Botswana 2010

It is proposed to organize a series of televised scientific and community aid expeditions involving the use of hybrid air/water borne paramotors and 4x4 vehicles in different areas of the world. The first scientific expedition will be in Botswana and Zambia.
Botswana
The expedition will begin with a 4/5 day survey on the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, patronized by the President of Botswana, followed by 1 day of travel to the Makgadikgadi Pans. This will be followed by a 3/4 day survey of a 1000 year old fishing village at Kubu in the Makgadikgadi Pans, an area of vast emptiness ravaged by waves where there is no longer any trace of water. After, teams will spend 3/4 days surveying the Tsodilo Hills, a World Heritage site famous for unique rock art south of the Okavango Delta. The main focus of the expedition will be a 10/12 day survey of the Selinda spillway, an area where a channel of water has flown in both directions over the past 60 years. The Survey aims to discover why there is no water in some areas and what needs to happen for it to appear.

Festivals: Date and Occasion

Date 2009 Occasion

January 1	New Year Day
April 10-13	Easter
May 1	Labor Day
May 21	Ascension Day
July 1	Sir Seretse Khama
Day July 15-16	President's Day
September 13	Botswana Day
December 25-26	Christmas

Facts

• Botswana has no coastline.
  
• The official language is English but most people speak Setswana.
• The money in Botswana is Pula. Pula also means rain, and because rain is so sacred in Botswana, It also means something precious.
• Botswana is the larger exporter of diamonds in the world.
  

People of Botswana

The population of Botswana is made up of people from about 20 different tribes, some came originally from Botswana's neighboring countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola and Namibia. Today, all of these different customs and beliefs help make up the culture of Botswana.

Animals in Botswana

Mammals

There are 164 different kinds of mammals in Botswana, including: Velvet monkeys, Meerkats, Chacma Baboons, Wild Dogs, Bat-eared Foxes, Black backed Jackels, several kinds of Genet and Hyena, Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Burchell's Zebra, White Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Elephant, Wildebeest. There are several kinds of antelope, including Kudu, Gemsbok, Eland, Sable, Roan and Waterbuck.

Birds
There are about 550 different kinds of bird in Botswana, some of them living there for part of the year as they migrate. People come from all over the world to watch birds in Botswana because there are so many. Among the birds there are Ostriches, Cormorants, Egyptian Geese, African Jacanas, Cape Vultures, African Fish Eagles, Kingfishers, Masked Weavers and Hornbills.