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Botswana
Triplandio Botswana guide covers 3 travel guides with 1 city across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Botswana with 33 POI, spanning 41.3 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Botswana
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Botswana
Tourists
1.8M/y
GDP/cap
$7.8k
Life Exp
69.3 yrs
Population
2.6M
Currency
BWP P
Language
English
Payments
Cash only
Emergency
999
Traditional Local Food Botswana
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Main course
Vegan
Dikgobe
dee-kho-bay
· Beans and sorghum porridge
Nutritious porridge made with beans and sorghum.
Open Dikgobe recipe🌱
Side dish
Vegan
Morogo
moh-roh-goh
· Wild spinach greens
Nutritious wild spinach cooked with tomato and onion.
Open Morogo recipe
Main course
Meat
Seswaa
sess-wah
· Pounded beef stew
A savory slow-cooked beef stew, pounded to tenderness.
Open Seswaa recipe
Main course
Vegetarian
Bogobe jwa Lerotse
bo-go-bay jah leh-roh-tsay
· Lerotse melon porridge
Maize meal porridge infused with lerotse melon.
Open Bogobe jwa Lerotse recipe
Snack
Vegetarian
Vetkoek
fet-cook
· Deep-fried dough ball
Fried dough, often filled with savory or sweet ingredients.
Open Vetkoek recipe