Okavango Wilderness Project makes history
Friday, June 21, 2019
Until Wednesday last week, local tourist guide Tumeletso ‘Water’ Setlabosha did not know anything about Rolex. But by the end of the National Geographic Explorer Awards night, the man from Jao Flats, deep in the heart of the Okavango Delta, was carrying, (not wearing) his own brand new $8,100 (P90,000) Rolex Explorer II timepiece.
Water was one of the trio who was given the luxurious Swiss timepiece. Others are the project leader and National Geographic Fellow, Steve Boyes, together with the Angolan ichthyologist and National Geographic Explorer, Adjany Costa.
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