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Article: SAFARI SEEKERS HEAD TO BOTSWANA FOR A REMOTE ADVENTURE.(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 11, 1999
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Safari guide Kim Nixon doesn't mind that he is bounced around all day on rough roads in his open-top Land Cruiser, baking under a blistering sun.
That's because Nixon's job gives him an awe-inspiring and ever-changing view of the wildlife and the circle of life in one of the prime safari countries in southern Africa - Botswana.
A seasoned guide and conservationist, Nixon escorts five or six guests almost every day.
``Photographers, nature lovers, travelers and adventurers are drawn to Botswana because of its remoteness,'' Nixon says. ``Other areas of Africa get more traffic. But out here in the Okavango Delta you might see only four or five ...