ESCORTED SMALL GROUP TOURS TO BOTSWANA

Once a British protectorate, Botswana gained its independence in 1966, which today makes the country the oldest democracy in Africa. Landlocked in the south of the continent and bordering Namibia, Zambia and South Africa, Botswana is a tour destination that has never received the kind of accolade it deserves, but the fact that it’s such a well-kept secret only adds to its appeal for travellers.

Botswana, after over forty years’ history of practising democracy, is one of the most stable countries in Africa—it was ranked as Africa’s least corrupt country in 2005 by Transparency International, who positioned Botswana 32 out of 159 countries worldwide for the same category—and though it numbered among the poorest nations on the continent when it broke away from British sovereignty in the mid-1960s, it has since been reaping the economic benefits of its diamond resources. Today the southern country is blossoming in prosperity and is often counted as among the most rapidly developing African nations. Botswana truly is a country on the up and up and is doubtful to be kept a secret for much longer.