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DEPARTURES TRAVEL TRIED & TESTED 26 Gazing out into the golden plain from an observation deck at Tuludi, in Botswana’s Khwai Private Reserve Endless HOME TO MORE ELEPHANTS than any other country on Earth – at least 130,000 at last count – as well as the incomparable Okavango Delta, Africa’s largest and most dazzling oasis, Botswana has long been a safari lover’s Valhalla. The original trailblazer of low-impact, luxury safari tourism, the country is one of the continent’s greatest and most stable success Nowhere captures the rugged beauty of sub-Saharan Africa quite like Botswana, as these four safari experiences prove. by Alexandra Kirkman Adventure stories and has rebounded from the pandemic with the help of some show-stopping new openings and refurbishments, priming it for a banner year in 2022. The following four experiences, offered by some of Botswana’s most singular and sought-after destinations, showcase its world-class hospitality and wondrous natural bounty to indelible effect. © TULUDI
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