Impressions in image, sound and word
Below, we've compiled a small selection of our personal film and book recommendations to enhance your anticipation for your safari journey through the wild expanses of Botswana.
To gain general impressions of Southern Africa, we've curated diverse film and book recommendations about this breath-taking region of the world. Explore:
Films, documentaries, and series
The Gods Must Be Crazy
This film from the 1980s tells the story of Xixo, a bushman from the Kalahari, who sets out to investigate the story of a Coca-Cola bottle that fell from the sky one day beside him.
A United Kingdom
The film biography of Ruth Williams Khama and her husband, Seretse Khama, the designated king of Bechuanaland (later Botswana), who became Botswana's first president in 1966, is based on the 2006 book Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation by Susan Williams.
Into the Okavango
The Okavango, the vast Okavango Delta, and necessary nature and species conservation measures are at the heart of this impressive National Geographic documentary.
Africa
The six-part BBC documentary "Africa" starts in the first episode with tremendous footage from the Kalahari. In the English original, the series is narrated by David Attenborough.
Novels
The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
This book series by Alexander McCall Smith provides readers with a small and humorous insight into the work of Mma Ramotswe and the lives of people in Botswana.
Cry of the Kalahari
The Owen couple provides an impressive and touching insight into their lives as researchers during their time in Botswana in the 1970s.
Non-Fiction books
Mammals of Botswana - Veronica Roodt
Wild Flowers, Waterplants and Grasses - Veronica Roodt
Trees & Shrubs of the Okavango Delta - Veronica Roodt
Birds of Botswana - Peter Hancock & Ingrid Weiersbye
Below are some non-fiction books published by the Knyphausen foundation for the Junior Ranger program:
Plants around us - Alison & Roger Heath
Birds around us - Peter Hancock
Mammals around us - Peter Apps
