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Kalahari, Botswana offers natural wonders

Within one of the world’s largest deserts lies one of the world’s largest wetlands.

By David Brown In Travel

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21st October, 2011
Although the idea of paddling through a desert wildlife park sounds impossible, in northern Botswana it is fast becoming the way to experience the silence and solitude of the Kalahari. Even for those bored by the idea of rattling around game parks in four-wheel-drives, travel by traditional makoro canoe is refreshingly different. And it also means seeing wildlife up close, and in total silence. Prevented from reaching the ocean by thousands of kilometres of sand and solid rock, the 1430km-long Okavango River ...

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