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Africa Insight was established in 1999 in response to growing demand for activities in and around Gaborone.

We started with short tours around the city, and this quickly expanded into weekend breaks. We now have guaranteed departures every weekend into the Kalahari Desert.

Notable events we are proud to share:

In 2003 we secured the exclusive tourism rights to Alexander McCall Smith’s No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series of books.

We now offer 3 tours based on these stories with daily departures from the main hotels (booking essential). Recent tour updates now include sites featured in the HBO/BBC television production.

In 2006 we were included in the new book, Africa: Continent of Economic Opportunities (STE, June '06) by Dave Fick, as an example of new and sustainable investment, and business success, for putting Gaborone, Botswana on the tourist map.
As a result we have been nominated for several SMME awards.

In 2006 and 2007 the Independent on Sunday Travel Supplement (UK) listed our No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Tours in their annual Top 12 Activity Holidays in Africa.

See what the excitement is all about - book a tour now!

We were privileged to introduce Oscar winning director Anthony Minghella to the President of Botswana, Festus Mogae, in 2007, and to show him and his team the sites of Gaborone.

While on this trip he and producer Amy J Moore decided that the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency television series should be filmed in Gaborone.

In 2008 we introduced our guaranteed departures into the Kalahari Desert for our Predator Weekends, departing every Saturday morning from Gaborone.

Join us for a fine weekend of adventure, wildlife and fun!

We were delighted to be included in CNBC Africa's lineup of Africa's most successful small companies in their new 12 part television series, "Doing Business in Africa", broadcast February 2009.

We were the first safari operator in Botswana to provide wheelchair access for physically disabled travellers. This was recognised with our inclusion in the new Bradt Travel Guide, Access Africa: Safaris for People with Limited Mobility (Bradt, Sept. '09).

Africa Insight became an accredited partner of BBC Worldwide broadcasting in 2006.
We also work with Reuters, NBC, CNBC, Mnet, AP and various independent production companies.

Africa Insight has itself been featured on Radio Botswana, BBC World Service Radio, Mnet Television, BBC Television, NBC Today Show, CNBC Africa, Voice of America Television and in a host of travel pages worldwide. Most recently in the lifestyle magazine Harpers Bazaar (Dubai, Feb '09) and the new Bradt Access Africa travel Guide (Sept '09).