Lonely Planet Botswana (Lonely Planet Botswana and Namibia) (Paperback)

by Paul Greenway (Author), Deanna Swaney (Author) "Southern Africa's human history extends back through the millennia to the first rum of humanity on the planet..." (more)
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Product Description

Catch a canoe on the Okavango Delta, watch the wildlife at Chobe, lounge in luxurious safari lodges or view the vast Kalahari landscape – Africa’s best-kept secret offers all this and more.

• 40 detailed maps
• 16-page color wildlife safaris: where to go and who can get you there
• hundreds of places to stay and eat for all budgets
• separate chapter about magnificent Victoria Falls, only a one-hour drive from Botswana’s northern border

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; illustrated edition edition (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740590414
• ISBN-13: 978-1740590419
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,073,234 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Watch out for 7 digit phone numbers, June 18, 2003

By	Elise A. Carpenter (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

Dear Readers,
I bought this book before going to Botswana Summer 2002. This book was useful, but most of the phone numbers are incorrect since the govt. has not completely switched over to 7 digits from 6 digits. It did help me go on vacation while there and gave me some good ideas of what to do. The maps are rather inadequate also.
EAC

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not comprehensive, December 1, 2005

By	Reenie (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews

I found this guide barely scratches the surface of travel possibilities in Botswana, offering few choices within each price range, and scant historical or cultural information. If you plan to visit only northern Botswana or the Central Kgalagadi (as most tourists so) then better to purchase the Bradt guide, which even after 2 years in Botswana, I still find interesting. The sight seeing and accomodation information in Lonely PLanet guide is meager at best, offering few choices. In Botswana, the best and most interesting places are off the beaten path, and Lonely Planet did not bother to find many of them for their readers. If you plan on visting southern or eastern Botswana (near Gaborone or Selebi-Phikwe) then buy a guide that includes South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia as well. This guide was fairly useless to me and has hardly left my bookshelf in the 2 years I've been in Bots! For a truly enjoyable holiday, buy a different guide.