Botswana Facts

Capital: Gaborone
Major cities: Francistown, Maun
Area: 581 730 km ².
Population: 1,800,000 million
Density: 2.82 inhabitants per km ²
Language: English
Plan: Republic
Leader: Festus Mogae Gontebanye
Currency: Pula (BWP)
Religions: Protestantism
National Anthem: Fatshe leno the rona
Map Botswana

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» Practical Guide to plan your trip to Botswana:

» Rent a car Botswana:

» The telephone code Botswana:

Call of France to Botswana:

00 + 267 + city code + number to call.
Indicative cities:
Gaborone: 31
Kanye: 34
Molepolole: 32
Rapa: 27
Serov: 43
Francistown: 21

Call from Botswana to France:

00 + 33 + n ° 9 digits (without the 0 preceding the area code).

» The price of food and camping in Botswana:

Accommodation:

» Camping Price: between 7?
» Price Lodge / Guesthouse: 30?
» Luxe Awards: ... very expensive

Price of Food:

» Canned Price: approx 1 €
» Cakes Price: approx 0.30 €
» Coffee 500g Price: approx 2 €
» Biltong 1kg Price: approx 9 €
» Cheese Price: approx 2 €
» Bread Price: approx 0.3 €

» The quality of roads and trails in Botswana:

Physical infrastructure : 4343 km of paved roads and 14,089 km of tracks.
There is no waterway.
Rail network : 888 km.
Airstrips : 92 (including 10 with paved runways).

» Where go to Botswana ?

- The Chobe National Park
- Makgadikgadi National Park and Nxai
- Okavango Delta: Moremi
- Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- Mabuasehube-Gemsbok National Park
- Khama Rhino Sanctuary
- Gaborone Game Reserve
- Mokolodi Nature Reserve

» When to visit Botswana?

- Late May to August (winter) : The days are bright, warm and sunny, the nights cool to very cold.
- November to March: A very pronounced rainy season: showers and thunderstorms, so bring a rain so valuable that it gave its name to the national currency (the pula).

Interim periods are rather dry.

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