Gaborone Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Woke up at 7.30 sm this morning anticipating an exciting day of exploring Gaborone - pity there's not much terribly exciting about it! It's an extremely small city and lodges listed "out of town' tend to be about a 15 minute walk from the city center. For a capital city it seems a bit dreary and public garden landscaping is limited to wild growi...

The entire day was spent driving into the second largest city of Botswana. The hustle and bustle of city life was immediately noticeable as soon as the roads became better paved and the sight of small 'towns' or villages became more frequent. By the time we entered the city, there was only enough time for a quick run to the bank and then for din...

A straightforward bus ride from Johannesburg, even if we left 45 minutes late. Intercape bus company can be booked on the internet and charges R112 for the trip. Stayed 2 nights at the Metcourt Inn at the Grand Palms resort. Good quality room with TV providing BBC & CNN - also a wifi facility. P362 pn Leaving on the night train for Farncisto...

Anne & I arrived in Gaborone today and now I have to get into the work mode. Alex (my colleague from Germany who will be doing the workshop with me next week) was waiting to meet us at the airport, along with a staff person from the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS). We had a couple of days to prepare for the workshop, which sarted on Monday. ...

I spent four interesting days in Maun, which used to be a small outpost and now has grown into a large urban village full of wild whites, gone native, tourist companies, pilots and a sprawling Batawana (the tribe that live up there) population. I was working with a Motswana Doctor, Jeff Tirelo and we had some fascinating discussions especially a...

"How many cattle would your parents want for you?" he asks me quite earnestly. I successfully keep my reaction to a smile and politely decline the offer of any livestock. It is the third marriage proposal I received this week. None of the men really quite caught my attention. Each one made their offers within the first two minutes of chatting me...

So. I've been here a month now - just over a month actually. Time flies, it feels like I've only been here for two weeks! But then my heart is telling me that I've been here longer. up until recently I was just totally excited about being here and couldn't really think of much else apart from settling in and getting on with work and life while t...

My goodness! This place shuts down over Easter almost completely. Couldn't get online from Friday and now is the first time it's opened again. It's been a relaxing weekend with hardly any noise in the streets and no huge juggernauts going by, that peace was gently shattered yesterday morning when the first signs of usual Gaborone life appeared. ...

Après la traversée du Central Kalahari Game Reserve, il y a celle de Kutse, une autre réserve. Les paysages sont semblables. Mélange de savane et de bush. Les animaux y sont aussi rares. Mais ici règne un sentiment de victoire et de paix. J'AI TRAVERSÉ LE KALAHARI! Maintenant l'aventure prend fin. Ce n'est pas vraiment la joie quand on y pense, ...