Footprint Adventures is a specialist tour operator, offering a wide range of adventure holidays for trekkers, walkers, naturalists, wildlife enthusiasts, overland travellers and birders wishing to take advantage of a fully arranged program but not always wanting to be part of a large group. We try hard to stay away from mass tourism destinations and visit the more remote destinations that we ourselves love so much.
We operate a 'fair price' policy so you will always get excellent value for money. At the same time you can be assured that our suppliers receive realistic and fair prices for the services they provide.
The landlocked Republic of Botswana is bounded on the northeast by Zimbabwe, on the south and southeast by South Africa, and on the west and north by Namibia (formerly called South-West Africa). In the north Botswana also shares a short border with Zambia.
Botswana is sparsely populated. With an area of about 224,600 square miles (581,700 square kilometres) and a population of 1,406,000 (1994 estimate), it has about 6 persons per square mile (2 persons per square kilometre). Much of both the south and the west is covered by the Kalahari Desert, inhabited only by aboriginal San (Bushmen). In the north-central portion lie the swampland of the Okovango Basin and the salt pans of the Makgadikgadi area.