Beautiful Botswana - The Travel Podcast
Tessa Bell
Categories: Sports & Recreation
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Dr Sallie Burrough knows the Makgadikgadi from the inside out by soil samples and mud. She is Trapnell Fellow of African Environments at the University of Oxford, a Quaternary Scientist, National Geographic Explorer and leading expert on the prehistory of southern African saltpans. In this episode she shares why the pans matter academically, what makes them noteworthy and how their time scale is so vast it is hard to comprehend.
The pans have been highlighted by many of my interviews and it was special to be able to share this place that has come up frequently with someone who knows it intimately despite not living in Botswana or visiting often.
Please note that when Dr Burrough mentions looking for spear heads that these are ancient artefacts and their removal is illegal and not supported by Dr Burrough or this podcast. We both hope that this episode inspires to look more closely for signs of the lives lived in these places before you but ask that you please leave the sites as you found them as part of this very special place.
Music track credits: Tafi Maradi Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Previous episodes
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19 - 17 - The Magic of Makgadikgadi with Dr Sallie BurroughTue, 02 Nov 2021
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18 - 16 - Traditional Tswana cuisine with Ncinci MotsemmeMon, 27 Sep 2021
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17 - Bonus Episode sharing requirements for Botswana Border crossings and crossing the new Kazangula BridgeFri, 30 Jul 2021
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16 - 15 - Moa Monwela - Maun: donkey town or so much more?Fri, 25 Jun 2021
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15 - 14 - Dr Mike Murray-Hudson - Variability in the Okavango's floods and the flood of 2021Fri, 11 Jun 2021
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14 - Bonus Episode with Stephen O'Meara on upcoming events in the night skySun, 25 Apr 2021
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13 - 13 - Dr Graham McCulloch - How living with elephants led to making Okavango Craft BeerTue, 20 Apr 2021
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12 - 12 - Jason Kennaugh - A successful self-drive safariThu, 25 Mar 2021
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11 - 11 - Grant Nel - Kasane and its historyMon, 08 Mar 2021
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10 - 10 - Kaay and Kane Motswana - Growing up in the OkavangoWed, 24 Feb 2021
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9 - 9 - Clare Doolan - What makes Botswana uniqueTue, 09 Feb 2021
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8 - 8 - Stephen James O'Meara - Night skies of BotswanaFri, 07 Aug 2020
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7 - 7 - Grant Reed - Exploring Mobile SafarisMon, 13 Jul 2020
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6 - 6 - Koketso Mookodi - Celebrating Ngamiland's indigenous cultureFri, 19 Jun 2020
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5 - 5 - James Wilson - This is ChobeTue, 02 Jun 2020
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4 - 4 - Matthew Copham - Introduction to photographic safarisTue, 19 May 2020
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3 - 3 - Bonty Botumile - Exploring Cultural TourismMon, 11 May 2020
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2 - 2 - Dr Mike Murray-Hudson - The Dynamic Okavango DeltaMon, 04 May 2020
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1 - 1 - Simon Byron - The Safari LandscapeMon, 27 Apr 2020
