Country/Town Visited: Botswana, Africa
Date of stay: June 2011
Where you stayed: Chobe National Park, Maun, and Okavango Delta
Tour or pre planned: Preplanned tour with Kumuka Tours
Botswana is definitely a country unique in its own self, housing a mix of wonderful nature and wildlife to the hustle and bustle of a typical African city in Maun. A country on the rise with a developing economy, we spent a total of 5 nights in Botswana, with every day being spectacular than the last.
Our excursion began with a full day in Chobe National park (a must see as a tourist) not only does this park have the worlds largest concentration of elephants, it is home to a vast array of wildlife from monitor lizards to Nile crocs. The mode of transport was open 4x4’s which made the experience all the better.
We did a morning game drive (3hrs) and an afternoon boat cruise on the river. The cruise was especially good for seeing all the aquatic animals that are not normally seen during the game drive. Both the boat cruise and the game drive gave us great game viewing opportunities in one of the largest parks in southern Africa.
Maun our base for the remainder of the trip in Botswana was a city always on the go, definitely not what I was expecting as it’s far more developed than I thought, here there was everything we needed including Nando’s fast food, access to internet cafes and ATM’s. The national currency is Pula but USD are also accepted, it seemed a lot easier to pay in Pula’s because the conversion rates for USD were at times a lot lower than the official rates. Safety was not an issue and everyone seemed very friendly, the locals were all very inquisitive of tourists and often were keen to barter their goods for sale with our own belongings rather than money.
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