BOTSWANA

"We are dedicated to improving the lot of our people in rural areas and we are dedicated to creating more employment for our people. But we intend to conserve our resources wisely and not destroy them. Those of us who happen to live in the Twentieth Century are not more important than our descendants in centuries to come." - Sir Ketumile Masire, former President of Botswana.

Nearly 40 percent of Botswana's land has been set aside for wildlife, with an emphasis on profitable but low volumes of visitors. Due to this emphasis on the sustainable use of its amazing wildlife resources, Botswana remains one of Africa's leading wildlife destinations and it is here that one can experience small, intimate safari camps built on huge wildlife concessions that encompass the magnificent, fragile and unique waters of the Okavango Delta, the game-rich savannahs of the Linyanti and Chobe National Park, and the endless horizons of the Central Kalahari where small communities of the ancient San peoples still live today.

Big game can be found in almost all of these areas – elephant, buffalo, the predators including packs of endangered wild dogs, giraffe, a wide variety of antelope and even rhino - providing close up encounters from open landdrovers or on foot, or by silent mokoro on the waterways of the Delta, with highly professional trained guides to protect and share their amazing knowledge of the wilderness they love. The smaller wildlife, from the curious dwarf mongoose to the delicately painted Okavango frogs, will amuse and fascinate you, and the magnificent birds will threaten to turn all who see them into serious birdwatchers.

In Botswana, the human imprint is small and animals wander at will across vast tracts of land – an African safari experience is simply not complete without a visit to this African gem!