If you are looking for an amazing African vacation try a Botswana Safari Holiday. The wildlife and landscape of this African country are simply awe inspiring. Watching wildlife safari on The Discovery Channel or on National Geographic is one thing, nice but ho hum. Seeing it with your own eyes, smelling it and hearing it in person is the ultimate travel experience.
There are many provinces in Africa where you can safari and take tours. The Botswana area is less overrun by tourists and gives a person much more freedom to explore on their own (or get in trouble if not careful). If you're looking for ultimate in adventure, I recommend Botswana Safari Holidays, you will love it.
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Tourism is one of Botswana's main economic industries
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This reserve is regarded as one of the most beautiful on the entire African continent. At the Moremi Reserve you can get up close and personal with a huge variety of wildlife.
Xakanaxa
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There is lodging available right on the lagoon for added interest and excitement. You can choose to "camp" according to your luxury expectations and your budget. There are several different private camps set-up along the edge of Xakanaxa. "Chiefs Safari Camp" and "Camp Moremi" are integrated into landscape in such a fashion that you can stay within the safety of the camp while still observing wild game in action.
Desert
If you go to Botswana during animal migration season – between March and May, you can hire a 4×4 and take it into the desert for some real safari sightseeing. There is no lodging in the desert, so you would be wilderness camping and sleeping underneath the stars. This can be amazing fun and very dangerous. Do not underestimate the desert. Sufficient supplies and a guide are a must. Hyena, jackal, antelope, lion, snakes and i countless species of birds and reptiles live in the desert. There is something to see any time of the year. Wisdom and caution are a must no matter when you go into the desert.
Safari in Botswana on the
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This aspect is “The Double-edged Sword of Ecotourism.” In this chapter, Stanford expresses the positives and negatives of ecotourism. Ecotourism is a form of tourism which involves visiting fragile and undisturbed natural areas and in this case, the main reason is to see gorillas. Ecotourism has its good and bad. It is good because those poor communities that live close to the habitats of the apes can have a source of revenue. Those areas are really poor, and with ecotourism, they can earn about $9000 dollars a month. However, those areas may not exactly be the safest. Stanford cites a 1999 cross border attack by rebel groups in Rwanda in which 8 ecotourists were murdered and this attack deterred tourist from going there for many months. Another negative aspect of ecotourism is how it affects the apes. Although, many apes who do live in these areas of habituation and have tourists coming in and out, the apes develop really high stress levels. When humans move too quickly or make loud noises, the apes are stressed out and can flee. Not only that, but increased stress levels lowers their immune systems making them more susceptible to disease. Stanford ends this chapter saying that ecotourism is bound to happen if the countries are too poor to provide for their people and that “the apes will have to live with the results” (190). In
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Not only does the camp offers classic camp activities such as rock climbing, hiking, arts and knowledge on natural science, it also uses canoe-camping trips as an excuse for personal development and growth. The expeditions range from 2 to 35 days on rivers and lakes, and it is surrounded by nature that the campers learn about themselves and overcome multiple challenges as they push their physical and mental limits. This close relationship to the land as a pedagogy tool has been historically part of the Atikamekw culture, as the Atikamekw Nehirowisiw (balance and union with nature) is a definition of their identity . As many institutions and camp in Canada, Indigenous heritage is appropriated and transformed, and can be seen in many aspects of most summer camps. At Minogami, camp life is cradled by Indigenous traditions, observed in the legends we tell, the song we sing and the vocabulary we use. Another example of Indigenous-based traditions we hold on to is giving feathers of different colors at the end of the stay to the campers, as a form of reward and acknowledgement of their achievement of different challenges. Moreover, many activities are traditional Indigenous ones, such as canoe and archery. It has been for a long time a great debate at the camp, how to act towards the Indigenous population of the Nitaskinan, and how to decolonize the camp. As I was never a young camper at Minogami
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