Getaway Guide to Botswana: Where Time Stands Still

Botswana conjures up images of wide open spaces with a 4x4 and tented camp, vast herds of migratory game stalked by black-maned lions, a San hunter drawing back his bow, and a poler in his mokoro gliding through the reeds of the Okavango. The country is all this and more, for it is also modern, peaceful, prosperous and an example to the rest of Africa and the world.

Go and lose yourself, and find your way back again, with this new guide that covers: every region of Botswana, including towns, game reserves, the delta and desert; where to eat, sleep and enjoy yourself on any budget; contact details (e-mail addresses and web sites) of all listed establishments; comprehensive background information on the country's history and economy; life-saving health and safety issues and medical information.

MIKE COPELAND is an Afro-optimist who loves to travel not as a tourist, but eating, drinking and living like a local. His love and knowledge of Africa is evident in previous guidebooks, the Getaway Guide Cape to Cairo and his most recent book Getaway Guide to Mozambique. When not riding motorbikes, landrovers, buses, trucks and trains through Africa, he relaxes in the fairest Cape Paarl in the Western Cape. 'I need a bolt-hole where the wine is good and the livin' is easy.'