Originally Posted by
SkyTeam777
I have a free day during an upcoming trip to Africa and am considering a day trip from JNB to Gaborone to simply check it out. How is the infrastructure and will there be anything for me to do/see in about 6-7 hours? Perhaps a mall or local museum? Just want to set foot in Botswana and check it out a bit; perhaps I can return for a longer visit sometime in the future. Any thoughts on how easy it would be for me to do a day trip (airport taxi? finding a restaurant for lunch? immunizations needed for a day in Gaborone?), thanks!
I've only ever been to Gaberone on business a few times. It's a pleasant enough town but nothing to write home about. But then I wasn't looking for museums or anything else. Can say pretty confidently that anything resembling a mall is a very faint copy of anything you would normally call by that name. No problem getting a taxi or lunch. There are a couple of passable hotels including one a short way out of the city which has pleasant open air dining. Bugs aren't really an issue in Gabs and certainly not during daylight hours. I am not aware of any required immunizations.
As you are probably aware Gabs is just about on the SA border and quite far south of the really interesting bits of Botswana. IMO a random trip there is a pretty pointless exercise - but I haven't read a guide book and YMMV.