Travel news Botswana

• Destinations
• 22/10/2020 05:55

Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs revises list of countries allowed to enter

• Destinations
• 20/10/2020 05:26

Seychelles reopens to several African countries

• Miscellaneous
• 14/10/2020 06:55

Lodges offer on-site COVID-19 testing

With many source markets requiring a negative PCR test to enter the country, some lodges in Southern Africa have started offering on-site testing to spare travellers the hassle of having to travel away from their destination to get tested.

While a number of private laboratories have testing facilities in the region, these are pri… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 08/10/2020 15:39

Top destinations in Africa for business travel

More South African business travellers have started travelling into Africa, according to FCM Travel Solutions. Bonnie Smith, General Manager FCM Travel Solutions revealed that travel to Kenya has picked up again, followed closely by Botswana and Zambia. Mozambique and Ghana have seen a revival when it comes to business travel from … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 30/09/2020 06:20

Some good news for South Africa’s cheetahs

South Africa is home to around 1,300 of the world’s roughly 7,100 remaining cheetahs. It’s also the only country in the world with significant cheetah population growth, thanks largely to a nongovernmental conservation project that depends on careful and intensive human management of small, fenced-in cheetah popu… read more

• Travel-tech
• 21/09/2020 14:10

Vodacom business In Nigeria and other African countries

A Mauritius based company, inq., formerly known as Synergy Communications, has expanded its horizon into Nigeria by acquiring Vodacom business in the country and two other African nations.

The company in a media statement yesterday, mentioned Zambia and Cote D’Ivoire as the two other countries it had acquired Vodacom b… read more

• Flights
• 21/09/2020 05:05

Air Namibia resumes commercial activities

Air Namibia is finally rescheduling its commercial flights. The Namibian national company announced this Thursday, September 17, the resumption on Sunday, of its domestic connections. The routes concerned are those departing from Windhoek-Eros, and going to Ondangwa, Oranjemund, Luderitz, Rundu and Katima Mulilo, and that between L… read more

• Flights
• Conservation & Wildlife
• 27/08/2020 06:01

Banning Trophy Hunting Can Put Wildlife At Risk - a Case Study

Wildlife tourism is an important segment of Botswana's tourism industry, representing 80% of the total annual revenue of trips to Botswana. Key to this are protected areas which have led to the growth of the country's wildlife tourism.

Wildlife tourism can take place either in the animals' natural environments such as nationa… read more

• Destinations
• 26/08/2020 05:27

Rediscover Botswana gains momentum

An avid traveller and media personality, Sonny Serite says Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) expedition dubbed Rediscover Botswana meant to promote domestic tourism, is already bearing fruits. Serite, who is accompanied by another media personality, Tlhalefang Charles, are currently crisscrossing the country to unearth its… read more

• Destinations
• Conservation & Wildlife
• 18/08/2020 04:15

Poaching: Five countries join forces to fight

The five partner countriesof the Kavango Zambezi (Kaza) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), including Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, are committed to working together to reduce poaching and illegal wildlife trade. They have recently launched an initiative to strengthen their partnership.

Angola, Bo… read more