| Gaborone (GBE), the beautiful capital of Botswana. It is one of the most beautiful and fastest growing cities at Africa. It lies at around 15km from the South African border post at Tlokweng. Get ready for a heady mix of ancient and modern at the city of Gaborone. Explore the old colonial fort ruins at the Village. It is known all around the region for the best of malls that have everything from world class restaurants, hotels, sports club and more. You must go on a shopping spree at any of the top malls at Gaborone. The place has a rocking nightlife and the best nightclubs where anyone would enjoy dancing a night away. National Museum and Art Gallery - The outstanding National Museum is situated near the centre of town and houses important collections of traditional crafts and paintings by local and regional artists. It also serves to preserve Botswana's natural and cultural heritage. Gaborone Game Reserve- The third busiest game reserve in the country, the small Gaborone Game Reserve provides a popular escape for city dwellers with picnic sites, a bird and game hide, and a network of game viewing roads. The park is home to rhino, ostriches, and zebra. Gaborone Botanical Gardens- where reptiles, fossils and about 12, 000 species of flora can be seen. Visitors to Gaborone have an excellent choice of 'craft' shops to choose from. Botswana Craft, which specializes in crafts from Botswana, has several outlets in the city. The Camp hill charity shop stocks good handmade wooden furniture and various other craft items such as local pottery and weavings. There are numerous busy shopping malls offering full range of imported and locally produced goods, excellent restaurants, top international quality hotels, sports clubs and various night clubs. Food in restaurants is not greatly different from what one would find in the west: European food, Chinese food, Indian food. Sometimes Botswana dishes like seswaa are available. Fast food includes both western types and fast- food versions of local staples such as meat with rice or mielie pap. Samosas and meat pies are common and usually of good quality; a little up the scale is chicken (including KFC).here is a significant Muslim minority, and so a lot of the meat sold in Botswana is halaal.).Vegetarian food is rather limited, as Batswana traditionally like meat; however vegetarian products from South Africa can be found in supermarkets. |
