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On this page you will find photos, itinerary and travel diary for the wild and exciting Botswana.

Information and travel tips for BOTSWANA

Why go? Botswana is wild, safe, with ample space for adventure and all big wild animals. In addition, on the border with Zimbabwe and Zambia there are the clasps victory waterfalls, probably the most beautiful seconds in the world! Going to make a jeep itinerary in Botswana is in short a brilliant idea :)

When to go? August and September are the best months for a travel itinerary in Botswana, being a dry season.
How to move? A private vehicle, possibly a jeep with the roof curtains, is ideal for the incredible freedom it offers. The alternative for a more expensive, more comfortable and less exciting vacation is to move with a guide between the resorts and perform organized trips.
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How much does it cost? Daily life is economical, but the journey can become expensive. In sixteen days we spent about 3000 euros each, of which 1000 between flight and travel insurance and almost as many (each) for the jeep. Keep in mind that in what it costs I take into account everything ... from the medium for the airport of departure to the drink passing through meals and souvenirs.
For an idea on hotel prices along our route in Botswana Click here to compare the hotels and find the most convenient accommodation.

Where to go? Zimbabwe and Zambia share the beautiful Victoria waterfalls, while Botswana presents the wild Chobe National Park ... and much more. These attractions are quite close to each other, so it is not difficult to study a travel itinerary that crosses them.
Other destinations? We have not visited the Okavangus delta, in Botswana, due to logistical difficulties (an organized tour would have been necessary, and we like the independent journey): Too bad because it certainly would have deserved. The Kalahari desert has boundless spaces. Needless to say, Zimbabwe, Zambia and above all South Africa there are many other destinations of great interest.

Travel diary in Botswana

(this report continues from here: Namibia travel diary ).
After leaving Namibia, we crossed two borders , with Botswana and Zimbabwe . In the latter case we lost time due to a long queue and we paid 150 euros a visa! We managed to enter Zimbabwe and headed to the Victoria Waterfalls, or Victoria Falls , tourist destination but fundamental in our travel itinerary.

The victory waterfalls provided an incredible show. The entrance to the Zimbabwe side cost twenty euros each, an obviously worthy expense. Facocs and tourists walked on the edge of the precipice, in front of waterfalls as never before (only the Iguazu can beat the victory in magnificence).

We then walked through the bridge with Zambia, to admire the waterfalls from another point of view and smarce another country in our visited states lists. In the evening we sleeped in a campsite by Victoria Falls Town, a very touristy town, and in a good restaurant (Mama Africa) in which we ate meat in front of typical dance shows. A bit of vacation in the middle of our adventurous travel itinerary.
The next day we left Zimbabwe and returned to Botswana to visit the Chobe National Park . At the entrance (in Kasane) we had the good fortune to be able to book a place in a park campsite - we were happy, because from the information we had collected from Italy it seemed great, but difficult, sleep in the reserve.
The wonderful Chobe NP filled us with joys.

Elephants and giraffes, hippopotamus, gazelles as if raining, strange birds , of everything. She traveled randomly for dirt roads, often sandy. There were fewer people than at the Etosha park in Namibia, and even more freedom. It was not a vacation, it was a real adventure in the wildest nature. A necessary destination not only for this travel itinerary, but for each safari and for every vacation. Even if you are in Japan, to say, it's worth doing a small & quot; small & quot; Deviation and come here.

To get to the campsite, always inside the Chobe park, I drove on a wide and fascinating sandy track surrounded by jungle.

The campsite was simply a jungle area, near the river, where you were granted to camp. We saw monkeys and elephants to hear the hippos and would not exclude the presence of carnivorous felines: he was not recommended to go around at night. The atmosphere under the starry sky and the only noises of nature was incredible.

The next day we continued to venture for the Chobe through the most senseless road of the holiday, indeed, of the universe: it was a continuous climbing and descending on steep dosses between five and ten meters from each other. Inside the jeep we jumped as dice launched on the table. We arrived in Maun, where decent roads reappeared, and in pitiful hygienic conditions we walked the Botswana south, direction Johannesburg. We visited the Makgadikpadi Pans , huge expanses of salt, so we crossed some quiet towns along the main road. We camped in the savannah, near the ostriches.
on the border with South Africa the customs officers checked the car to verify that we did not import meat. In South Africa our navigator lost the maps, but following the signs and the sun (note: in the southern hemisphere the sun at noon indicates the North, not the south) we arrived in Johannesburg, where we returned the jeep after 8000 kilometers And 15 days of travel .
we were enthusiastic about the companies taken, but arrived at home, we felt strong the lack of Mom Africa and the sensations very intense lived in absolute freedom.
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