11 - Grant Nel - Kasane and its history

Beautiful Botswana - The Travel Podcast

Grant Nel of Last Chance Safaris is a private safari guide extraordinaire and includes guiding worldwide for the Smithsonian Museum as one of his roles. In this episode he shares his immense knowledge about his town and backyard in Kasane as well as some special stories and anecdotes from the history of this corner of Botswana. He discusses the differences between Kazangula, Kasane and Lesoma valley as well as shares the history of conservation and wildlife in this area.
We discuss some of the developments in the area in recent years as well as the challenges of being in an area where four countries meet and dealing with human wildlife conflict.
For more of Grant's stories follow Grant's blarns where he shares some of his favorite fireside tales.
Okavango craft brewery as mentioned by Grant in the interview is online at https://okavangocraftbrewery.com/ and I hope to share their story in a future episode soon.