Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chobe, Northern Kalahari"The Bradt guide to Botswana concentrates on the prime regions for travelers in the north of the country, with the essentials on the gateway cities of Gaborone and Maun. The Okavango Delta is a wetland paradise and one of the top destinations in Africa for wildlife enthusiasts, who will delight in the thorough descriptions of the unique ecosystem and its multitude of bird and plant life. Other key regions covered in depth are the Chobe National Park--an important conservation area - the Linyanti Swamps, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and Tsodilo Hills with their wealth of bushman rock art. Features include: *In-depth coverage of national parks and game reserves, with details of where best to see each species ; *Unrivaled guidance on safari camps and lodges for this major destination for up-market safari visitors ; *GPS points for bush navigation catering to fly-drive visitors ; *Background to the culture and people of the region." - product description. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | vii |
Introduction | ix |
GENERAL INFORMATION | 1 |
History and Economy | 3 |
People and Culture | 19 |
The Natural Environment | 43 |
Planning and Preparation | 67 |
Health and Safety | 99 |
Chobe National Park and Forest Reserve | 191 |
Linyanti Selinda and Kwando Reserves | 225 |
The Okavango Delta Moremi Game Reserve | 241 |
Okavango Delta Private Reserves around Moremi | 273 |
The Okavango Panhandle and Northwest Kalahari | 329 |
The Kalaharis Great Salt Pans | 365 |
The Central Kalahari | 405 |
Livingstone and the Victoria Falls | 421 |
Common terms and phrases
Acacia activities airport airstrip animals antelope Baobab beds Birdlife birds boat Boteti Bradt bush campsite Central Kalahari centre chalets channel Chobe National Park Chobe River CKGR common concession drinks dry season east elephants en-suite Etsha fauna flights floodplains Flora forest Francistown Gaborone game drives game viewing Gate grasslands groups herds hippo hyena Island Kalahari Kasane Khwai Kwando Lagoon Linyanti Linyanti River lion Livingstone Makgadikgadi Pans Maun mokoro trips mopane Moremi Game Reserve Mosi-oa-Tunya Namibia Nata night northern Botswana Nxai Pan Okavango Delta organised park fees pool rains river riverfront rooms route Safari Lodge sand Savuti Selinda Shakawe sharing/sgl shower side southern Africa species stay tents thatched there's toilet town track trees Tsodilo usually vegetation vehicle Victoria Falls village visitors Vumbura walking whilst wild Wilderness Safaris wildlife wooden woodlands Xakanaxa Zambezi Zambia Zimbabwe