The best of Rediscover Botswana

Friday, August 28, 2020

After travelling 27 days around Botswana promoting local travel and tourism, intrepid traveller and Mmegi Staff Writer, THALEFANG CHARLES picks his best highlights of the epic Rediscover Botswana expedition

Many have asked me about the highlight of the expedition and I have battled to come up with just one. I could say it is driving on the Kgalagadi red sand dunes.

The detour that Yours Truly and his travelling party reluctantly took from Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park’s (KTP) Two Rivers gate to the village of Khawa after the COVID-19 roadblock at Nossop Gate, was a blessing in disguise.

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