BOTSWANA

The people as a whole are Batswana, one person is a Motswana, and the language they speak is Setswana. The Kalahari dominates Botswana, covering 70% of it’s land surface with two major features the Makgadikgadi Pan, a large salt pan lies in the north.and the Okavango Delta in Botswana, one of the world’s largest inland delta provide an gorgeous self-drive safari experience in the northwest. The delta forms a network of canals, lagoons and lush islands, a huge reservoir where wildlife abounds, a crucial ecosystem to the survival of many animals, from mammals to birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and insects … an explosion of life in all its diversity. This region has been listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Site in June 2014. Pan Magkadikgadi is a saline basin remnant of a lake that covered much of northern Botswana where the Bushmen once extracted the salt. Botswana’s pristine wilderness protects some of thee earth’s most spectacular wildlife; dense concentrations of big game animals, an amazing wealth of birdlife, and huge herds, roaming from the saltpans of the Kalahari to the lush Okavango Delta, devoid of the marks of modern man the landscape still bears the imprints of our ancestors. There are about twelve game reserves and private reserves where we find blue wildebeest, antelopes, the endangered african wild dog and more than 350 species of birds.