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Places to see in Botswana

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Okavango DeltaUNESCO

  Landmark · North-West District

  The Okavango Delta or Okavango Grassland is a vast inland delta in Botswana formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an elevation of 930–1,000 m (3,050–3,280 ft) in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari Desert.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Teo Gómez (Public domain). Map

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  TsodiloUNESCO

  Ruins · North-West District

  The Tsodilo Hills are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in Botswana, Southern Africa.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: cj Huo (CC BY-SA 1.0). Map

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  Gaborone

  City · South-East District

  Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana. It was formerly spelled as Gaberones during the colonial era, a name occasionally used in older English texts and maps. With a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Njengabenngugi (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Francistown

  City · North-East District

  Francistown is the second-largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 inhabitants and 147,122 inhabitants in its agglomeration at the 2022 census. It is located in eastern Botswana, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Elziki (Public domain). Map

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  Maun

  City · North-West District

  Maun is the second-largest village in Botswana. As of 2022, it had a population of 85,293. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district. Francistown and Maun are linked by the A3 highway.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rolinator at English Wikipedia (Public domain). Map

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  Chobe National Park

  Park & nature · North-West District

  Chobe National Park is Botswana's first national park, and also its most biologically diverse. The park contains the wetlands of the Chobe River, which flows into Victoria Falls and the Zambezi to the East.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Gorgo (Public domain). Map

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  Ghanzi

  City · Ghanzi District

  Ghanzi is a town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The region is known within the country for its beef industry.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bots2008 at English Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Central Kalahari Game Reserve

  Park & nature

  Central Kalahari Game Reserve is an extensive national park in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Established in 1961 it covers an area of 52,800 square kilometres (20,400 mi2), making it the second largest game reserve in the world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Benjamin Hollis from Seattle, WA, USA (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Lake Ngami

  Lake · North-West District

  Lake Ngami is an endorheic lake in Botswana, north of the Kalahari Desert. It is seasonally filled by the Taughe River, an effluent of the Okavango River system flowing out of the western side of the Okavango Delta. It is one of the fragmented remnants of the ancient Lake Makgadikgadi.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Lake Ngami-1857.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Moremi Game Reserve

  NG/28 Moremi Game Reserve

  Park & nature · North-West District

  Moremi Game Reserve is a protected area in Botswana. It lies on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta and was named after Chief Moremi of the BaTawana tribe. Moremi was designated as a game reserve, rather than a national park, when it was created.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ian Sewell (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map

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  Nxai Pan National Park

  Park & nature · North-West District

  Nxai Pan National Park is a national park in north-eastern Botswana, consisting of Nxai Pan, which is one of the Makgadikgadi Pan salt flats. Nxai Pan National Park lies just north of the Maun-Nata main road and adjoins Makgadikgadi Pans National Park on its northern border.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ralf Ellerich (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kubu Island

  Ruins · Central District

  Kubu Island (Ga'nnyo) is a dry granite rock island located in the Makgadikgadi Pan area of Botswana. The island is located a few kilometers away from Orapa and Letlhakane mining towns and can be accessed through Mmatshumo in the Boteti district.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: KubuIsland 02.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map