Maun (4)

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The shop specialises in top-quality paintings around three basic African themes: wildlife, landscapes and ethnic subjets.

Bronze sculptures from Britain and the USA, together with a wide selection of coffee-table books and artefacts from West, Central and East Africa, make for an interesting presentation.


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The shop claims it has the best selection of Botswana baskets in Maun.

An extremely popular line is the exquisite ceramics that are produced by an extraordinarily gifted artist.

Finally, there's a wide selection of gold and silver jewellery, together with African jewellery made from the finest materials.


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Next door is the Busman's Craft Shop, ideal for last-minute gifts.

All booking agents, safari and mobile operators have offices in Maun.

It is also the principal village of the Batawana people - who moved to the area of the Okavango in the mid-18th century and finally settled in Maun in the very early 1900s -.

There are, of course, many other tribes to be found there, principally Bayei, Hambukushu, Herero and Bushman.


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Maun (3)

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Maun is also the administrative centre for Ngamiland, so most government offices will be found here, including those of the Wildlife Department, police and immigration.


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In addition to good supermarkets and good restaurants, there are some very interesting gift, craft and art shops in Maun.

Jazella's, near the airport entrance has a wide range of interesting stock, while, immediately opposite the airport, African Art and Images caters for more up-market tastes in quality jewellery, photography, books and artwork.


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Maun (2)

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As a tourist centre, Maun is mostly where journeys into the Delta start and end.
The airport is the busiest in the country.


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The traffic being mostly light aircraft, but the runway is being extended to take larger aircraft.
Many of the mobile safaris also start here, and the airport provides the link between international connections and flights to bush strips deep in the surrounding areas.


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For self-drive safaris it is also the last port of call before setting off on your adventure.
Riley's Garage, in the centre of the town, is also the centre of much 4x4 activity.
It is the fuelling station of choice and its selection of useful shops - meat, ice, liquor and vehicle spares - make it a magnet for last-minute preparations.


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Maun (1)

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Maun once had many of the characteristics of a western frontier town, and for years was described as such.


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Some of those aspects remain, but there is no doubt that it is maturing into a very busy tourist centre.


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The effect has been heightened by tarmac roads and busy shopping malls.
Traffic lights have yet to appear, but they cannot be far away !


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It is, indeed, now a major centre boasting satellite television, good eateries and franchise take-away joints, supermarkets and gift, craft and curio shops.


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Here you can buy just about anything you might need for yourself of your vehicle.
Extensive banking facilities are available.


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The Okavango, Okavango Delta (3)

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Flooding in the Okavango is not a violent process.
The waters spread gently down the channels and across the plains.


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The slow movement means a low sediment load, hence the clarity and purity of the Okavango's water, for which it is renowned.
The total fall in height from one end of the Delta to the other is only 62 m, and that over a distance of some 250 km !


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One of the world's few inland deltas, the Okavango adds enormously to the variety of experiences open to the visitor.


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Fishing is an obvious attraction, but there's also game viewing, if not always on the same scala as in Chobe and Savute.
One can take to the waters of this magic word of islands and lagoons by traditional canoe - mokoro - or powerboat.


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Aircraft can be hired, and a flight across the Delta is a memorable experience.
So, too, is a helicopter trip - but it's expensive one.


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The most fantastic way to view the Delta and its game is from the back of one of Randall Moore's trained African elephants at Elephant Back Safaris.
It is, however, difficult to enjoy the Okavango without using the services of professional safari people.
The most important reason is that so-called photographic and hunting concessions now blanket the whole area, and concession owners will not welcome casual visitors.


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Moreover, although the Delta itself is mapped, no practical map can hope to show the intricacies of the myriad, ever-changing channels.
Indeed, many channels cannot be easily at all as they are overgrown with reeds.


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In order to find your way around successfully you will need a guide and some kind of craft.
All the services that you require can be arranged by any of the numerous safari camps, concession owners and businesses operating in Maun and elsewhere in the Delta, and it is best to make the necessary arrangements through them.


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The Okavango, Okavango Delta (2)

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A characteristic of the Delta is its annual flood.

The Okavango, which rises in Angola, brings its bounty of heavy rains to Botswana's border.


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The swollen river breaches its low-water banks and begin the annual inundation of its floodplains.


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No twoo floods are ever the same, but one can say that the permanent Delta is some 6,000 km2 in extent, while a big flood may cover as much as 13,000 km2.


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At Muhembo, where the Okavango enters Botswana, the flood begins from November as water levels rise.


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Peak flood levels are not reached until the following February or March, and it can take six months for the flood to work its way through the labyrinth of channels and lagoons to reach Maun.


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There, it refills the Thamalakane River, which drains the area and takes the remainder to the Boteti and Lake Rivers.


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The Okavango, Okavango Delta (1)

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The Delta must truly be one of Africa's most enchanted places: a swirl of lushness in a desert of Kalahari sand - a remarkable phenomenon.


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It owes its origins to the emergence of a rift valley across the course of the Okavango River. 
When exactly this occurred is not certain but, geologically speaking, it is likely to have been a relatively recent event, possibly between two and four million years ago.


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Certainly, the process is ongoing, and constant movement in the earth's crust may well explain the shifts in water distribution that are so much a feature of this incredible area.


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In the aeons that have followed since the rift valley was formed, windblown sand and sediment delivered by the river have filled it, and its original bed now lies as much as 300 m. below the fanshaped Delta that we see today.


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An estimated 94 per cent of the water in the Okavango evaporates, 4 per cent goes into groundwater and 2 per cent flows into Thamalakane.


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Limpopo Valley Horse Safaris

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It is said there is always something new coming out of Africa.
Limpopo Valley Horse Safaris is wonderful evidence that this is still true.


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Now in the hands of Cor and Louise Carelsen, this safari company truly does offer something that is completely different.


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The stables for 35 beautiful well - schooled horses, and the reception area, are based near Pont Drift border post in Mashatu Game Reserve.


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Guests spend the first and final night at a luxury tented base camp, set among magnificent mashatu tree, by the banks of the Limpopo River.


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Limpopo Valley Horse Safaris provides four-or-eight-day horse safaris for experienced riders only.
Groups of a maximum of eight guests set off in the company of an armed professional guide and a back-up guide on all the rides across the vastness of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve.


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Overnight stops are a vividly African experience spent in three fly camps at various places in the reserve, and two nights are spent at an open-air kgotla camp - for a better view of the African night sky.


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It's a bold concept but one that is proving very successfull. 
Riders meet Africa in an intensely personal way, moving on horseback past elephant, lion, leopard, wild dog and all the plains game that is so abundant in this area.
An extraordinary experience.


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Tuli Safari Lodge

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A varied and affordable safari experience awaits you at Tuli Safari Lodge, an idyllic base for exploring the majestic surrounding landscape with its spectacular wildlife, geology and fascinating history.


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Individually designed suites and friendly staff make for a very personalised stay.


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The bar and a rest area are situated under the arms of a huge 500-year-old Nyalaberry Tree.
The dining area seems to be part of the large garden that embraces the lodge, although guests are often surprised to find themselves transported to a venue under the African skies.


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Activities include guided game drivers, bush walks, hides community visits and a very innovative "Wild guides training" session.


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They provide a four-day-adventure, designed to equip guests with some of the skills and awareness of a safari guide.


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Additional lodge facilities include a large swimming pool, waterhole, star deck and conservation centre.


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Tuli Lodge is accessible both by air and by road.
Customs and immigration facilities are organised by the lodge, and guests are picked up from the airstrip.


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If driving from South Africa, visitors go through the Pont Drift border post (vehicles can be left there safely).


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Guests are transferred to the lodge by Tuli vehicles; if you want to drive through, though, simply follow the well-placed signs to Tuli Lodge (it's about 7 km from the border).


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Should the mighty Limpopo be in flood - which does happen in rainy season (November to March) - guests will negotiate the waters by cableway.


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Tuli Safari Lodge also operates Tuli Bush Camps, two self-catering destinations, both beautifully sited on the banks of the Limpopo.


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