FACTORS
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REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA
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RHODESIA
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RHODESIA
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BOTSWANA
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BOTSWANA
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SOUTH WEST AFRICA
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MALAWI
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DESTINATION
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Zoutpansberg and
Eastern
Transvaal
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The "White City"
Legend, Sabi/
Lundi Confluence
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The Vadoma, Doma
Massif Northern
Mashonaland
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Central Kalahari
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Okavango Delta and Chobe
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Kaokoveld Skeleton Coast
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Mount Mlanje
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PURPOSE
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Mountain walking
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Search for evidence of Native legend
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Search for rarely seen tribelet which shuns civilisation and lives in mountain fastness
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Seek out and study pure Bushmen
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Game, Bird life, Fishing
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Viewing of geological phenomena, geographical features Nama and Bantu
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Mountain walking
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MAIN
ATTRACTION
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Magnificent mountain scenery
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Unusual quest in remote area
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Locating a people traces of whom seen infrequently by patrolling B.S.A. Police
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Contact with most primitive hunter/gatherers left in world today
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Largely unspoilt area with abundance of wild life
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Wild, rugged and desolate landscapes
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Magnificent mountain scenery
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KNOWN HAZARD
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Mist
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Difficult country accessible only on foot
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Heavy demands on vehicles. Water available at only rare intervals
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Mist
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NATURE OF TERRAIN
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Mountain ranges, gorges, rivers waterfalls
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Wild broken country in lowveld
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Heavily wooded mountainous escarpment
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Scrub, coarse grass, thorn forest
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Maze of forest lined waterways
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Desert, mountain scrub, savanah
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Forest, mountain grassland, fast running streams
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APPROXIMATE
DISTANCE TO &
FROM BULAWAYO
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1000
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800
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1000
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1200
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1200
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2400
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1600
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ACCESS
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By road via
Louis
Trichardt
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By road to
Rutenga, by
track via
Chikombedzi
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By road to Sipolilo and thereafter as far north as possible
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By road to Ghanzi, east into trackless wasteland
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By road to Maun, by track thereafter
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By road via Maun, Ghanzi, Windhoek to Zesfontein
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By road via Salisbury and Tete or by rail to Limbe via Beira
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