 |
Botswana
Guides, Tours |
| Short Information | Capital: Gaborone
Language: English
Currency: Pula (BWP) | |
|
 PRIVATE GUIDES OF Botswana | | C Richard Dixon - I am South African and passionate about Africa. I am a fully qualified National Field guide and Tourist guide (they are different!) with over 15 years experience and I have a Masters Degree. | | Lisa Reed - Lisa Reed was born in 1974 in Zimbabwe and spent her school years in South Africa, now has lived in Botswana since January 1996. Lisa has studied Tour Operations formally but has spent most of her working life in or associated with Safari camps, Lisa has worked or visited most Southern and East African safari countries but still rates Botswana's wilderness as the best. |  See all private and personal guides of Botswana |
| PRIVATE TOURS IN Botswana | | Okavango - semi-luxury camping safari - From Maun in the Okavango Delta through Moremi Game Reserve to Chobe Game Reserve ending at the Victoria Falls, on this safari you will see probaly the best scenery in southern Africa. You see some of the largest elephant herds in the world, Lions that have learnt to hunt elephant and vast herds of antelope. | | Family Safari in Botswana - travel to Africa - Hi, my name is Lisa Reed, I am one of a handful of female professional guides based in the village of Maun in Botswana, i work with Kwando Safaris - one of the few Safari companies in Botswana who accept and welcome families into their camps. Kwando Safaris believes in dealing with families in a positive way rather than adopting the more conventional approach which is to tolerate the children at a discount and try keep them out the way. | | See all private and personal tours in Botswana |
| General details about Botswana |  CAPITAL CITY OF Botswana: Gaborone
LANGUAGE OF Botswana: English
CURRENCY OF Botswana: Pula (BWP)
COMMENTS ABOUT Botswana: Botswana is a country located in Southern Africa. Botswana is famous for its wildlife, areas like the Chobe National Park, Moremi National Park in the Okavango Delta and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve have a very high concentration of game.
Cities: Gaborone (Capital),
Jwaneng, Kanye, Letlhakane, Lobatse, Mahalapye, Maun, Mochudi, Mogoditshane, Molepolole, Moshupa, Orapa, Palapye, Selebi-Phikwe, Ramotswa, Serowe, Thamaga, Tlokweng, Tonota
Calling code : +267
Time zone : CAT (UTC+2)
Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name upon independence in 1966. Four decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created one of the most dynamic economies in Africa. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection, but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease.
CLIMATE OF Botswana: semiarid; warm winters and hot summers
RELIGION OF Botswana: Indigenous beliefs 85%, Christian 15%
POPULATION OF Botswana: 1,561,973 estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)>
ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Botswana: Botswana has maintained one of the world's highest growth rates since independence in 1966. Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Botswana has transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world to a middle-income country with a per capita GDP of $8,800 in 2003. Two major investment services rank Botswana as the best credit risk in Africa. Diamond mining has fueled much of the expansion and currently accounts for more than one-third of GDP and for nine-tenths of export earnings. Tourism, subsistence farming, and cattle raising are other key sectors. On the downside, the government must deal with high rates of unemployment and poverty. Unemployment officially is 21%, but unofficial estimates place it closer to 40%. HIV/AIDS infection rates are the highest in the world and threaten Botswana's impressive economic gains. Long-term prospects are overshadowed by the expected leveling off in diamond mining production.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Home
