Thursday, January 20, 2022

Tsodilo, Botswana - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Tsodilo, Botswana

Weather: Variable clouds with thunderstorms, 65/83F.

Route: From Victoria Falls 634 km west on B8.

Significance: Called the "Louvre of the Desert", there are over 4500 rock paintings in this area. The earliest are thought to have been from 24,000 years ago. Humans have been living here for over 100,000 years.


The surrounding Kalahari Desert (from whc.unesco.org)

An example of the rock art (from whc.unesco.org)


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