Botswana Wild Life attracts large number of tourists every year to this beautiful country. Botswana has a huge reserve of Botswana wild life.
The statistical inputs put forward by the Government of Botswana, claim that there are 164 kinds of mammals, 550 types of birds, 157 kinds of reptiles and 80 species of fish found in the country. Innumerable types of insects are also found all over Botswana. For the proper sights of the tourists and for the preservation of the wild life of Botswana, 17% of Botswana has been reserved under protected areas while another 20% has been reserved as wildlife management areas.
The
animals in Botswana include:
- Chacma Baboon
- Vervet Monkey
- Bat-Eared Fox
- Wild Dogs
- Large & Small spotted Genet
- Black-Backed Jackal
- Spotted Hyena
- Mongoose
- Brown Hyena
- Lion
- Leopard
- Aardvark
- Cheetah
- White Rhino
- Burchell's Zebra
- Giraffe
- Warthog
- Klipspringer
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- Common Duiker
- Springbok
- Impala
- Steenbok
- Tsessebe
- Sable Antelope
- Gemsbok
- Roan Antelope
- Waterbuck
- Reedbuck
- Bushbuck
- Lechwe
- Eland
- Kudu
- Hippopotamus
- Buffalo
- Elephant
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Botswana is a paradise for the bird watchers. The birds are mostly found near the Chobe River or in the Okavango Delta.
Some species of
birds in Botswana include:
- Cormorant
- Ostrich
- Stork
- Darter
- Pygmy Goose
- Flamingo
- Egyptian Goose
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- Knob billed Duck
- Black Corhan
- African Jacana
- African Fish Eagle
- Kingfisher
- Cape Vulture
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Crocodiles, python, cape cobra and many other species of reptiles are found on the banks of the rivers in Botswana.
Botswana wild life safari tours are organized on behalf of the Government of Botswana for adventure lover tourists. Thousands of tourists from different corners of the world avail these tours and enjoy the view of rare specimens of fauna.
