Botswana Travel Bundle

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Botswana Self-Drive Guide Book: Edition 2 (A4)

So, what is so special about the Tracks4Africa guide books? These are not guides written by armchair travellers or the personal experience of one person, but the combined experiences of a whole community of travellers. The T4A community travel far and wide – not by luxury bus or safari vehicle but on their own wheels. Sometimes they travel in groups and sometimes as lone rangers, but they always travel by motorbike, sedan or 4WD, therefore this guide is specifically aimed at self-drive travellers.

If you are a self-drive tourist, there are five things that you need to know when you are on the road:
1. Where to sleep.
2. Where to get fuel.
3. What to see and do.
4. Where to buy supplies.
5. Where to go in case of an emergency.

If you have the Tracks4Africa Self-Drive Guide as your travel companion, the answers to all these and many more questions will be at hand. If you are well prepared and well informed, you can really enjoy the unspoilt beauty of Africa! The Tracks4Africa travel community has shared with you the places and attractions that they really love to visit time and time again.

So what is new in the second edition?
Our first editions of the self-drive guide books were well received by travellers, but we needed to update our content and we wanted to add in a few extras.

The new books have migrated from A5 to A4 in size. This was done to make space for the new atlas section which features detailed country maps at a scale of 1:1million. The cartography was taken directly from our very popular Tracks4Africa Southern Africa Atlas and we believe that this puts our guide books in a league of their own.

We also had many requests for trip planning and decided to include two suggested itineraries for first time visitors. If you never visited any of these two countries we will give you a great trip plan with map and descriptions as inspiration. For seasoned travellers we retain the detailed information on each destination so they can create DIY trips.

Accommodation and camping were all updated to reflect the latest facilities and contact details and if we could not get hold of a place it did not make it into the book. For community campsites we made mention where we could not update the content, but left them in the book for you to explore.

The two books are again printed on high quality paper and bound in a glossy semi-hard cover which allows you to fold it open without the risk of it breaking up at the seam. We used the same method with our first editions and found that this provides a quality product which is sturdy enough to withstand being used inside the car while travelling.

The two books were edited by none other than Neil Harrison who spend many years as the editor of SA4x4. Neil brings with him a wealth of publication knowledge.

Content covered in the Self-Drive Guides:
General information about each country; Safety and precaution; Trip planning; Navigation; Preparing your vehicle for overland travel; Communication; Border post red tape; Veterinary fences and Foot-and-mouth disease; Health; Pitfalls to renting a 4×4 with camping equipment; Things you should not go without.

Botswana travel regions:
• Central Kalahari
• Chobe/Kasane
• Eastern Botswana/Tuli
• Hunter’s Road
• Kgalagadi
• Makgadikgadi
• Okavango/Moremi
• Southern Botswana/Gaborone
• Western Botswana/Ghanzi

Featured under these travel regions are 46 towns or destinations (some are National Parks or Game Reserves). Each town or destination has a general description giving you some background on the town as well as a traveller description.

For each of these towns or destinations a wealth of information was researched to answer the kind of questions that a self-drive traveller would ask. The Botswana Self-Drive Guide lists 364 camping and lodging places to stay. Each of these listings indicates contact details, rate indication, facilities and activities offered. Also, the nearest town with direction, distance and travel time from it, is given.

Botswana is covered at a scale of 1:1million over 27 pages in the atlas section of the book and comes with a convenient atlas keyplan for easy access to maps.

For both the Namibia and Botswana guides, the table of distance does not only feature distances between towns, but also travel times. Reliable travel times are a unique feature for which Tracks4Africa is well known and is essential information when travelling in Africa.

Botswana Traveller’s Paper Map 4th Edition

The Tracks4Africa Botswana paper map, now in its 4th edition, is designed to be used in conjunction with the T4A GPS Map of Botswana. It is the largest available Botswana map at 1:1,000,000 scale, offering you the perfect trip planning tool for your next Botswana holiday.

This T4A paper map series are probably the first comprehensive country maps in the world, offering travel time information for the entire road network, be it on tar, gravel or sand!

Key features:

  • Printed on tear proof and water resistant Polyart
  • Scale 1:1,000,000 (1cm = 10km)
  • All roads have been driven by the Tracks4Africa Community
  • Map key included
  • Map index included
  • Detailed vector maps of the Okavango Delta, Mabuasehube, Savuti, Gaborone, Maun, Kasane, Khwai East and West
  • Travel information like border post red tape, camping etiquette, driving in Botswana, fuel, useful contact numbers etc.
  • Distances and travel times between towns are indicated
  • Main services indicated with icons in main towns
  • Border Controls with opening and closing times
  • Detailed maps eg. Gaborone

The roads, tracks, places of interest as well as the distance data and travel time estimates on the map reflect the collective travel experience of the Tracks4Africa community of travellers over the past 10 years, with every single road being GPS recorded and verified by this community.

No need to transfer GPS coordinates from the map to your GPS as everything you see on the map is contained in our T4A GPS Maps. Our maps offer the most comprehensive coverage of tourist destinations in Botswana. Use T4A GPS Maps to navigate you to all the destinations you see on this country map.

Additional Information

Weight 1250.00 g

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4 reviews for Botswana Travel Bundle

  1. Siegfried Schuttler (verified owner)

    An absolute necessity when planning a trip to Botswana. I have used the map and self drive guide to plan my 3 week trip to Botswana. Will purchase the gps maps before embarking on this adventure. I have the same Travel Bundle for Namibia.

  2. David Wood (verified owner)

    The Self Drive guide is awelth of information. It has everything and whole lot more than anyone I have spoken to has mentioned. We are still in planning stage and the guide has proved invaluable. The Map is large but makes for excellent planning tool.

  3. Ed Rouillard (verified owner)

    Excellent value. Not used yet due to Covid lockdown but looked at some detail and it will be v useful indeed. Great idea.
    Will help us a lot in future trips and will work well with the Garmin 276cx and T4A maps just purchased.
    Have used Garmin machines and then 76cx for about 22 years and used in southern africa; RSA, Namibia, Zim, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and bit of Angola and Malawi on some 60 plus trips, the later years using T4A and 3 odd versions, all without glitches apart for the odd detail occasionally. Has navigated us reliably forever. Indispensible IMO.

  4. Marais Viljoen (verified owner)

    This bundle is very good value for money. The Self-drive guide is comprehensive and contains enough information for a first-time visitor to Botswana to plan a trip. The addition of the map is a bonus and it too is a detailed planning tool.

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