in winter. Note that the following activities are not allowed in the reserve: off-road driving, night drives, walking safaris and fishing. Moremi’s main entrance, North Gate or Khwai Gate as the locals call it, is situated on the Khwai River. A large number of San (Bushmen) live in the Khwai Village after they relocated from the reserve area. The Khwai Development Trust just to the north of Moremi Game Reserve offers the ideal stop-over en-route between Moremi and Savuti in the Chobe National Park. There are a number of Community Trusts in this region, like the Khwai Development Trust. These conservation areas are run by the local communities who also support eco-tourism. As the proceeds go to the local communities and it creates job opportunities, we urge you to support them. Houses in the Khwai Village. (Hannelie Bester)
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Apart from Moremi and the Community Trust conservation areas, Botswana’s wildlife can also be enjoyed at the private concession areas like the Kwara Reserve and Selinda Game Reserve. Selinda Game Reserve straddles both the Okavango Delta in the west and the Linyanti waterways and savannah in the east. The Selinda Reserve follows the course of the Selinda Spillway as it connects the Okavango to the Linyanti/Kwando River systems. The Selinda Spillway is like no other. It is a river that can flow in two directions, depending on where the water levels are the highest, the Linyanti waterways or the Okavango Delta. Also worth visiting in this region is Tsodilo Hills. With one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world, Tsodilo has been called the ’Louvre of the Desert’. Over 4 500 paintings are preserved in an area of only 10km² of the Kalahari Desert and Tsodilo Hills,