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gemsboks, kudu, ostriches and warthogs. The birdlife, which includes kingfishers and
hornbills, is particularly plentiful and easy to spot from observation areas. The reserve
also has a few picnic sites, a game hide and a small visitor-education centre.
All roads in the reserve are accessible by 2WD; guided drives are not offered. The re-
serve is located about 1km east of Broadhurst Mall and can be accessed from Limpopo
Dr.
MUSEUM
National Museum & Art Gallery
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( 397 4616; 331 Independence Ave; 9am-6pm Tue-Fri, to 5pm Sat & Sun) If you
come with expectations reasonably lowered, you may enjoy this small, neglected mu-
seum. It's a good way to kill an hour if you're into taxidermy; exhibits of stuffed animals
sit between those on precolonial and colonial history - it's curious how there is next to no
mention of the San, Botswana's first inhabitants. In the art-gallery section, there's a per-
manent collection of traditional and modern African and European art.
MONUMENT
Three Dikgosi Monument
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( 367 4616; btw Eastern & Western Commercial Sts; 9am-6pm Tue-Fri, to 5pm Sat
& Sun) It's an interesting kind of history when your nationalist heroes are three guys who
argued your country should continue to be a protectorate of Africa's biggest imperialist
power, but welcome to Botswana. (It should be noted that, by helping to keep Botswana
under the administration of the British Crown, the Batswana chiefs Bathoen, Khama II
and Sebele prevented the country from coming under the control of Cecil Rhodes, who
most likely would have been a far more exploitative administrator.)
The dikgosi (chiefs) are memorialised in imposing form at this large, badly placed (in
the shadow of an office block) monument, which also includes panels featuring carvings
of national virtues, including 'Botshabelo' (refuge), 'Bogaka' (heroism), 'Boitshoko' (en-
durance), 'Maikarabelo' (global responsibility) and 'Boipuso' (independence).
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