Explore The Majesty Of Africa On Your Botswana Safari

B otswana is a small              by unspoiled African wilderness.   country with a big heart.       If you are in more of a hurry      The population is very          though you can take a motorboat    sparse and most of the country is     along the main waterways and       semi-desert but Botswana sports a     lagoons but only the moroko can    gigantic array of wildlife. If        slide silently through the quiet   you are thinking about taking a       backwaters of this wild watery     safari in Botswana you are really     wonderland.                        in for a treat. The country                                              boasts some of the best game          • 4X4 adventures are a fun way to  parks and nature reserves in the      explore the main islands and you   world.                                can even take night drives                                               through private concession areas   How to travel                  if you want to experience                                                something a bit more unique.       The magnificent scenery of                                               Botswana is gorgeous from any         • There is always more than a      angle. Whether you soar over the      hint of romance to the idea of     thundering herds in an aeroplane      flying; the sweeping views you     or drift along in a dugout canoe,     have always seen in the cinema     the sweeping beauty of your           but never imagined you could do    surroundings is sure to take your     in real life. The Game Viewing     breath clean away.                    flights over the parks of                                                Botswana are every bit as          • The moroko is a dugout canoe        exciting and romantic as you       which is ‘poled’ along, much like     could hope for. Helicopter         a gondola in Venice. Unlike a         flights are a really wild          trip through the ancient city         adventure while light aircraft     though, there is no traffic or        sweep over the massive herds of    pollution and you are surrounded      migrating animals and off into     the sunset.                           The primary attraction of                                                Botswana safari expeditions is     • If you are in need of a taste       the Okavango Delta. This, the      of something truly exotic then an     largest inland delta in the world  Elephant Ride Safari may be the       is a treasure trove of scenic      only way for you to travel. This      waterways, romantic lagoons,       is a truly original and quite         forests and plains that stretch    unforgettable experience since        to the horizon. Nature has her     the gentle sway of the elephants      playground here with thousands of  walk and your height above the        species of birds and animals all   ground will give you a view that      sharing the magnificent landscape  is unparalleled by anything else      under the enormous African sky.    in this world.                                                                                                 The delta is only about five       • The traditional way to go on        thousand years old. Formed when    safari is of course to trek on        the great Okavango river was       foot. You will have the unique        blocked from the ancient           opportunity to track and stalk        Makgadigadi lake, the delta is     live animals with the help on an      the site of the slowest moving     expert guide. Of course, unlike       flood in the world. The flood      in the old days, the favourite        begins in Angola during April and  kind of shooting done nowadays is     it only reaches the bottom end of  with a camera so be sure to pack      the delta during July. This        plenty of extra film and memory       strange, leisurely flood is the    cards! Getting up close to nature     result of the flatness of the      in this way is an old-fashioned,      landscape. In fact, the entire     grass-roots, real adventure.          landscape only drops 60 metres                                           over the course of 450             Okavango                       kilometres!                                                                                                 Chobe National Park                                                                                     The largest game reserve in        The Chobe National Park is the        Botswana is the Kalahari. This     second largest national park in       enormous stretch of wild           Botswana. It is world famous for      countryside is completely arid     its abundant elephant population.     during the dry season but is       The Chobe elephant is, in fact,       flooded with life-sustaining       the largest of the entire             water during the brief rainy       species. The Chobe National Park      season. The rains bring all        also contains an enormous variety     manner of wildlife to drink and    of wildlife, some of it               romp in the refreshing ponds and   completely unique to the park.        lakes that form in the pans and                                          valleys.                           Moremi Game Reserve                                                                                     Makgadigadi Pans National       If you visit Africa to see her        Park                           beauty, then the Moremi game                                             reserve is an essential stop.         On these, the largest saltpans in  Besides the variety of birds and      the world, immense herds of game   animals, here you will witness        migrate for the rainy season       some of the most breathtaking         while flocks of water birds fill   landscape in Africa. No               the skies and waters. The waters   photographer (no matter how           that fill the normally arid pans   amateur) could miss the               are a mere hint at the massive     opportunity to capture the            lake that covered the entire area  lily-covered valleys or the           five thousand years ago. The       infinitely photogenic forests and     animals that fill the plains       plains of Moremi.                     though are as magnificent now as                                         there ancestors were when the      Kalahari Central               great lake was filled by the       ancient Okavango River so long        ago.                               About the Author: Excape Tours and Travel http://www.excape.co.za is a world-class inbound tour operator, specializing in personalised safaris and travel itineraries Botswana, tailored to suit your specific needs and preferences. Published At: www.Isnare.com