Botswana
Gabarone
Referred to as “Africa’s fastest growing city,” Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, is a busy urban
centre of some 300 000 residents.
Initially called ‘Gaberones’ Village, it was a small settlement on the railway line and an
administrative centre. Twenty-first century Gaborone now boasts four large shopping malls,
a host of hotels, guest houses and restaurants, an international airport, a cultural centre,
discos and nightclubs, a national museum and art gallery, as well as two golf courses and
other sports facilities.
Gaborone’s unique drawing card is that the visitor can enjoy all the familiar modern
conveniences of home, but can also gain entry into rural Africa, or wildlife areas, within
minutes – having the best of both worlds.
Maun
Maun meaning ‘Place of short reeds’ is Botswana’s tourism capital lies on the s