Articles tagged with "Travel Tips"

Botswana culture and etiquette: Setswana greetings, botho, the kgotla as a living institution, basketry, and the traditions UNESCO lists as at risk.

Botswana’s festivals: Domboshaba, Dithubaruba, the Kuru Dance Festival and Maitisong, plus the four traditions UNESCO lists as needing urgent safeguarding.

Botswana and heritage reconnection: Tsodilo’s rock art and San history, Seretse Khama and the making of a democracy, and the Kalahari land dispute.

Accessible travel in Botswana: which lodges are genuinely step-free, what a mokoro transfer involves, light-aircraft realities, and the questions to ask before booking.

Botswana for senior travelers: pacing an itinerary around light aircraft, choosing boats over mekoro, managing cold dawns and heat, and evacuation cover.

The Okavango Delta: how an inland delta works, why the flood arrives in the dry season, mokoro and boat safaris, and how the camps and concessions are organized.

Chobe National Park: the river frontage and its elephant congregations, the Savuti and Linyanti, boat safaris, and why Chobe is the most accessible of Botswana’s parks.

The Makgadikgadi Pans: the remains of an ancient superlake, the zebra migration, meerkats and baobabs, and why this is a green-season destination.

When to visit Zambia: why Victoria Falls and the game viewing peak at opposite times of year, when the camps close, and how to plan a trip that wants both.

Zambia visa and entry basics: the e-Visa service, the KAZA UNIVISA, what to have ready on arrival, and the official sources to check before you travel.