Getaway Guide to Botswana, by Mike Copeland

Getaway Guide to Botswana, by Mike Copeland. 9781920289317 / ISBN 978-1-920289-31-7

Getaway Guide to Botswana, by Mike Copeland. 9781920289317 / ISBN 978-1-920289-31-7

Mike Copeland has authored the Getaway Guides Cape to Cairo, Mozambique, Namibia and Botswana.

Mike Copeland  

The Call of the Wild is loud and clear in Botswana - it roars and bellows across the open spaces of this vast, almost flat country. There are not many countries left on our planet that have more than a fair share of pre-human-era fauna preserved into our modern age, and where they roam so widely and freely. Fortunate is the traveller who answers the call and experiences what Botswana has to offer. The adrenaline rush of predators in camp at night, of battering your vehicle through deep sand and water or mud, sipping sundowners while watching the sky turn red with the silhouettes of elephants drinking nearby, or just enjoying the silence and solitude of the salt pans: this is Botswana. But it's a country you need to be prepared and equipped for. To draw the most out of your trip, to be able to get where you want to go and do what you want to do, it is necessary to plan and prepare carefully. As welcoming and beautiful as the country is, it can bite. There are wilderness areas where you will receive no backup or assistance if broken down; hot, waterless wastes where dehydration and death are a possibility, and always the wild animals - animals that can attack, trample and maul if they get the chance. So prepare yourself, your vehicle and equipment and, when you arrive home safely after the trip of a lifetime, know it was all worth it. I must admit, my first trip to Botswana was with a young wife and babies in an ill-prepared VW Kombi that didn't even last the trip - we returned home by train. But it was another one of the memorable trips of my life and it started my long love affair with the country. My wisdom from this is to rather go ill-prepared than not go at all, as long as your head is prepared! Maybe you are lucky enough to have included Botswana in a longer trip, taking in other southern African countries or even a cross-Africa trip. If so, I hope you have copies of my other guidebooks in this series: Cape to Cairo, Mozambique and Namibia. And I'm always keen to hear about your trips and offer assistance where I can. For this, or if you have any other information that might be useful for updating this book, please contact me on mcopeland@telkomsa.net.

This is an excerpt from the guide: Getaway Guide to Botswana, by Mike Copeland.

Title: Getaway Guide to Botswana
Author: Mike Copeland
Type: Regional Travel Guide
Imprint: Sunbird Publishers
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
2nd edition. Johannesburg, South Africa 2010
ISBN 9781920289317 / ISBN 978-1-920289-31-7
Softcover, 15x21 cm, 191 pages, throughout colour photos and maps

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