Travel tips

Information

Apps

• Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
• Roberts VII Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa.
• Sesol eBirds of Southern Africa.

Fhotography

Wildlife Photography in Botswana – a practical guide. James Gifford en Steven Stockhall (2010), ISBN 9991209692.

Guides

• A field guide to the mammals of Botswana. Peter Comley and Jen Come (2013) ISBN 978-99968-0-022-1.
• Newman’s Birds – commemorative edition. Kenneth Newman, revised by Vanessa Newman (2010), ISBN 978-1-77007-876-5.
• Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. Phil Hockey et al. (2009), ISBN 0620340533.
• Seasol Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa. Ian Sinclair and Phil Hockey (2014), ISBN 177584099.
• Botswana & Namibie. Lonely Planet (2010), ISBN 978-1-74104-922-0.
• The Shell Tourist travel and field guide of Botswana. Veronica Roodt (2008) ISBN 0-620-34975-1

Lezen

• Botswana Time. Will Randall (2005), ISBN 0-349-11778-0
• N0. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Alexander McCall Smith (2003), ISBN 978-0-34911-675-4
• Serowe, village of the rain wind. Bessie Head (1981), ISBN 0-435-90220-2
• The harmless people. Elisabeth Marshall Thomas (1988), ISBN 0-86486-062-5
• Twenty chickens for a saddle – The story of an African Childhood. Robyn Scott (2008)978-0-7475-9596-0

Websites

• www.botswanatourism.co.bw
• www.birdlifebotswana.org.bw

Safety

Wild animals roam over the camping as there are no fences. Keep your children always close and do not challenge the animals. Be extra careful when it is dark. Do not sleep in the open air, but in a closed tent or car.

Food attracts animals.  Therefore keep the food in a closed car. Never leave food behind in a tent.

Do not drive when it is dark. Cattle and wild animals roam freely. You may notice them too late.

Bring reserve water, food and fuel. Also with a navigation system you can loose the way, you can get stuck or use more fuel than anticipated.

If you have to drive through water, check the depth. If you are not sure, wait for another car to show you the crossing.

Watch the fuel gauge and fill up fuel timely. Keep enough fuel in stock for when the road is very sandy or when the nearest pump does not have fuel. The fuel gauge of the long range tank keeps indicating full for a long time. Only when the indicator goes down, you will see the actual rest capacity of the tank.

On the saltpans drive only on the well-used tracks. Never drive on a saltpan when it has rained recently. Don’t make your own detour. The ground besides the track can be treacherously soft.

Prevent getting stuck on extreme sandy or muddy roads by timely changing gears to the low range and decreasing the tyre pressure till 1.8 or 1.6 atmosphere.

Travel with a GPS and take a satellite telephone with you for trips in remote areas.