Mboma Island
The grassy savannah of this 100-sq-km island, a long extension of the Moremi Tongue, contrasts sharply with the surrounding landscapes and provides some excellent dry-season wildlife watching – cheetah, lion and buffalo sightings are reasonably common. The 32km sandy Mboma Loop sta
Third Bridge
Literally the third log bridge after entering the reserve at South Gate (although both First Bridge and Second Bridge were, at the time of writing, easy to bypass in the dry season along parallel tracks), this rustic and rather ramshackle bridge spans a reed-filled, tannin-coloured
Khama III Memorial Museum
The Khama III Memorial Museum outlines the history of the Khama family, one of the most important dynasties in Southern Africa. The museum includes the personal effects of Chief Khama III and his descendants as well as various artefacts illustrating Serowe’s history. There are also
Leopard Rock
The rocky monoliths that rise up from the Savuti sand provide more than welcome aesthetic relief amid the flat-as-flat plains of northern Botswana. The outcrops’ caves, rocky clefts and sometimes dense undergrowth also represent ideal habitat for leopards. The southernmost of these
Savuti Marshes
For decades since the early 1980s, this vast open area in southern Savuti consisted less of marshes than sweeping open plains, save for occasional inundations during the rainy season. But the area’s name again makes sense with the return of water to the Savuti Channel. Once-dry tra
Nhabe Museum
This small and simple museum is housed in a historic building built by the British military in 1939 and used during WWII as a surveillance post keeping tabs on the German presence in Namibia. The museum offers a few displays about the history of the Ngamiland district (the subdistr
Krokavango Crocodile Farm
It’s difficult to know what to make of this place, which lies not far south of Drotsky’s Cabins (the turn-off from the main Sehithwa–Shakawe road is at GPS S 18°26.363, E 21°53.114’). Partly a refuge for rescued crocodiles from the Okavango Panhandle (usually those that have acquir
Gobabis Hill
Another of the rocky monoliths, Gobabis Hill is home to several sets of 4000-year-old rock paintings of San origin. The best are the depictions of livestock halfway up to the summit on the south side of the rock; park at S18º35.632’, E024º04.770’, from where it’s an easy 150m climb
Royal Cemetery
Before leaving town, hike up to the top of Thathaganyana Hill where you’ll find the Royal Cemetery, which contains the grave of Sir Seretse Khama, the founding father of modern Botswana, and Khama III; the latter is marked by a bronze duiker (a small antelope), which is the Bangwat
Chiefs Island
The largest island in the Okavango Delta, Chief’s Island (70km long and 15km wide) is so named because it was once the sole hunting preserve of the local chief. Raised above the water level by tectonic activity in ancient times, it’s here that so much of the delta’s wildlife retre
Gaborone Game Reserve
This reserve was established in 1988 by the Kalahari Conservation Society to give the Gaborone public an opportunity to view Botswana’s wildlife in a natural and accessible location. Although the reserve is only 5 sq km, it’s the third-busiest in the country and boasts wildebeest,
Old Palapye (Phalatswe)
About 20km southeast of Palapye amid low-lying scrub, thinly scattered stone walls mark the site of the former Bangwato capital. After the Christian Bangwato chief Khama III and his people arrived from Shoshong in 1889, Phalatswe was transformed from a stretch of desert to a settle
Moremi Gorge
The approach to Moremi Gorge gives little hint of what lies ahead. Beyond the entrance gate, a track leads past campsites (per adult/child P70/35) with their cold-water ablutions blocks, to a parking area. From here, a trail leads into this vertiginous canyon. Apart from the sheer
Three Dikgosi Monument
It’s an interesting kind of history when your nationalist heroes are three guys who argued your country should continue to be a protectorate of Africa’s biggest imperialist power, but welcome to Botswana. (It should be noted that, by helping to keep Botswana under the administratio
Nata Bird Sanctuary
This 230-sq-km community-run wildlife sanctuary was formed when local people voluntarily relocated 3500 cattle and established a network of tracks throughout the northeastern end of Sowa Pan.Although the sanctuary protects antelopes, zebras, jackals, foxes, monkeys and squirrels, t
Kubu Island
Along the southwestern edge of Sowa Pan is Kubu Island, a ghostly, baobab-laden rock, which is entirely surrounded by a sea of salt. In Setswana, kubu means hippopotamus (because there used to be lots here) and, as unlikely as it may seem given the current environment and climate,
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