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Botswana, safari Overland per tutti

Lo Overland indica un particolare viaggio effettuato da un particolare veicolo. È diventato il protagonista di una serie di documentari sui viaggi per il mondo in camion e/o autobus, a volte viene indicato come una jeep. In ogni caso è un mezzo speciale progettato per correre attraverso paesaggi e suoli difficili. Di recente, il safariContinue reading "Botswana, safari Overland per tutti"

Botswana, flight safari on the Okawango

  The magic of river Okawango started ages ago, when a prehistoric earthquake or eruption changed its course keeping it off the coast. It headed to the desert of Kalahari, so, and still does. Which means, this river has no outlet to the ocean and it just ... stagnates and then evaporates. Before evaporating riverContinue reading "Botswana, flight safari on the Okawango"

Weather in Botswana

Weather in Botswana Botswana is a semi arid region in the southern part of Africa, covered by 70% from Kalahari desert . The climate is warm and dry for the most part of the year, excepted for the Summer time from November to March, when temperatures are very high and rainfalls are very short. RainfallsContinue reading "Weather in Botswana"

Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

Once upon a time ... there was a great lake. It was called Makgadikgadi Lake and its water retained the mineral salts of the rocks of its bed. Also the water carried by rains and rivers brought a certain amount of rocks' salt. When, about 10,000 years ago, the sudden rising temperature turned those plainsContinue reading "Makgadikgadi Pans National Park"

Nxai Pan National Park

Inside of the Makgadikgadi National Park there are salt pans of rare beauty. Two of them are the largest, and very important ones. But there are many others around which deserve tourist attention. Nxai Pan is one of them. It is so beautiful and special that the government founded a National Park only to protectContinue reading "Nxai Pan National Park"