SHORT DESCRIPTION

In most countries, but especially in Africa, women are seen to be oppressed and often stay home to take care of children whilst men go to work. Botswana seems to be one of the few unique countries with emancipated women. Let’s dig out and find out what makes this small, landlocked country with hardly 2.5 million inhabitants so different.
You will visit workshops, projects, cooperatives, and schools. We dedicate ourselves intensively in-depth, particularly in detail, to topics such as income and survival strategies, equality, women's networks, role models in town and around the country.

ITINERARY

Welcome to Gaborone, the capital of Botswana with its political, cultural, and economic center. The city offers numerous interesting destinations that are worth visiting such as the Government District, National Museum, art centers, marketplaces, and shopping malls,
depending on your arrival time. During our Welcome Dinner you get information regarding the Tour, about women in Botswana in general, and special women you will meet. (D)

Transfer
Shuttle from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport to your Guesthouse

Information about your accommodation for 7 nights, you find HERE:

The day begins with a City tour including Thapong Visual Arts Centre and talks to encounters and women who work there. You visit Old Naledi, the one and only township in Botswana’s main city Gaborone, where you can interact with street trading people. You visit the statues of the 3 Kings and the National Museum. Sundowner and dinner at Gaborone Dam Yacht Club. (B, D)

Today, we have the opportunity to meet women from the art scene in Gaborone, like a local designer, or a singer who represents the current music style of Botswana’s young generation. In addition, the visit of the Thamaga Pottery women group is part of our today’s program. Dinner at Botswana Craft. (B, D)

Transfer
Bus Shuttle

You spent the day in Gaborone and meet the owner from the Phakalane School, Mrs Joseph, and from Solar World Botswana, Pelontle Maphula. On our walks through some streets in Gaborone, we talk with vendors, like Tshireletso Enoch, hair stylists, and Lebo, a make-up artist. We will also make a trip to Oodi Weavers, a women’s group, who founded their own business, not far away from the capital city. Dinner at Beef Baron Grill & Rib Restaurant. (B, D)

Transfer
Bus Shuttle 

Today, we get deep insides in Gaborone’s social and political life. During our meetings, you can speak with women working as counsels, like Lillian Tshegang Motlhatlhedi & Associates, or some female representatives from the Botswana parliament, or the politician, Bogolo Joy Kenewendo. In the neighboring Ramotswa Village, Kgosi Mosadi Seboko is more than happy to invite you for a talk. Dinner at News Café. (B, D)

Transfer
Road trip to Ramotswe (30 km)

In the morning, we are driving to Serowe, a town with a long and famous history. It’s the hometown of the Khama Family where the first and fourth president of Botswana came from. After a Serowe tour, we meet in the outskirts of this famous village, the young and courageous farmer Kushata Kush Moesi. Dinner at Ocean Basket – Airport Junction Mall. (B, D)

Transfer
Road trip 315 km (one way)

In the morning, we are very happy to meet the young Conservation Influencer Seneo Perry. Afterwards, there is an opportunity to visit the Notwane Crocodile Pools, just 20 minutes away from Gaborone. As another highlight of this week, you experience a delta life brought closer to you for a 2-hour relaxing and breath-taking 4 km boat trip along the Notwane River. Dinner at Rodizio. (B, D)

Transfer
Road trip to Notwane (25 km)

In the morning, we are leaving Gaborone via flight to Kasane: a lively small border town in the quadrangle of Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. Kasane is the starting point for many wildlife tours. Chobe National Park, the second largest national park in Botswana, is home to the greatest concentration of game in Southern Africa. In the Park or on the Chobe River you can expect to see some of the famous “Big Five” as well as predators like leopards. In the evening, a sunset boat cruise activity on the Chobe River is arranged.
Note that all our Tours in Kasane will be arranged only by women, organized in the female Matriarch Africa Team. (B, D)

Transfer
Flight from Gaborone to Kasane (ca. 1 hour, 30 minuts).

Information about your accommodation for 3 nights, you find HERE:

Chobe is the site of a dramatic zebra migration. Throughout the year, herds of elephants and buffalo can also be seen drinking along the river’s edge, their numbers swelling into the hundreds and sometimes thousands during the dry season. Renowned as one of the top wildlife reserves in the world, we will enjoy a morning and afternoon game drive that give us the fantastic experience to explore this game-rich landscape of the Chobe National Park. (B, L, D)

In the morning, you leave for Victoria Falls Mosi-oa-Thunya "The smoke that thunders". It’s one of the world's seven natural wonders and one of the most spectacular natural sites in the world. You can be sure that the Victoria Falls will offer you breath-taking views that are almost too spectacular and majestic to describe. (B, D)

Transfer
Road trip (90 km), border crossing to Zimbabwe

Farewell Breakfast and Departure
(B)

Transfer
Shuttle from our Lodge to Kasane Airport