Spotlight on the Kalahari Desert
Did you manage to catch the first episode of the new David Attenborough BBC television series “Africa” last week? We were all glued to this mesmerising programme with wonderful photography…
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Spotlight on the Okavango Delta in Botswana
The Okavango Delta in Botswana is a huge and unique inland river delta. The Okavango River flows into a low-lying and very flat area which has gradually silted up with…
Explore the Game Reserves of Botswana via your computer
Do you like to check out places before you visit them? Me too. I often check out my destination on Google Street View. I find that being able to check…
Tribes of Africa: the Bushmen of the Kalahari
The indigenous people of Southern Africa, whose homeland covers much of Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Angola, are often also known as Bushmen or the San…
Excellent rains fill the Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is enjoying its third consecutive year of high floods, the result of high rainfall over the Angolan heights in southern Angola. The Selinda spillway is full, as…