Botswana, Gabarone, 03 – 07 June 2024

Victoria Falls to Gabarone, Botswana took 1:10 hrs, both airports modern and clean. Botswana Immigration took two minutes, no visa required and it did not cost anything, just had to give them my Hotel address. There are phone shops at Arrivals and ATM’s, bought a Mascom SIM for BWP 10 and 5 GB of Data for BWP 100 about $8. The ATM fee was $3 and the Exchange rate was good, the first time this has happened, normally it is a rip-off hahaha. I had a free pickup but you can download and use the taxi App inDrive which I used on the return journey and it cost $4. Most fares around the Metro area are $2-3.

Gabarone – this is a planned city and building only started in 1964, population 246,000. Broad 4 lane roads, clean, not crowded, modern buildings and Shopping Centres, the most developed city I have been to in Africa so far. The whole of Botswana has a population of only 2.4 million and it is a big country. It has the highest per capita GDP in Africa and all this wealth comes from Diamonds. The people also have access to free health care and free schools.

A new museum has been built but the exhibits which have been in storage for several years have yet to be relocated. Instead there is an Art Exhibition in the building at the moment.

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2 Responses to Botswana, Gabarone, 03 – 07 June 2024

  1. Helen's avatar Helen says:

    it looks lovely here Chris 👍😁 H x

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