Located in Southern Africa, Botswana is known for its diverse beauties which lie in its wilderness, wildlife and cultural aspect. Botswana’s capital, Gaborone was once proudly referred to as “Africa’s fastest growing city”, which is continually developing and expanding. Botswana also boasts of unique San rock art, geological wonders, traditional art and many other things which equally interest the visitors. Major tourist attraction of Botswana is the Kalahari Desert. You will also find the salt flatland expanse of Makgadikgadi pans. To have completely unique experience travelers should make Botswana tourist destination.
More than 17 percent land of Botswana is reserved as national parks and game reserves. There are wide variety of safari packages and adventure trips you can select from such as lodge safari, camping safari, adventure trips and vacation safari. The common wildlife you will get to see here are the Cheetah, Wild Dogs, Kudu, Ostrich, Giraffes, Antelopes and so much more. Wildlife lovers should make Botswana tourist destination. Some common places of safari are Linyanti Game Reserve, Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe. Tuli Block is home to the Shashe and Limpopo rivers. The topography of Tuli Block is different from other parts of Botswana because of its hills and rock crops, which is extremely beautiful.
Okavango Delta is the largest inland delta in the world, it comprises of creatures such as crocodiles, hippos, water bucks and different species of fish. Khama Rhino Sanctuary of 4300 ha is a sanctuary where you will get to see the few remaining rhinos of the Botswana.
The most popular shopping area of Gaborone is The Mall. It has several embassies, a well known hotel, commercial banks, shops and offices. Here you can find locally made crafts and daily groceries. If you go outside of Gaborone, you can buy yourself a souvenir, since many towns and villages have traditional craft workshop and they sell woodcarvings, jewellery, basket work and textiles. Those looking forward to have a unique shopping experience should make Botswana tourist destination. Riverwalk Mall has both shopping and dining facility. It has more than ten food outlets in the form of restaurants and caf©s. If you want to buy some clothes you can visit Fairground Shopping Mall.
Botswana cuisine is unique but it shares some features of the cuisines of Southern Africa. Some important foods of Botswana are Pap, Samp, Vetkoek, Mopane Worms and Seswaa, heavily salted mashed-up meat. Botswana has two types of beer, clear and opaque. Clear one is similar to European beer but the opaque is a traditional beer.
So if you want an African experience make Botswana tourist destination whenever you are planning for a vacation overseas.