People You Will Meet On Safari In Botswana
Here’s something you might not expect. The people looking after you on safari might create some of your happiest safari memories. You’ll remember laughter and those after dinner stories and jokes around the campfire. During a three-night stay in a luxury camp, you’ll get to make friends with your guide, the chef, the vegetable gardener and the other people who love their work. Here’s something you might not expect. The people looking after you on safari might create some of your happiest safari memories. You’ll remember laughter and those after dinner stories and jokes around the campfire. During a three-night stay in a luxury camp, you’ll get to make friends with your guide, the chef, the vegetable gardener and the other people who love their work.
Here’s something you might not expect. The people looking after you on safari might create some of your happiest safari memories. You’ll remember laughter and those after dinner stories and jokes around the campfire. During a three-night stay in a luxury camp, you’ll get to make friends with your guide, the chef, the vegetable gardener and the other people who love their work. Here’s something you might not expect. The people looking after you on safari might create some of your happiest safari memories. You’ll remember laughter and those after dinner stories and jokes around the campfire. During a three-night stay in a luxury camp, you’ll get to make friends with your guide, the chef, the vegetable gardener and the other people who love their work.
You’re A Team With Your Guide And Tracker
In Botswana, guides and trackers work as a team. The system makes a lot of sense. The tracker devotes his skills and amazing eyesight to seeking out animals, while the guide communicates with you.
You quickly become part of the team, enjoying together the surprises and moments of beauty on safari. Sometimes you’ll all be searching the grasses for a cheetah or leopard that they are sure is close by.
You quickly become part of the team, enjoying together the surprises and moments of beauty on safari. Sometimes you’ll all be searching the grasses for a cheetah or leopard that they are sure is close by.
It’s Fun To Be In Camp, Too
Many Botswanans have a gentle, quietly humorous nature and they love children. To work in a top quality safari lodge is a prized ambition and the best lodges have a family atmosphere.
The pace of life is relaxed and the gardeners, chefs and maintenance people are always happy to chat and show you “behind the scenes”. You may find that the gardener knows as much about English football as you and is an avid supporter of a Premier League club!
The pace of life is relaxed and the gardeners, chefs and maintenance people are always happy to chat and show you “behind the scenes”. You may find that the gardener knows as much about English football as you and is an avid supporter of a Premier League club!
Learn To Survive Like A San Bushman
If you have time, include a Kalahari or Makgadikgadi lodge in your safari. The semi-desert areas are fascinating and have their own special wildlife and ecology. San Bushmen have perfected the art of desert survival and to take a walk with a bushman is enthralling. The bush provides medicines, weapons, water, tools and even a toothbrush. The desert is full of secrets.
See Conservation In Action
Simply by travelling to these exclusive camps, you are helping conservation. Part of the cost of your stay goes to managing and conserving the private reserve and deterring poachers. Many small lodges work closely with local tribal communities, who learn to see wildlife as a resource, rather than a threat.
If your family is interested in conservation, let us know and we’ll arrange opportunities to see this work in action and perhaps to meet researchers.
If your family is interested in conservation, let us know and we’ll arrange opportunities to see this work in action and perhaps to meet researchers.
Private Journeys Tailored to You
We are a boutique travel specialist. For over 30 years we have been crafting the finest tailor-made holidays to the world’s wild places. Your time is precious and with a world to see, we understand the importance of getting it absolutely right for you every time.We are a boutique travel specialist. For over 30 years we have been crafting the finest tailor-made holidays to the world’s wild places. Your time is precious and with a world to see, we understand the importance of getting it absolutely right for you every time.
Who are Journeysmiths?
An experienced team of well-travelled individuals, passionate about crafting journeys that are as exceptional as they are personal, while maximising our positive impact on the places in which we work.
Why Travel With Us?
While the evolution of travel and technology has seen much change at Journeysmiths over the years, our fundamental beliefs about the perfect holiday have not.
Positive Impact Mission
Journeysmiths mission is to inspire and expand peoples horizons through exceptional travel experiences, while preserving the natural world for future generations.
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