ISSUE 01 2019 PUBLISHER TourismTattler.com PO Box 891, Umhlanga Rocks, 4320 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Website: www.tourismtattler.com EXECUTIVE EDITOR Des Langkilde Cell: +27 (0)82 374 7260 Fax: +27 (0)86 651 8080 E-mail: editor@tourismtattler.com Skype: tourismtattler
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DESTINATIONS
The Far Side of
Botswana Tourism
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otswana is renown as a safari destination. That’s a well-known fact. Lesser known, and yet, more appealing facts, lie on the far side of Botswana Tourism’s popular attractions. In this feature, we explore the diversity of tourism attractions, conservation, cuisine, culture, events, and hospitality that abound along a route extending over 2000 km from the capital city of Gabarone in the Southern District, through the Ghanzi District to Gchwihaba Caves, into Ngamiland Districts’ famous Okavango Delta, and ending in Botswana’s far Northern District of Chobe where the country butts up against Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe at Kasane.
Botswana is not a small country. Compared to European countries, it’s slightly larger than France (581,730 sq km vs 551,500 sq km) and over twice the size of the United Kingdom. Unlike the aforementioned European countries though, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world with just over 2 million people.
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Gaborone “Not Unbecoming”
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nce proudly referred to as “Africa’s fastest growing city,” Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, has been – since its inception – continually expanding, to the point that now this sprawling metropolitan of over 400 000 residents has become nearly unrecognisable from the tiny, dusty administrative town it was at the country’s independence in 1966. The city was named after Kgosi Gaborone, leader of the Batlokwa people, who migrated from their ancestral homelands in the Magaliesberg Mountains and in 1881 settled in the Tlokweng area (then called Moshaweng). Gaborone literally means ‘it does not fit badly’ or ‘it is not unbecoming’. What makes Twenty-first century Gaborone so unique, though, is that visitors can enjoy modern city life and gain access to rural wildlife areas within minutes – the best of both worlds.
Accommodation There are plenty of quality accommodation establishments in, and around, Gabarone. Peermont/Walmont’s The Grand Palm Hotel Casino and Convention Resort is conveniently located and if you’re into gambling, you can lose your money right next door.
Now that your bum’s found a bed, the following pages provide few options on what to see and do in and around Gabarone.
Read our TripAdvisor review here.
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GABARONE
Arts, Crafts & Culture Thapong Visual Arts Centre
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