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Accommodation in Botswana

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The main Botswana's tourist attractions in Botswana are its game reserves, with hunting and photographic safaris available. Other amazing destinations comprise the Okavango Delta region, which during the rainy season is a maze of waterways, islands, and lakes. In 2005 the tourism industry created employment for 23 000 people and helped broaden Botswana’s economy from resources such as diamonds and beef.

Botswana vacations are ideal for adventurer and nature lover due to the immensely diverse wildlife habitat and temperate climate. There are grasslands, the delta and savannahs where a large number of Blue Wildebeest, antelopes and a wide variety of mammals and bird life can be found. The endangered Wild Dog can be found in large populations in Northern Botswana.

Botswana is the 45^th-largest country in the world after the Ukraine. It is similar in size to Madagascar at 231,788 square kilometres and slightly smaller than the state of Texas. The Kalahari Desert covers 70% of Botswana’s land surface. The world’s largest inland delta, the Okavango Delta is in the northwest region. A massive saltpan named the Makgadikgadi Pan is situated in the north. The most prominent landform in southern Africa, the Limpopo River Basin, lies partly in Botswana to the southwest of the country.  

National parks

Central Kalahari Game Reserve

In the heart of the Kalahari desert of Botswana lies the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a vast national park covering an area of 52 800 square kilometres. The park, established in 1961, is the second biggest game reserve in the world. It is home to a wide range of wildlife such as the leopard, lion, wild dog, cheetah giraffe, brown hyena, warthog, blue wildebeest, eland, red hartebeest, kudu and gemsbok.

Chobe National Park

Chobe National Park is situated in northwest Botswana and boasts one of the largest game concentrations in the African continent. It is the third largest park of the country behind the Gemsbok National Park and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the former being the most diverse. Chobe National Park is also the country's first national park.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a huge conservation area and wildlife reserve in southern Africa. The cross border park shared by South Africa and Botswana is made up of two adjacent national parks: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. The park’s total area is 38000 km² (14,668 mi²). Three-quarters of the park lies in Botswana and the remaining quarters rests in South Africa.