Botswana

I went on a camping trip to Botswana a few years ago, on an organized tour with Explore (www.explore.co.uk) feeling that it was safer to have everything coordinated and someone at least knowing whom to contact if I was eaten by a hippopotamus or honey badger. It turned out to be a wise precaution (no I didn't get eaten by a honey badger) We flew from London to Windhoek in Namibia via Frankfurt. Our baggage flew to Frankfurt, where it decided to stay. We stayed the night in Windhoek after quite a hurried shopping trip to Woolworths, which is an African shop selling clothes and everything else, with the £50 each, that our travel agent representative had managed ...  Read the complete review

Most people who visit Africa will generally go to Kenya, or maybe South Africa. These are great places but I could easily recommend Botswana over both. I went there two years ago and loved the place. The reason it is so great is that it's so untouched. THe hotels and camps tiny places, some holding only 16 guests, and in most, especially in the Okovango Delta, all meals are taken at one table as a group. This is fantastic and i made so many friends through these small communities. The wildlife is incredible. In Chobe game park you see incredible amounts of Elephants, both from boats, and land-rovers. Water safaris are just as common as land ...  Read the complete review

Botswana is a beautiful country with varied and differing zones, from the kalahari in the west to the Okavango delta in the North. An amazing place to view wildlife, especially the famous Big Five. Botswana holds something for everyone, all the people are friendly, there is little of the crime associated with many African nations. The hotels in the four major towns are always very clean and acceptable, the costs are very reasonable by western standards, but expensive for the region. My opinion ?Go, see it for yourself, soak up every sun filled, fun filled moment and take away beautiful memories that will alst you a lifetime. ...  Read the complete review