{"id":11960,"date":"2017-02-09T11:49:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T09:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pegasus-unterwegs.ch\/170209-botsuana\/"},"modified":"2018-09-17T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T08:09:11","slug":"170209-botsuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasus-unterwegs.ch\/en\/170209-botsuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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January 17<\/h4>\n

Food<\/h3>\n

\"Botsuana\"In nearly every little village you can find a shopping mall, Spar and Woolworth you can find often as well. International products and brands you can easily find \u2013 shopping like at home.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Water<\/h3>\n

All of the campsites and some gasoline stations offer drinkable water, most of the times for free.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Diesel<\/h3>\n

\"Botsuana\"Petrol stations are well spread over the country. At least every 100km you find one. The quality of the Diesel is good, works for modern engines as well. Just make sure that you get the 50ppm diesel, which you can\u2019t get any more along the eastern road to the boarder of Sambia. You can allways pay with credit card.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Money<\/h3>\n

ATM you will find in any bigger village. We could withdraw up to 8000 BWA. Most shops though accept the common international credit cards[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Overnight places<\/h3>\n

\"Botsuana\"In the national parks it is not allowed to camp free. Elsewhere you can stand free \u2013 with the usual respect of course. Botswana has a lot of wild animals, so it\u2019s better to stay inside during the night.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Internet<\/h3>\n

Even with the local SIM card you hardly have internet access. If you have, it\u2019s most of the time quite slowly.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Streets<\/h3>\n

\"Botsuana\"The main roads are paved all the rest are gravel or earth tracks. We though found the gravel roads often better than the paved ones with its thousands of potholes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Our personal highlights<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”11954″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]1. Elephant Sands (overnight at waterhole with elefants)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Khwai River (24h with hippos)
\n<\/em><\/strong>3. Tsodilo Hills (hike and bush camp)
\n4. Planet Baboba (Meerkats)
\n5. Shakawe River Lodge (relax with friends)
\n6. Okawango (flight over the delta)
\nSowa Pan (along the salt pan)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Border formalities<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not a big problem to get 3 month visa at the border. But it\u2019s important to clearly state that you want a 3 month visa and to control it. Theoretically you can only apply for a new visa after 12 months or you re-enter from overseas.
\nThe carnet de passage is not stamped voluntarily in the toll union. Most of the time they are very friendly and put a stamp where we would like it to be.
\nIt took us never longer than 45 min to cross boarders.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Our Stats<\/h3>\n

Daily expenses for 2 people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food<\/p>\n

Alcohol<\/p>\n

HH-Nonfood<\/p>\n

Clothes<\/p>\n

Trips<\/p>\n

Restaurant<\/p>\n

Overnight places<\/p>\n

Transport<\/p>\n

Internet\/Tel<\/p>\n

Fees<\/p>\n

Health<\/p>\n

Diesel<\/td>\n

CHF 20.67<\/p>\n

CHF 2.43<\/p>\n

CHF 1.12<\/p>\n

CHF 0.30<\/p>\n

CHF 12.06<\/p>\n

CHF 6.26<\/p>\n

CHF 12.99<\/p>\n

CHF 0.82<\/p>\n

CHF 3.04<\/p>\n

CHF 0.80<\/p>\n

CHF 0.13<\/p>\n

CHF 0.74 pro Liter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Personal Observations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tourism seems to be developed centrally and towards a high end\/luxury standard. The National parks are not affordable for self-drivers with a big vehicle; you have to pay 1500 BWA per day just for the vehicle, which is the monthly salary equivalent of a worker in a hotel. In addition you would need to calculate the park fees and the campsite fees (all per person, per night!). Though some of campsites at the border of the NP managed by the local communities are as expensive as the ones inside the park. But without any extra facilities and not maintained.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of wild animals in Botswana, in the north east mainly Elephants. It seems that numbers are growing every year so that they will end up with 200\u2019000 of it soon. With this amount of Elephants nature is harmed so much, that the eco system is in danger.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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