana and southern Africa aimed at the adventure traveller. Safaris are operated as participation camping mobile safaris or as lodge/ cabin-based mobile safaris. Safaris come with custom-built game-viewing vehicles, registered and experienced guides and all equipment included. Options include: • Scheduled mobile safaris with sell-in ‘seat on safari’ available on specific departure dates (with maximum group size of 12 people)

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• Family safaris tailor-made to client requirements and quoted on each private group • Private small group, special interest (such as wildlife photography) safaris designed to the client’s requirements and quoted to the client’s specific budget.

With 14 years of experience in the tourism industry, Planet Okavango has the expertise to operate each safari to a high standard, with a substantial operations back-up office.

S a fa r i A f r ic a Central Reservations, PO Box AC81, Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe • Tel: +263 9 234307 • Fax: +263 9 230582 Email: reservations@africanbushcamps.com • www.africanbushcamps.com Safari Africa is a luxury mobile safari company. Its luxury mobile tented safaris are a luxury authentic safari experience that offers twin-bedded luxury accommodation in spacious, insect proof Meru-style tents, with bush-bucket shower/toilet en-suite. This is an authentic Hemingway style safari.

guides who will always accompany the mobile safari. Guests can also combine a mobile safari experience with camps and lodges, which Safari Africa is happy to recommend.

Safari Africa run mobile safaris throughout Botswana including the Central Kalahari, Nxai Pan, Moremi, Khwai and Chobe/Linyanti areas where guests will experience the authentic Africa brought to life by one of the company’s specialist

S a fa r i Th a n da M a n z i Tel/Fax: +267 625 0840 • Cell: +267 717 49975 Email: explore@botsnet.bw • www.thandamanzi.com Safari Thanda Manzi is an upmarket mobile safari operation based in the Chobe district of Botswana.

In operation since 1993, it offers the bush experience of a lifetime and cater for groups numbering from two to 18 persons.

It uses exclusive HATAB sites throughout Botswana’s national parks. Camps are set up complete with tents, toilets and hot bush showers. Delicious bush cuisine is served.

SG S A f r ic a Safari & Guides Services, P Bag K39, Kasane • Tel: +267 6251754/0259 • Fax: +267625 0259 Email: travel@botsnet.bw • www.africa.com • Skype: Chobe Travel Established in 1984 by Peter and Salome Comley, SGS Africa is one of the most experienced safari companies in Botswana.

It is based in Kazungula, the meeting point of four of Africa’s major wildlife states – Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia – thus putting it right in the heart of safari country.

SGS offers safaris in five distinct comfort zones ranging from luxury camping to adventurous budget safaris. Its speciality is tailoring safaris to suit guests’ requirements rather than trying to shoehorn people into a pre-designed package that does not take account of special interests or travel dates.

SGS Africa believes in combining learning with enjoyment.

Its safaris are fun-filled journeys that leave visitors with a greater appreciation and understanding of the value of true wilderness.

SGS also offers holistic and special interest safaris around Africa.

S wa m p l a n d S a fa r is / S k at u l c/o Skatul Safaris, P Bag 350, Maun • Tel: +267 686 5081 • Cell: 71609993 • Fax: +267 686 5081 Email: umkulu@info.bw • www.swampsaf.com Swampland Safari Trails is a mobile safari operation that specialises in tailor-made safaris. It is situated in Maun, at the gateway to the Okavango Delta.

from their vacation. Its guides and staff love nature and strive to please by sharing this experience with the clients.

Swampland Safari Trails can arrange unforgettable safaris with an emphasis on nature as well as cultural aspects. Its in-depth knowledge of Botswana and its natural wonders ensures a memorable experience.

Priding itself on its professionalism, Swampland Safari Trails aims to ensure that its clients derive the maximum satisfaction

Th e b e Ri v e r S a fa r is PO Box 5, Kasane • Tel: +267 625 0314 • Fax: +267 625 0314 Email: thebe.accounts@chobenet.com • www.theberiversafaris.co.za A growing owner-run business, Thebe River Safaris is situated in Kasane, in the north-east corner of Botswana. It specialises in accommodating overland adventure companies as well as running its own safaris.

Located on the banks of the picturesque Chobe River, Thebe River Safaris has retained a feeling of naturalness, echoing the surrounding bush by its rustic design. It is situated about 5 km from the Chobe National Park.

Boat cruises are offered to view big game and birdlife without

the dust of the road, while game drives are provided through one of Africa’s most spectacular parks. The game drives, Chobe day trips and overnight safaris are genuine African experiences, combining land and water game viewing from open vehicles and boats.

Thebe River Safaris also specialises in original and tailor-made mobile safaris with a focus on the sights, smells and emotions of Botswana. Taking in the world-renowned game-filled reserves of Chobe, Savuti, Moremi, Okavango, Nxai Pan, Makgadikgadi and Deception Valley, this is true safari at its best.

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Th o lo S a fa r is PO Box 6, Ghanzi • Tel: +267 7212 4000 • Fax: +267 7280 5000 Email: tholosafaris@gmail.com Tholo Safaris operates in a privately owned area of 120,000 hectares in the Kalahari and several concessions in the Okavango Delta and the Kalahari.

thatched, comfortable, air conditioned area where guests can relax and read or socialise with friends. There is also a small swimming pool overlooking the waterhole.

Tholo offers bird and game hunting and photographic safaris.

Safaris can be specifically tailored to suite guests’ needs and there are no strict timetables to follow.

Many animals come down to the waterhole by day and night, including the resident hippo which lounge around there most of the day.

Tholo Safaris’ main camp has two thatched cottages and three spacious Meru tents, also under thatch, with en-suite bathrooms. The dining room, bar and sitting room is a

U l i n da S a fa r is PO Box 156, Maun • Tel +267 7130 9435 • Fax +267 680 1053 Email: ulinda@dynabyte.bw • www.ulinda.com Jane Bettenay, director and head guide of Ulinda, was the first woman to pass the renowned Zimbabwe Guides Licence in 1986. She has since obtained her Botswana Guides Licence and is an experienced and passionate guide.

Jane is also an award-winning wildlife photographer and is happy to share her experience with clients, getting them into the best situations possible for great photographs.

Ulinda uses only top quality guides such as Jane herself – guides who are knowledgeable and believe in conserving

the beautiful areas in which they work. Its clients liaise directly with Jane to draw up a customised itinerary. This will ensure that any special needs or interests are satisfied. Local conditions are also taken into account – even the moon’s cycle is looked at when planning a safari with Ulinda.

Safaris can include the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Nxai Pan, Makgadikgadi Pans, Moremi Game Reserve, Khwai Concession Area, Chobe National Park (including Savuti) and even more.

Wat e r m a r k I n v e s t m e n t s T/A Watermark Tours • PO Box 502298, Gaborone • Tel: +267 390 5987 / 9 • Fax: +267 390 5981 Email: watermark@botsnet.bw • www.watermark.co.bw WaterMark Group (Pty) Ltd, through WaterMark Tours, offers a range of bus and coach services for the domestic and tourist sectors including school bus transport, educational tours for schools and colleges, employee transfers, local and cross border excursions and tent camping safaris throughout the national parks and game reserves in Botswana.

Watermark Tours provides unrivalled service, with smartly uniformed staff trained in customer service, and seeks to establish and operate a diversity of transport and tourism enterprise projects in order to make a significant and mean-

ingful impact on the development of transport and tourism in Botswana. The company regards training as a key element of its success. All personnel are extensively trained in all areas of hospitality and customer service.

With a fleet of vehicles ranging from small standard family vehicles to luxury coaches, the company plans its operations around the needs of the client, operating day and night throughout Botswana and southern Africa.

Wi l d l i f e s t y l e s PO Box 250059, Maun • Tel: +267 686 1045/3664 • Fax: +267 686 3664 Email: adventures@wildlifestyles.com • www.wildlifestyles.com Wild Lifestyles offers adventurous luxury mobile tented safaris throughout Botswana. It specialises in photographic safaris, placing the guest in the right place at the right time for the perfect shot Guaranteeing tremendous fun for all, the safaris specialise in specifically designed, diverse and tailor-made itineraries with sharp learning curves on the educational and information side. Accommodation is provided in a tented village consisting of walk-in type dome tents under shady trees with breathtaking scenic views.

For the more adventurous, options include a simpler camp site, sleeping under the skies with all luxuries provided.

Guests can enjoy a traditional bush stir-fry cuisine offering a combination of wonderful-tasting meats, fish, vegetables and local delicacies Activities include photographic safaris, walking, boating, birding, cultural and holistic (non-intrusive) safaris, caving, night game drives, educational camps, hot-air ballooning, horse riding, elephant back safaris, sports fishing and mokoro trips.

Wi l d e r n e ss Daw n i n g PO Box 22277, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2962 • Fax: +267 686 4220 Email: reservations@wildernessdawning.com • www.wildernessdawning.com Wilderness Dawning is a Botswana-based safari company offering a wide variety of mobile safaris, from camping to luxury lodges.

At Wilderness Dawning, safaris are a personal affair. With over 30 years of accumulated safari experience among the company’s directors, travellers can be sure they are in capable hands. Its vast experience in the safari industry allows it to provide safari accommodation combined with the best guides in the business. Wilderness Dawning camping safaris offer unrivalled guiding combined with an unspoilt wilder-

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ness experience. Groups are small and vary between two and eight people.

Its tailor-made safaris allow individuals or groups the freedom to choose the dynamics of the safari as well as catering for special interest groups, families and incentive groups.

Alternatively, its luxury mobile safaris cater for individuals who enjoy that extra level of comfort. Mobile safaris offer a great overall experience as guests have their own private guide and vehicle for the duration of their trip.

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TOUR O P ER aTOR S

W I LDERNE S S S AFAR I S ’ E X P LORAT I ON S P Bag 014; Maun • Tel: +267 686 0086 • Fax: +267 686 0632 • Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.za • www.wilderness-safaris.com PO Box 5219, Rivonia, 2128; 373 Rivonia Boulevard, Rivonia, South Africa • Tel: +27 11 807 1800 • Fax: +27 11 807 2110 Wilderness Safaris’ Explorations is an innovative range of fully serviced cross-country safaris that recreate the sense of Africa of old. More than a century ago, the only way to experience this extraordinary continent was on a mobile safari.

Today, that exhilarating age of discovery is mirrored by Explorations. Its specially designed tents, with pure cotton linen, stylish old metal finishes and refreshing amenities, add to the overall atmosphere and guest comfort. Explorations are unrivalled, using mostly private concessions and wildlife areas exclusive to guests of Wilderness Safaris.

Noted for their passion and knowledge, the company’s guides lead each journey from start to finish, creating a seamless interpretive experience. A variety of travel modes, such as game drives, walking, mokoros, canoeing, boating and air charters, maximise every opportunity to view the diversity of Africa’s flora and fauna. Each itinerary has been carefully created to take account of the changing seasons, game movements and guest experience.

Discov e ry B e d & B r e a k fa s t Maun-Shorobe Road • Tel: +267 680 0627 • Mob: +267 7161 5853 Email: discoverybnb@info.bw • www.discoverybedandbreakfast.com Discovery Bed & Breakfast offers a traditional village environment with eight rondavels.

The five standard, two luxury and one luxury family roundavels are stylishly and colourfully decorated with traditional Setswana patterns and have been upgraded to provide comfortable and affordable accommodation.

The eight rondavels are all equipped with large beds (with mosquito net), small table and chairs, toilet and washing basin. All rooms have running water, lighting and electricity,

while the luxury rooms also include showers.

The rondavels can be booked as a single or double room and the units border a tranquil garden.

Discovery Bed & Breakfast is situated on the Maun-Shorobe road, just outside Matlapaneng village, a 15 to 20-minute drive from Maun and on the way to Moremi Game Reserve.

O k ava n g o P o l e r s T r u s t Email: okavangodelta@botsnet.bw www.okavangodelta.co.bw The Okavango Polers Trust was registered in June 1998 to establish a viable eco-tourism business that would benefit all the people in the local area. No non-citizen or safari company has any financial interest in the Okavango Polers Trust. It is owned and operated by the members themselves.

The trust currently provides employment for 75 poler members, plus cooks, traditional dancers and singers, drivers, motorboat operators, office staff and managers, caretakers/ guards and up to 30 casual polers and labourers.

It is the trust’s policy to use locally made glass-fibre mokoros in an effort to conserve the large trees in the area. Each poler owns or is buying his own mokoro and the trust owns a few that it hires out.

The polers are all local men who learned their poling skills as small children as they helped catch fish for their families and travelled between villages by water.

A dv e n t u r e S a fa r is P Bag 00352, Shop 102, River Walk Mall, Gaborone • Tel: +267 370 0166/7 • Fax: +267 370 0276 Email: advensaf@global.bw • www.adventure-safaris.com Adventure Safaris is an independent tour organiser packaging tours throughout southern Africa.

ing of the unique characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of each camp and operator.

The company focuses on the special needs of small groups and independent travellers, matching special needs and interests with quality operators who area able to meet such expectations.

The company will typically organise the entire package including air transfers and meet-and-greet facilities.

Its independence allows Adventure Safaris to be objective, without necessarily promoting any one product. Through many years of experience it has a gained a good understand-

AT&T M o n n a kg ot l a T r av e l & To u r s PO Box 60474, Gaborone • Tel: +267 393 8788 • Fax: +267 350 0419 Email: at-t@monnakgotla.co.bw • www.monnakgotla.co.bw AT&T Monnakgotla Travel & Tours is a trading division of AT&T Monnakgotla Transport (Pty) Ltd. It provides specialised fully serviced travel and tours within Botswana and the whole of southern Africa.

Its tourism services include city tours of Gaborone, city excursions to destinations including Cape Town waterfront, Table Mountain and Robben Island, group tours, adventure safaris and seaside/beach tours.

The company owns and operates a fleet of seven 28-seater minibuses as well as 60, 65, 70 and 76-seater luxury and executive buses.

Its adventure safaris are designed for those wishing to enjoy game drives, nature walks, horse safaris, bush braais, pony rides and elephant walks at attractive tourist venues such as the Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Gaborone Game Reserve and other areas in the country such as Makgadikgadi Pans and Game Reserves, Chobe National Park and the Okavango Delta.

Its range of services includes airport shuttles and transfers, company travel services, community events and education services.

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C u b e S AFAR I S Botswana • Cell: +267 7123 4999 • Fax: +267 312 1868 Email: info@cubesafaris.com • www.cubesafaris.com Cube Safaris specialises in safaris, tourism and travel and provides consulting, custom travel and packages.

It aims to create a memorable safari for its clients from all over the world through a personalised, on-line service.

All its partners are strategically located in prime tourist destinations in Botswana and elsewhere such as the Okavango Delta, Tsodilo Hills, Makgadikgadi Pans, Chobe Kalahari Reserves, Victoria Falls, game reserves and national parks.

Its partners include the top operators in Botswana, thus allowing it to offer guests wildlife, fishing, hunting, quad biking, photography, microlighting, ballooning, rafting and bungee jumping.

I s l a n d S a fa r i .co m CAPE TOWN OFFICE: Island-Safari.com, Millennium Business Park, Edison Way, Century City, 7441 • Tel: +27 (0)21 555 2092 (Administration and Accounts) • Tel+27 (0)21 555 3708 (Web Design and Search Engine Optimisation) • Fax: +27 (0)21 555 3248 BOTSWANA OFFICE: The Power Station Entertainment Complex PO Box 66, Maun VICTORIA FALLS OFFICE: 8c Landela Complex, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe • Email: info@island-safari.com • www.Island-Safari.com Island Safari.com is an internet-based tour operator that specialises in Botswana including the Okavango Delta, Moremi, Kalahari and Chobe.

Although Island-Safari.com operates a 24-hour call centre, it can only give quotations or availability in response to email requests.

For general inquiries: If phoning from the US or Canada call Toll Free 1 866 254 1428.

If phoning from the UK call Freephone 0800 883 0427. If phoning from Australia call Toll Free 1 800 218953. If phoning from New Zealand call Australian Office Toll Free 0800 448525. From any other country telephone South Africa Office: +27 (0)83 960 3391

M a ro o n To u r s & S a fa r is PO Box 601264, Gaborone • Tel.: +267 393 8884 • Fax: +267 393 8899 • Cell: +267 71893361 Email: maroonsafaris@hotmail.com Maroon Tours & Safaris is a 100 per cent citizen-owned tours and safaris company based in Gaborone and offering tailormade scenic and mobile safaris throughout Botswana and southern Africa.

Specialising in year-round scenic tours and mobile safaris, it offers tailored packages, either for a group or just one person, with a host of experiences that can only be found in the sights and sounds of Africa.

The company organises accommodation and offer transfers to

and from airports and lodges as well as half-day and full-day city tours of Gaborone and its environs.

Packages include wildlife, heritage and cultural tours in a real village life experience that allows guests to take part in the daily chores. All tours are conducted in the comfort of air conditioned saloons and coaches.

Other services include door-to-door transport and chauffeur services.

N at i v e T r av e l s B ot s wa n a Millennium Office Park, Plot 116 SADC Building, Kgale, Gaborone • PO Box 45420, Gaborone • Cell: +267 7217 1432/ 7255 2809 Fax: +267 390 8501 • Email: keitumetse@nativetravels.co.bw (English) • neo@nativetravels.co.bw (French) www.nativetravels.co.bw Native Travels is a Botswana-owned, bilingual tour operator with all services and products offered in English and French. It offers interactive tours in Botswana with Batswana, mainly using community based projects so as to empower the local people.

Botswana culture is the core component of the tours, encompassing local heritage, archaeology, the environment and adventure, whether in the cities, towns, villages or cattle posts. The idea is for clients to share their experiences of local culture, tradition, music, food, fashion and lifestyles with

Batswana. The language barrier for non-Setswana clients is immaterial, as a local companion conversant in English and/or French and Setswana accompanies all tours.

All tours are tailor-made, whether for individuals, groups or organisations. Corporate clients, educational retreats with experienced tutors, company retreats, team building getaways and babysitting services are all possible. Native Travels also markets local talent and produce globally online, including local resources, music, art, fashion, food and services.

S e a b e lo T r av e l & To u r s ( P t y ) Lt d PO Box 1837 Gaborone • Plot No. 17998, Gaborone West Industrial Site • Tel: +267 395 7078 Cell: +267 7230 0114 • Fax: +267 395 7077 • Email: seabelo@seabelo.bw • www.seabelo.bw Seabelo Travel & Tours (Pty) Ltd is one of the best passenger service companies in Botswana in terms of quality offered to the travelling public.

It offers accommodation and flight bookings for delegations coming to Botswana and the whole of Africa. In addition, it offers full and half-day tours for delegates visiting Botswana to increase tourism awareness. Other services include transfer services for delegates around Botswana and southern Africa, conferencing, workshop and team building.

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S k y l i n k T r av e l 169, Queens Road, Main Mall Box No.1052, Gaborone • Tel: +267 316 2599 • Fax: +267 316 3023 Email: marjorieb.skylink@galileosa.co.za Skylink Travel is a travel agency and tour company registered in Botswana in 1999.

The company specialises in packages, tours, flights, conferences, airport shuttles and tailor-made packages around the world. It is the first travel agency in Botswana to operate 24 hours a day, with consultants ready to assist with any services offered by Skylink.

to the Galileo GDS network. This allows it to network all available special offers from various airlines, thus providing an effective service at competitive prices.

The company deals with domestic, regional and international airlines on a daily basis.

Skylink Travel is affiliated to the International Air Transport Association, which enables the company to be connected

Th e B o o k i n g Co m pa n y P Bag 0198, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0022 • Fax: +267 686 0037 • Email: reservations@booking.co.bw www.experience-botswana.co.za • www.thebookingcompany.net The Booking Company is a small independent tour operator with its head office in Maun.

flights, car hire, cultural tours and Air Botswana flight bookings in combination with a local safari package.

Along with its sister organisation, the air charter company Safari Air, it has been in business since 1992, providing a personal and unbiased service to local and international tourists.

The Booking Company can provide a range of services to the local and international traveller including lodge and hotel bookings, mobile safari bookings, Okavango Delta day trips, Moremi Game Reserve day trips, bush camping safaris, scenic

T r av e l L e is u r e ( P t y ) Lt d PO Box 21077, Gaborone • Tel: +267 318 7303 • Fax: +267 318 7302 Email: info@travel-leisure.net • www.travel-leisure.net Travel Leisure (Pty) Ltd is a partnership between the Chilisa family, through their Gradam Group of Companies, and Ambassador Joseph Huggins, who is president and CEO of the Huggins Group in the United States. Core businesses areas include operations in the hotel, catering, tourism and entertainment (casino) sector and the promotion of trade and investment between the US and Africa.

Travel Leisure is primarily a tourist travel booking operations office, targeting in-bound tourists to Botswana’s Chobe and

delta destinations. The company has links with tour operators in the US, the UK and Europe that target Botswana, including southern Africa, as their preferred tourist destination.

The company operates a tourist travel booking office that sells and markets Botswana‘s prime tourist products and facilities.

The company works with most tourist lodges and camps, arranging bookings, as well as occasional venue bookings.

TRAVELW I S E PO Box 2482, Plot 50361 Dennis Todd Office Park, Gaborone, • Tel: +267 390 3244 • Fax +267 390 3245 Email: margaret.mcdonald@bw.hrgworldwide.com • www.travelwise.co.bw Established in 1992, Travelwise is a market leader in the travel industry. The company takes pride in professionalism, up-to-date knowledge and technology and its in-house staff undergo continuous training to keep it ahead in product knowledge and excellent customer service.

The management and staff are committed to the future of tourism in Botswana. Travelwise’s team of leisure consultants have visited many beautiful camps and lodges and are able to provide the traveller with first-hand knowledge.

Travelwise offers local, regional and international packages as well as air travel, car hire, hotel bookings, visa assistance and travel insurance. To corporate clients it offers a professional travel management plan to cover all their travel requirements.

Through the on-site Rennies Foreign Exchange Bureau, Travelwise buys and sells all major currencies, travellers cheques and moneygrams as well as offering its new cash passport card.

Travelwise is an associate member of the Hogg Robinson Group worldwide and a member of the Bidvest group of companies.

TRL T r av e l Plot 16076, Old Gaborone Rd, P Bag F333, Francistown • Tel: +267 240 6361 • Fax: +267 240 6362 Email: travel@travel@trl.co.bw TRL is a Corporate Travel Management Services company. Its investment in people and technology allows the corporation to set foundations for efficiency and return on travel investment for its clients.

A consistent quality delivery provides travellers with a broad range of resources to help them stay satisfied, productive and focused on their business objectives.

TRL’s team of consultants is there every step of the journey to offer a full continuum of services.

TRL Travel is a 100 per cent citizen-owned company, the directors and shareholders being Abel and Dudu Khupe. The company falls under the Khupe Group of Companies, which incorporates Tati River Lodge among others and has created employment for over 300 Batswana and continues to grow.

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c o n s e r vat i o n & w i l d l i fe m a n ag em en t B ot s wa n a Wi l d l i f e M a n ag e m e n t Asso ci at i o n P Bag 098, Maun • Tel: +267 686 2671 • Fax: +267 686 2671 Email: debbie@mochaba.net The Botswana Wildlife Management Association (BWMA) promotes the welfare of the wildlife industry in Botswana by all possible means and has established a platform for the industry to facilitate contact with the government, its ministries and departments concerned with wildlife and land use and with associations and societies concerned with conservation of the natural environment of Botswana.

BWMA provides statistics and information on the activities of the wildlife industry to government, local councils, land boards and other interested parties.

As well as promoting and safeguarding the interests of the wildlife industry and members of the association, including many tourism and safari companies, the association has established a code of conduct for members.

It also works with and assists the Department of Wildlife & National Parks and other governmental organisations and interested entities.

D e s t i n at i o n So u t h ( P t y ) Lt d P Bag 351, Maun • Tel: +267 686 0155 • Cell: +881 631 547 411 • Fax: +267 686 1875 Email: dessouth@info.bw Destination South is one the fastest growing companies in Botswana. It was founded by Alan Michael Schmidt, who has over 25 years of professional hunting experience.

species found in the area include lion, leopard, buffalo, eland, gemsbok, kudu, impala, zebra, duiker, steenbok and giraffe.

Tonunga Camp, in the controlled hunting area, CT1, is in the central district of northern Botswana and is one of the largest hunting concession areas in the country.

The major trophy in this area is elephant. Owing to the remoteness and inaccessibility of the concession, the serious trophy hunter has an excellent chance of big ivory. Other

m o ko lo d i n at u r e r e s e rv e P Bag 0457, Gaborone • Tel: +267 316 1955 • Fax: +267 316 5488 Email: info@mokolodi.com • www.mokolodi.com The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation was formed in 1991 with the aim of promoting wildlife conservation and environmental education for the children of Botswana. Today, it is a nationally recognised educational, conservation and tourist facility.

The first project of the foundation was the creation of the Mokolodi Nature Reserve in 1994 on 30 sq km of donated land outside Gaborone. In addition to naturally occurring animal species such as warthogs, steenbok, kudu and a variety of snakes, several species have been reintroduced, including zebra, giraffe, eland, ostrich, hippos and rhinos.

The reserve contains Botswana’s only wild cheetah transit station for the relocation of ‘problem’ cheetahs brought in by ranchers, and four young, orphaned African elephants who are being raised as a joint venture with the Serendib Elephant Orphanage.

The philosophy behind Mokolodi Nature Reserve is that income from tourism and the sustainable use of wildlife and natural resources is used to subsidise the conservation projects and the environmental education programme.

Somarelang Tikologo (Environment Watch Botswana) P Bag 00376, Gaborone • Plot 594, Ext. 4, Gaborone • Tel/Fax: +267 391 3709 Email: st@somatiko.org.bw • www.somatiko.org.bw Somarelang Tikologo (Environment Watch Botswana) is a member-based environmental non governmental organisation in Gaborone. Its aim is to raise awareness of environmental issues through awareness-raising events and demonstration projects.

ST consists of a small, dedicated staff and hundreds of committed volunteer members who undertake numerous environmental awareness-raising activities throughout the community each year.

ST operates through four sub-committees – environmental planning, resource conservation, waste management and PR and fundraising – made up of volunteer members.

The organisation has nearly 100 members and donors. They include government agencies, banks, private companies and multinationals.

Av is REN t- A - C AR PO Box 790, Gaborone • Tel: +267 391 3093 • Fax: +267 391 2205 Email: botswanares@avis.co.za

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Avis Botswana is the only car rental company represented throughout Botswana. Its head office is in the commercial centre of Gaborone, with other offices in Francistown, Maun and Kasane. The latter is conveniently situated at the Mowana Safari Lodge, near the popular Chobe Game Reserve. Kasane and Maun serve as useful links for travellers visiting the prime game viewing areas.

The Avis fleet has a wide variety of late model passenger vehicles including the economical 1300 cc, air conditioned 1600 cc and 2000 cc automatics and luxury sedans. For the leisure traveller, the range includes multi-seater minibuses as well as 4x4 vehicles – the obvious choice for a real safari experience.

The 4x4s are equipped with long-range fuel tanks and professional guides are available on request.

Avis Botswana is connected to the International Avis Wizard computer network, giving it an unbeatable technology lead on its competitors.

The comprehensive Avis one-way rental means vehicles can be dropped off in South Africa or Windhoek in Namibia at an arranged fee.

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B ot s wa n a D e v e lo p m e n t Co r p o r at i o n P Bag 160, Gaborone • Tel: +267 365 1300/3651 317 • Fax: +267 390 3114 Email: enquiries@bdc.com • www.bdc.bw Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) was established in 1970 to be the country’s main agency for commercial and industrial development. The Government of Botswana owns 100 per cent of the issued share capital of the corporation.

BDC’s role is to provide financial assistance to investors with commercially viable projects and to support projects that generate sustainable employment for Botswana and add to the skills of the local workforce. It also encourages participation in business ventures.

Furthermore, BDC supports the development of viable businesses which use locally available resources, make products for export or to substitute imports, foster linkages with the local industry or contribute to the development of Botswana’s resources and overall economy.

As far as possible, BDC wishes to limit its involvement in new projects to a minority interest, but will bear the major burden of development where this is in the national interest.

B u d g e t R e n t A C AR P Bag SK 5, Gaborone • Tel: +267 390 2030 • Fax: +267 390 2028 • Cell: +267 7147 0386 Email: reservations@budget.co.za • www.budget.co.za Budget Rent a Car has a large network of over 75 branches strategically located throughout South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. In-terminal branches at all major airports ensure that, no matter how customers choose to reach their destination, Budget Rent a Car is never far away.

The Frequent Renter Programme enables Budget customers to earn free rental days from all Budget locations throughout South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Whether renting for business or pleasure, the more rentals completed, the more free rental days are earned.

The Budget Southern African fleet has over 8,000 cars, offering economy, luxury and speciality vehicles, all with an average age of six to nine months. World-class marques form an integral part of the fleet mix, with all vehicles offering the latest safety features, and always at competitive prices.

Vehicles can be delivered to or collected from any area, subject to a pre-quoted fee that will depend on the estimated travel distance.

C u r ry p ot c/o Eastern Delights (Pty) Ltd, P Bag 00364, Gaborone • Tel: +267 316 1435 • Fax: +267 350 0213 Email: taswika@currypot.co.bw Eastern Delights (Pty) Ltd, trading as Curry Pot and Swiss Chalet, is a 100 per cent citizen-owned company providing services in institutional catering and event catering.

Curry Pot Catering can cater for 10 different events of between 10 and 2,000 people per day. The catering ranges from graduation parties, weddings, board meetings, lunches and ambassadorial functions to institutional and industrial catering. The catering division is fully operational every day from 07.00 hours until late.

The Swiss Chalet, the premier Continental cuisine restaurant, comprises a patio, a terrazzo and a Country Crash Site Bar. The restaurant can accommodate about 90 people seated, the patio 30, the terrazzo 100, the Crash Site 150 and the surroundings up to 1,000.

Curry Pot Catering also provides daily institutional and industrial catering at Molepolole College of Education for 640 students during school terms and at Naledi Secondary School for 1,500 students. It also runs the Airport Snack Bar.

Fa i rg ro u n d H o l d i n g s ( P TY ) LTD P/Bag BO3, Gaborone • Tel: +267 3975 555 • Fax: +267 3904 263 Email: neo@bdc.bw • www.fairgroundholdings.com Fairground Holdings (Pty) Ltd is a subsidiary of the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC). The company was established in March 1986. The other shareholder is the Botswana Government.

The company is in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business and trades as the Botswana Conference & Exhibition Centre.

Fairground Holdings (Pty) Ltd was set up primarily to operate the Gaborone International Trade Fair, which was later expanded and upgraded to what is now the Botswana International Trade Fair.

I m p e r i a l C a r R e n ta l s P Bag SK10, Sir Seretse Khama Airport, Gaborone • Head office: PO Box 2217, Edenvale, Gauteng, 1610, South Africa Tel: +26 390 2280 • Fax: +26 390 9404 • Email: marketing@europcar.co.za • www.imperialcarrental.co.za Imperial Car Rental is the largest home-grown, South Africanborn car rental brand. It was started by Carol Scott in 1979 with a fleet of nine cars in a small office in downtown Johannesburg.

Imperial Car Rental’s philosophy has always been to operate with an entrepreneurial spirit, thinking big, but with the attitude and commitment of a small business. Personal service and attention to detail have been the foundation of the company, with a focus on delivering ‘impressive’ customer service.

Imperial Car Rental attributes its success to consistently raising the service level bar, which is the key differentiator in this

fiercely competitive industry. With its 24-hour service and willingness to go to any lengths for its customers, the company has revitalised and re-energised its 1979 slogan, ‘Yours Personally’. Added to this, every person in the company lives the promise, ‘We will impress you’.

Through the decades, Imperial Car Rental has become a household name and remains one of the strongest brands in the South African car rental industry.

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I n t e r -To u r is m G ro u p BTO Tours & Safaris, Travelmate, Wilderness Property Management • PO Box 80987, Gaborone Tel: +267 350 0999 • Fax: +267 350 0988 • Cell: +267 7155 7065 or 7279 4353 • Email: traveloptions@botsnet.bw www.botswanatraveloptions.com • www.inter-tourismgroup.com Inter-Tourism Group specialises in exclusive, fully customised luxury safaris and tours, tailor-made to suit its customers. In providing a safe adventure and an enjoyable experience of Botswana and Southern Africa, visitors can see the unsurpassed beauty of nature, culture and heritage.

ITG represents most of Botswana and southern Africa’s most exclusive lodges and establishments, offering the best service, food, accommodation and experience, all backed up by a reliable and friendly service.

The group also offer transfers, accommodation, vehicle hire and e-ticketing to all preferred destinations as well as property management.

M o g h u l R e s tau r a n t & C at e r i n g S e rv ic e s Plot 12581, Nyerere Drive - Middle Star • PO Box 202382, Gaborone • Tel: +267 397 5246 Cell: +267 7131 8551 • Fax: +267 390 2241 /391 3302 • Email: moghul@it.bw The Moghul Restaurant was established in its present form in 1991. The owners have always put a great emphasis on the quality of the food, which means the sophistication, finesse and creativity of Indian cuisine.

The restaurant is conveniently situated close to the city centre.

Deliveries can be made to offices, residences or hotels.

board meetings, cocktails, weddings and Christmas parties.

Catering menus include local and Continental cuisine.

The Moghul offers the most exquisite assortment of Indian and Pakistani dishes in Gaborone, with an extensive menu.

Since opening, the restaurant has diversified into catering including industrial catering, course workshops, seminars,

MR I B ot s wa n a P Bag BR 256, Gaborone • Tel: +267 390 3066 • Fax: +267 390 2117 Email: medrescue@Info.bw • www.mri.co.bw Medical Rescue International Botswana (MRIB) was incorporated in Botswana in March 1992 as part of the MRI Holding Group. The company’s principal business is providing emergency medical rescue operations throughout Botswana.

MRIB has over 12 years’ experience in ground and air evacuation, transport and medical assistance in Botswana. The company works in co-operation with similar organisations in the southern African region and internationally. The essence of MRIB is a 24-hour call centre in Gaborone, with support bases in Maun and Francistown. The call centre is manned 24

hours a day, all year round, by a team of highly skilled nurses, paramedics, call centre agents and doctors.

MRIB also has access to rapid response vehicles, ambulances and fixed-wing aircraft/helicopters to ensure an efficient and effective response. In September 1998 MRIB became the world’s first medical assistance company to go public when it was listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange. Today, the MRIB brand carries significant recognition in Botswana in the field of pre-hospital emergency medical care.

S AT I B AFR I C A BOT S WANA Head Office: Grantham Office Park, Keynsham Avenue, Somerset Park, Umhlanga, South Africa. • PO Box 250, Umhlanga Rocks, 4320 Tel: +31 562 1880 • www.satib.co.za • Tel: +267 317 0574 (Botswana) • Email seamus@satib.co.bw Acknowledged as Africa’s leading insurance brokerage, providing risk solutions to the tourism, hospitality and wildlife industries, SATIB Africa has opened a new office in Gaborone.

Underwriting security is provided through Tourism Risk Underwriting (TRU), which has the backing of certain underwriting syndicates at Lloyd’s of London, along with local insurers.

This enables SATIB Africa Botswana to provide the Botswana market with unparalleled service and a comprehensive safari and tourism Insurance programme.

S h e l l Oi l B ot s wa n a PO Box 334, Gaborone • Tel: +267 395 3025 • Fax: +267 397 3155 Email: info@shell.co.za • www.shell.co.za

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Shell Oil Botswana has over 50 outlets countrywide and is the leading retailer in Botswana. In addition, the expansion of the retail network has created more than 300 new jobs in the country. Shell began operations in the then Protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1956, although Shell fuels had been sold in the country for over 20 years.

tions, introducing 24-hour Select Food Stores and opening the country’s first Ultra City Service Station in Mahalapye.

Since 1995 Shell has invested over P50 million in upgrading its retail outlets as part of the Shell Group’s international launch of a new retail image. The project included rebuilding existing outlets to the new design, opening new filling sta-

Shell continues to look for new ways to help the development of Botswana, both through raising standards within the oil industry and promoting national economic and social goals.

The upgrade project ultimately aimed to provide a better service to motorists and reflected the company’s commitment to striving for higher levels of customer satisfaction.

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