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Botswana is a popular destination for romantic holiday safaris
and honeymoons. From newly wed couples to families and engaged couples looking
to elope. Weddings in Africa and islands tailor make custom itineraries romantic
honeymoon getaways to Botswana. With an
area of almost 600 000 square kilometres, Botswana is virtually the same size
as France or Texas. Situated in the centre of southern Africa, it is a landlocked
country, with Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe as its immediate neighbours.
Botswana lies an average of 950 metres above sea level and is more than 600 kilometres
from the nearest coast. The Tropic of Capricorn bisects Botswana. The most striking
features of the country are its flatness and aridity. With the exception of the
eastern part of Botswana where the great majority of Batswana live and where the
summer rainfall is slightly higher, three-quarters of Botswana is technically
a desert. This is what makes the Okavango Delta even more remarkable. It
is a wonderful wetland within a desert, getting its waters from rain falling in
central Africa, 1000km away. Botswana is one of Africa's success stories.
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| Safari Honeymoons in Chobe.. |
Chobe National Reserve. | The
Chobe National Park, which is the second largest national park in Botswana
and covers 10,566 square km, has one of the greatest concentrations of game found
on the African continent. Its uniqueness in the abundance of wildlife and the
true African nature of the region, offers a safari experience of a lifetime. The
park is divided into four distinctly different eco systems: Serondela with its
lush plains and dense forests in the Chobe River area in the extreme north-east;
the Savuti Marsh in the west; the Linyanti Swamps in the north-west
the hot dry hinterland in between. A major feature of Chobe National Park is its
elephant population currently estimated at around 120,000. The Chobe elephant
are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200 km from the Chobe and Linyanti
rivers, where they concentrate in the dry season, to the pans in the southeast
of the park, to which they disperse in the rains. Weddings in Africa and Islands
can tailor make a custom safari to Chobe National Park. CLICK HERE for recommended
safari lodges and camps in Chobe. |  |
| Safari Honeymoons in Okavango Delta. |
| Luxury Wetlands Safaris. | The
Okavango is a labyrinth of lagoons, lakes and hidden channels covering an area
of over 17,000 square km and the largest inland delta in the world. Trapped in
the parched Kalahari sands it is a magnet for the wildlife who depend on the permanent
waters of this unique feature. Sometimes called a 'swamp', the Okavango
is anything but. Moving, mysterious, placid, gentle and beautiful, from a wide
and winding channel it spreads through tiny, almost unnoticeable channels that
creep away behind a wall of papyrus reed, into an ever expanding network of increasingly
smaller passages. Weddings in Africa and Islands can tailor make a custom safari
to the Okavango Delta. CLICK HERE for recommended safari lodges and camps in the
Okavango. | |
| Kalahari Safari Honeymoons. |
| Central Kalahari Explorations.. | The
Central Kalahari Game Reserve is the second largest game reserve in the world.
Situated right in the centre of Botswana, this reserve is characterised by vast
open plains, saltpans and ancient riverbeds. Varying from sand dunes with many
species of trees and shrubs in the north, to flat bushveld in the central area,
the reserve is more heavily wooded in the south, with mophane forests to the south
and east. Rainfall is sparse and sporadic and can vary from 170 to 700 millimetres
per year. The main wildlife concentrations are to be found in the tourist
areas in the northern half of this vast reserve. Game like giraffe, brown hyena,
warthog, cheetah, wild dog, leopard, lion, blue wildebeest, eland, gemsbok, kudu,
red hartebeest and springbok can be viewed. It is best between December and April,
when the animals congregate in the pans and valleys. The Basarwa or San people,
have been resident in and around this area for probably thousands of years. Originally
nomadic hunters and gathers, the lifestyle of the Basarwa has gradually changed
with the times and they now live in settlements, some of which are situated within
the southern half of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Weddings in Africa and
Islands can tailor make a custom safari to the Kalahari. CLICK HERE for recommended
safari lodges and camps in the Kalahari. | |
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