WOODLANDS STOP OVER AND LODGE'S tranquil, out of the noisy city, location makes it an ideal destination for a few days or a quick stop over en-route to the Okavango Swamps, Chobe Game Reserve, Central Kalahari, Makgadigadi Pans, Botswana National Parks …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
WOODLANDS STOP OVER AND LODGE'S tranquil, out of the noisy city, location makes it an ideal destination for a few days or a quick stop over en-route to the Okavango Swamps, Chobe Game Reserve, Central Kalahari, Makgadigadi Pans, Botswana National Park …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
WOODLANDS STOP OVER AND LODGE'S tranquil, out of the noisy city, location makes it an ideal destination for a few days or a quick stop over en-route to the Okavango Swamps, Chobe Game Reserve, Central Kalahari, Makgadigadi Pans, Botswana National Parks …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
This exclusive, privately owned safari lodge is in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Matobo Hills, situated only 45kms from Bulawayo. Tucked away into an ancient Bushman's shelter, Camp Amalinda was voted in the top 3 Safari Lodges in Zimbabwe …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
The design of the lodges is A-frame granite under thatch, which ensures they are cool in summer and warm in winter. The seven lodges each with en-suite bathroom and private balcony …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
Guests are accommodated in 12 thatched, Cape Dutch style cottages, which are built on the fringe of a majestic granite outcrop. Each individual cottage has a twin bedded, bedroom, en-suite shower, toilet and wash-hand basin, open plan lounge with tea/c …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
For keen bird watchers and naturalists, Nata Lodge offers open vehicle, three hour excursions into the Nata Sanctuary. Mammal species in the sanctuary include antelope such as kudu and springbok, as well as springhares, jackals, foxes, monkeys... …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
Serolo Safari Camp is a small and intimate tented camp, located along the shady floodplain of the Limpopo River in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve. It is just 600m from the river itself, under the many massive riverine trees, including the magnificent Mash …see more for bookings / enquiries and info.
Francistown, one of the oldest towns in Botswana, is strategically placed in the North of the country. The town is at the crossroads of routes between Gabarone and Bulawayo and of Maun and Kazungula, and is ideally located for forays into the Makgadilikgadi Pans. Francistown has a railway station and an International airport, and serves as a stopover for tourists travelling north and west to the safari territories. Human habitation in this area goes back at least 80,000 years, and it was relatively recently - in the 1820's - that the Ndebele began making their influence felt.
Francistown was the center of southern Africa's first gold rush, and is still surrounded by old and abandoned mines. Gold was first discovered here along the Tati River in 1867 by Karl Mauch, and soon the area was full of prospectors staking their claims. The town is named after Daniel Francis, who organized its establishment once the influx of miners began to get a little chaotic. By the 1940's, however, the gold mining had slowed, and there are only a few of the larger mines still operating today.