Chobe National Park in the northern part of the country has the densest concentration of elephants in Botswana, but they’re also omnipresent in the ...

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It might be an homage to American light beer both in character and name (since Budweiser is produced in St. Louis, Missouri). This one, however ...

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This dry, spiritual landscape in the western Kalahari has been inhabited by the San people for thousands of years; Scientists estimate that humans have lived ...

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This isn't for the faint of heart—you get very close to the same Big Five animals that you usually see from the safer ...

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In Southern Africa’s version of the Masai Mara migration, herds of zebra, elephant, and wildebeest migrate between the dry Savute Marsh and the Linyanti ...

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As any reader of the Botswana-set Alexander McCall Smith series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency knows, main character Precious Ramotswe has a fondness for ...

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Botswana has a largely meat-based diet, but this dish is not for novices. It's made up of sheep, goat, or cow intestines and other ...

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There are many conservative and wildlife protection programs throughout Botswana that use volunteers to help with tracking or research. Cheetah Conservation Botswana is an organization ...

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This remote, intricate series of caves underneath the Kalahari, not far from the Tsodilo Hills, was shown to local farmer Martinus Drotsky in 1934 by ...

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This rich wetland/wildlife area with a maze of canals, rivers, and lagoons is best traveled via mokoro—a canoe made from hollowed-out jackalberry or ...

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