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Francistown - IDEAL STARTING POINT FOR TRIPS TO TULI AND THE MAKGADIKGADI SALT PANS

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Botswana’s second-biggest city

Francistown, with around 99,000 inhabitants (2011), is the second-largest city in Botswana. The settlement of the region dates back 80,000 years when ancestors of the San people already lived here. Gold was discovered around 1868, and the city's namesake, Daniel Francis, acquired mining rights from the local Matabele in 1869, founding the Tati Concessions.

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Modern-day Francistown began to take shape around 1897. Until Botswana gained independence in 1966, the city served as the supply centre for the Tati Concessions and other gold mines in the region. After the country gained independence, the city became a hub for trade with Zimbabwe and Zambia. Until around 1990, the city attracted businesses that circumvented international sanctions against South Africa as an apartheid state.

Today, Francistown offers few tourist attractions, but there is a small museum providing information about the Kalanga people of Botswana.

The Makgadikgadi Pans and the Northern Tuli Game Reserve are easily accessible from here.

Highlights of Francistown:
  • Second-largest city in Botswana
  • Museum offering cultural insights
  • Various shopping and accommodation options
  • Good access to the Northern Tuli Game Reserve
  • Proximity to the Makgadikgadi Pans and the Nata Bird Sanctuary
 
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