An unspoiled land of timeless beauty, which is teeming with game and bird-life, Botswana justly deserves its high reputation for Wildlife protection and environmental conservation.

Botswana has one of the best wildlife population densities in the world, and with it's exclusive tourism policies, the wilderness attractions are largely unspoiled and uncrowded, promising an unparalleled African experience.

Herds of wildlife can be found throughout the country, both in and outside the national parks, with growing concentrations in the northern tourist areas. Botswana has the largest population of elephants in the world and is home to a migrant population of over 120 000 of these massive creatures.

The Okavango is a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering an area of over 17 000 sq. kilometers and the largest inland delta in the world. Trapped in the parched Kalahari sands it is a magnet for the wildlife dependant on the permanent waters of this unique feature.

The Kalahari Desert, which covers most of Botswana, is the largest stretch of wind-blown sand on the planet and hides many remarkable adapted creatures, which can be found in its striking stark landscapes.

The flat salt baked expanse of the Makgadikdagi Pans, which, with the adjacent national park, covers an area as large as Portugal, is the bed of a once massive super-lake that covered much of the central and northern Botswana. In the rainy season the unique landscape is filled with water and remarkable bird- and wildlife.

Botswana is a bird lover's paradise with almost 600 species of birds including many unique and rare specimens that can be seen throughout the country. When the Makgadikdagi Pans fills with the annual rains, hundreds of thousands of water birds migrate to Botswana adding to the colourful spectacle.

Botswana has a rich cultural history, much of which is being discovered by amateur archaeologists. This includes the stonewall ruins, patterned pottery and stone age tools that litter the countryside, not to mention the many rock-art sites that punctuate the rocky rim of the sandy interior of the country.

The mystical Tsodilo Hills west of the Okavango delta are not only the richest rock art site in the Southern Africa with over 4000 catalogued paintings, but this geological feature is a sacred site of the Stone Age San people. The area is alive with legends and as the local San will testify, the gods of the old are still strong at Tsodilo.

Unlike much of Africa, Botswana is a safe and secure holiday destination, with little crime and no unrest. The people are passive and content, and with a growing number of successful community based tourism initiatives, there is a wide spread appreciation of tourists and the revenue they bring to the country. No special precautions need to be taken with valuables.