Published on Jun, 2024
This gave me a very helpful overview of the history of Gabarone and Botswana as well as seeing some of the places mentioned in the books. We drove to Zebra ‘drive’ to see the outside of the house that gave inspiration for Mma Ramostwe’s home, and also saw a garage on Tlokleng Road which sparked the location for J L B Matekone’s work location and the later detectives’ office.
We also drove round the university, past the civil servants’ training centre / secretarial college (much larger than I was expecting) and went near the orphan farm (obviously not actually going there as there are vulnerable children inside!)
My favourite bit was going to the Anglican cathedral as we were able to explore inside.
It would have been nice to finish at the President Hotel but that wasn’t an option to book on TripAdvisor so I went separately on another day.
Definitely a good way to get an introduction to Botswana and learning the history really helped give me some context for me week working in this lovely country.
Can thoroughly recommend the tour!
