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Botswana holidays

January 2016

  • An elephants’ watering hole in Chobe national park.

    Safaris: your game, your rules – an independent tour of Botswana

    You don’t have to go on an expensive, organised safari. Nicky Holford put together her own tour of Botswana, camping out in national parks, and had the trip of a lifetime for a fraction of the cost

January 2015

  • Makgadikgadi salt pans, Botswana

    Instagram snapshots
    Instagram snapshots: a trans-Africa road trip

    Salt pans, campside dinners on Kubu Island, and elephants – real and pictoral – helped shape Richard Bromley Gardner’s time in Botswana, as part of a trans-Africa drive

June 2014

  • Elephants wading through water on the fringe of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

    Unesco world heritage list tops 1,000

    The Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Grotte Chauvet in France and the Poverty Points monument in the US are among sites taking the world heritage list over the 1,000 mark

January 2011

  • One-thousandth of the price

    The rich list: holiday like a billionaire, for less

    If you're spending it like Beckham, private islands, penthouses and outer space are within reach. Ian Belcher on the holidays of the rich and famous, on a budget

December 2010

  • The Okavango Macbeth
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    Opera with the No 1 Ladies: Alexander McCall Smith's Botswana

    Ramotswe-themed tours of Gaborone, Botswana's capital, now include a show at the world's smallest and quirkiest opera house, says Ian Belcher

August 2010

  • Laurence Watts, Victoria Falls

    Africa for beginners

    Seasoned backpacker Laurence Watts shares his tips and itineraries for a memorable few weeks in southern or east Africa

July 2010

  • Mokoro

    Taking a punt on the polers of Botswana's Okavango delta

    A community-run canoe tour of the delta offers the same wildlife experiences as Botswana's expensive luxury safaris, if not quite the same levels of service, reports Kieron Humphrey

March 2010

  • Marshes in Okavango Delta in Botswana

    Okavango Delta: Floods of Life

    Africa's most spectacular water system comes to life in a new photography book

February 2010

  • Steppes, Galapagos islands

    Guardian green travel list 2010
    Wildlife

    Three operators that go the extra mile when it comes to environmental and conservation issues

January 2010

  • Response
    Even latter-day Livingstones can help relieve poverty in Africa

    Chris McIntyre
    Response: Tourism can be a vital and sustainable source of income for the continent, says Chris McIntyre

November 2009

  • Tourists on the Okavango Delta

    Botswana fishermen fear tourist invasion will destroy Okavango wilderness

    Villagers say visitors to delta are a threat to wildlife and their fishing industry
  • camel

    Five great riding adventures

    Treks that take in whale-watching in the Azores or tracking cheetahs in the Kalahari
  • mali

    Adventure holidays: hot tips for 2010

    We asked the experts to reveal the trips they are most excited about, from Papua New Guinea's jungles to Greenland's ice floes

September 2009

  • Uchuck cruise in Nootka Island, Canada

    Travel writing competition 2009
    Adventure travel: Prisoner in paradise

    Retracing the steps of his ancestor, who was a captive on Canada's west coast in the 1800s, Neil Jewitt finds an island wilderness

February 2009

  • Environment blog
    Birds of paradise: On a wing and a prayer

  • Environment blog
    Camp creatures: Birdwatching in Botswana's Okavango Delta

December 2008

  • A safari holiday

    Ten best safari holidays

    An 'affordable' safari often means a gaggle of 4x4s circling a lone animal, but you're guaranteed to be outnumbered by wildlife in the Great Karoo

November 2008

  • Clemancy Burton Hill samples South Africa

    'I wanted to walk, smell and touch the landscape'

    Clemency Burton-Hill found the perfect 'slow safari' solution in South Africa

July 2008

  • Horse riding

    Top 10 pony trekking holidays around the world

    From long hacks for pony-pros and BYO horse holidays to saddle-friendly treks for beginners, Samantha Warwick rounds up the best holidays on horseback

March 2008

  • Elephants in Botswana

    On the trail of Mma Ramotswe

    The TV adaptation of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series hits our screens tonight. Bob Maddams, a film-maker working in Africa, follows in Precious Ramotswe's footsteps around Gaborone before heading off to investigate the real Botswana

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