Destination: Botswana

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Community & Conservation Projects

AfriCat
Birdlife International or Birdlife Botswana
Children in the Wilderness
Conservation International
Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation
Kalahari Conservation Society
Khama Rhino Sanctuary
Raleigh International
Save the Rhino
Working Group for Indigenous Minorities of Southern Africa

Do-It-Yourself Ideas

Drive yourself through Etosha National Park.
Go overland from the Chobe Riverfront to Maun.
Book your own mokoro (dugout canoe) trip (sans tour operator) in the Okavango Panhandle.
Do some serious spelunking in Gcwihaba (Drotsky’s) Cave.
Put your GPS skills to the test in Kaokoveld.
Explore the Makgadikgadi Pans without a guide (not for the faint of heart).
Climb to the top of the Spitzkoppe or the Brandberg.
Hike from one end of Fish River Canyon to the other.
Find the hottest new bars and clubs in Windhoek.
Hike through the dunes near Swakopmund (bring lots of water!).

Reads

To track down hard-to-find books try the following online bookstores: www.amazon.com, www.stanfords.co.uk, www.thetravelbookshop.co.uk and www.africabookcentre.com.

Sheltering Desert (1957) Henno Martin
Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind (1981) Bessie Head
Born of the Sun (1988) Joseph Diescho
Nervous Conditions (1989) Tsitsi Dangarembga
On the Run (1994) Kapoche Victor
Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold (1998) Mark Cocker
The Road to Independence (2000) Peter Fawcus and Alan Tilbury
The Purple Violet of Oshaantu (2001) Neshani Andreas
The Lion Children (2001) Angus, Maisie and Travers McNeice
House of Reeds (2005) Caitlin Davies

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