A safari is even more thrilling when experienced at night. Around the world, a…
Botswana
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Now more than ever, Botswana beckons travellers who relish the chance to make pilgrimage into a remote, uncluttered utopia where time is on pause. Allison Foat talks of beguiling landscapes, staggering bio diversity and vast tracts of virgin wilderness, where there’s a glorious sense of having it all to yourself.
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National parks, game reserves and wildlife management areas make up nearly 40 percent of Botswana, a land so nature-rich that travellers have the opportunity of sighting a whopping 580 bird and 75 larger mammal species. It’s also a country of wonderfully varied landscapes – making it difficult to choose simply one bush experience – as our lifestyle editor, Helen Clemson, discovered when she did the best of Botswana in just one trip.
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Fashion and beauty editor Helen Clemson spent a dreamy week in Botswana at some of the swankiest lodges in the country. Her packing dilemma meant a streamlined suitcase with bush-appropriate attire – and some glam for the evening. So it couldn’t be your typical roughing-it safari capsule wardrobe. Fashion wise, it was pretty easy to pack earthy neutrals that mixed and matched – as well as some leopard print for the evening. But for her skincare and make up needs, things got a little trickier