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Botswana

Republic of Botswana

CapitalGaborone
RegionSouthern Africa
CurrencyBWP
Official languagesEnglish, Tswana
Access to the seaNo
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Gaborone

Nxai Pan National Park

Ntwetwe Pan

Nata Bird Sanctuary

Male Hill

Shakawe

Flamingos in shallow pan water at Nata Bird Sanctuary.
Botswana · Place of interest

Nata Bird Sanctuary

Nata Bird Sanctuary, beside the eastern Makgadikgadi pans, offers a raised viewpoint for watching waterbirds when water reaches the pans. Its appeal depends on flooding and on access conditions.

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Ntwetwe Pan
Botswana · Region or area

Ntwetwe Pan

Ntwetwe Pan forms part of the western edge of Makgadikgadi Pans Game Reserve, alongside grasslands and acacia groves. In the wet season, zebra and wildebeest may move toward the Boteti region; their movements depend on rainfall.

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Nxai Pan National Park
Botswana · Region or area

Nxai Pan National Park

Nxai Pan National Park pairs a broad salt pan with land-based safari. Its pans, grasslands and pools change with the rains, so wildlife sightings and track conditions vary from year to year.

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Shakawe
Botswana · City or town

Shakawe

Shakawe is a customary base for arranging an excursion to Tsodilo Hills. Visiting the site requires its own planning and time for walking the trails; Shakawe serves as a starting point rather than a substitute for the visit.

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Botswana

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Practical guides

Botswana: getting your bearings with Gaborone as a starting point

Botswana is in southern Africa and is landlocked. Gaborone, English, Tswana and the pula offer useful starting points for planning.

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Generic Southern African landscape accompanying an orientation to Botswana. Practical guides

Gaborone, English, Tswana and the pula in Botswana

A first look at Botswana based on confirmed information: its location in southern Africa, its capital, its languages and its currency.

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Open white horizon of the Makgadikgadi salt pans with distant acacias. Nature

Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan: Choosing Rain, Wildlife or the Scale of the Salt Flats

In the Makgadikgadi complex, the decisive choice is not accommodation but the state of the water. Nxai Pan, Nata and the Boteti plains follow different rhythms.

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Tsodilo Hills rocky outcrops rising above the Kalahari plain in Botswana. Culture

Tsodilo Hills: walking among rock art and sacred landscape

A visit to Tsodilo Hills is best enjoyed as a slow day out: choose a trail, arrange a local guide and understand that the paintings are part of a living landscape.

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