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'There can be few people better qualified to write a travel guide on Botswana than Chris McIntyre...Like all good guide books, this is packed with all kinds of practical and wide-ranging advice - from driving near elephants to maps with GPS references and how to shake hands Botswana style....What's more, even the nuts-and-bolts sections are well-written and make enjoyable reading. In particular, the region-by-region chapters on the country's reserves, camps and lodges had me longing to jump on the first plane to Maun. Each area is painstakingly described - clearly the result of meticulous first-hand research...If you can take only one book to Botswana, make sure it's this one.' BBC Wildlife 'Gives a complete coverage of this unique ecosystem and its bird and plant life.' NHBS (Natural History Book Services) 'The definitive guide for wildlife enthusiasts.' Wanderlust ‘...excellent companion for your Okavango trip.’ Travel Africa
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A safari in northern Botswana takes the traveller to a wilderness populated almost exclusively by wildlife. Here are the predators and their prey; here, too, are the elephants, the hippos and the astonishing birdlife of the Okavango Delta. This third edition of Bradt's Botswana Safari Guide: Okavango, Kalahari, Chobe Desert provides unrivalled coverage of the region's wildlife, environment and history, as well as a thorough evaluation of when, where and how to go. Accommodation options for all budgets – from lodges to camps and hotels – are fully revised and updatedChris McIntyre is a director of a UK travel company specialising in southern Africa. He travels regularly throughout the region, including extended trips to Botswana.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I’ve been waiting for this book for a long time!! None of the other guides on the area even comes close. It is the most detailed guide I’ve read on the Okavango, Chobe, Makgadikgadi, and the northern Kalahari. In my view the information seems to be very up-to-date (which is not true for Bradts second edition on Namibia!). This book is suitable for people going on an organized safari (I envy them their $'s and the luxury that awaits them :-) ), and those planning an independent self-drive. The maps are good, and a number of useful GPS coordinates are included. The descriptions of off some of the beaten track sites that I have visited are very accurate. If you are a self-drive tourist you might want to look at Mike Mains: "African Adventurer's Guide to Botswana". It has many trails that are more detailed in the same region, but lacks the overview given in this guide describing the many concession areas surrounding the Okavango. The book also includes a very useful section on Livingstone in Zambia, telling you how to get the most out of your visit to the famed Victoria Falls. What do I miss? Talking to Elein Drotsky, she mentioned that here sisters company could arrange boat trips from Shakawe to Maun, water levels permitting. There is no mention of this or any other such service in the book, guess I'll have to do some digging on that one myself. All in all, your $’s, £’s, €’s or Rand’s will be well spent on this guide.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
To confirm what the other reviwer said, this guide is up to date, friendly and helpful. Has important information missing from the Lonely Planet guide, including excellent details on travelling between towns, road conditions, directions, GPS co-ordinates etc - all of which are missing from LP. Furthermore, of the telephone numbers I tried, these ones worked and LP's didn't.
In sum, this is a sizeable book with the level of detail you need.
Note that this guide only deals with Northern Botswana, ie there is nothing on Gabarone here.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bradt Travel Guides have done it again! Their latest entry in their increasingly wonderful catalogue, the Botswana Travel Guide, represents another great example of how a travel guide should be: detailed, informative and exhaustive. By using almost exclusively their Botswana guide I was able to plan my self-driving trip down to the last detail. Botswana is not an easy Country to explore on your own steam, but with the help of the Bradt travel guide I was able to reach even the most remote and inaccessible areas as the guide has easy to read maps and gives precise directions, even offering GPS coordinates. Anyone considering a trip to the northern part of this breathtaking country (in particular the Okavango Delta, the Chobe National Park, the Moremi Game Reserve, the Great Salt Pans, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Tsodilo Hills) look no further: the Bradt Travel Guide to Botswana is the only guidebook you need.
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excellent book - so easy to use - better than any other guides we've used before...will be buying Bradt again and again and again !!
Published 11 months ago by nuts 88
Know where to go in Botswana
I liked this guide as it explained which wildlife I could see in different areas as well as describing different landscapes. Read more
Published 12 months ago by adopter
A really excellent guide to Botswana
I bought 2 guides to Botswana as we were doing an overland tour. After a few days, I put the other one away and used this. It is very comprehensive and up to date. Read more
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About to go to Delta, Chobe and Vic Falls
I have read many travel books. This book appears to be the Best on Botswana and Zimbabwe travel...time will tell as we go begining Sept 2009 then I can add aDDITIONAL COMMENTS on... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2009 by Mr. R. Weaver
Bradt safari Guide to Botswana
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Published on 5 Aug 2009 by Pod
Very good indeed
A great guide that was invaluable when I was in Botswana recently. Well written by someone who knows what they're talking about.
Published on 25 May 2009 by D. Edwards
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A great travel guide for novices and experts alike.
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Published on 20 May 2009 by Dan "Wanderers!" Wicks
The one and only guide you will need
Put simply, this guide has all the info you will ever need.
Thorough, concise, well written, this is the best travel guide out there from the best series of guides. Read more
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Published on 14 May 2009 by Tom Ellis
Botsana (Bradt Travel Guide), Good in Parts
Very informative on history and culture of Botswana and general advice for visitors. However the big failing of this book is that it only appears to cover half of the country in... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2006 by B. Quilliam
The most complete guide on the Okavango, Chobe, Makgadikgadi
I've been waiting for this book for a long time!! None of the other guides on the area even comes close. Read more
Published on 1 July 2003 by Paal Skjetne
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