Spotlight on Graeme of Self Drive Tours Botswana
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Spotlight on Graeme of Self Drive Tours Botswana
The amazing Self Drive Safari Tours in Botswana Africa
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“Self Drive Tours Botswana
Go on a self-drive holiday in Botswana!
Discover Botswana’s hidden gems!
You don’t need a 4×4 to explore the country
The roads are good
There’s a wide range of affordable accommodation
Batswana are very friendly, peaceful people
Lots to see and plenty to do in Botswana!
The Okavango Delta is a wonderful destination, but there is so much more to this very diverse country. Check out our destination guides for a self-drive tour in Botswana. For general information including weather and best time to come, see FAQs and read our introduction to Botswana below.”
On Friday March 14th 2025 I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Graeme Bremner of Self Drive Tours Botswana in Hong Kong. Graeme for want of a better phrase is a forensic scientist.
Graeme was on a flying visit to Hong Kong on his way back to Botswana from New Zealand and stopped off in Hong Kong with the aim finding out more about enticing Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland Chinese citizens to Botswana to do self drive safari’s as it were.
For many years I have been offering salea and marketing advice to small tour companies and Graeme was keen to have a chat and I was very keen to meet a New Zealander offering self driving tours in Botswana, I was fascinated.
I had a great time chatting with Graeme over 3 hours, he is such an interesting fellow and you have to give him great credit for doing this in Botswana which looks to be a wonderful country to explore.
You can learn more by visiting the Self Drive Tours Botswana website, I have studied it thoroughly as well as doing quite a bit of research on Botswana the country, not at all what I expected and certainly his offerings will be of great interest to the adventurous amongst us!
All of Graeme’s contact details are on his website.
Here is Graeme’s bio
“I am a New Zealander, originally trained in zoology and botany. I’m at the end of a long career in forensic science, spent mostly in the fisheries and marine field. I first came to Botswana in 2008 on a month-long family holiday (a self-drive one of course) and quickly fell in love with the country.
I had the opportunity to return to Botswana in 2016 as a university professor. I didn’t want to leave Botswana at the end of my contract. But fortunately I had met up with Peo and Naomi at the start of my stay. We had already formed a company together and business opportunities beckoned. Putting the business together was a lot of hard work, but also a lot of fun, and it took me to parts of the country I had yet to explore.
I have been a self drive tourist myself in at least 20 different countries. When we travel ourselves I like to go hiking and cycling; to look at rocks; to watch birds; and to get to know the local people. The freedom of motor touring makes all of these things possible.
I still remember organising our first family holiday in Africa. It was something of a nightmare, and the organisation took three times longer than the time we spent on the road. Little has changed really !
Anyway, a company like ours is a new and different venture in Botswana. Self-drive tourism in this country is in its infancy. A pity because the local people get very little benefit from tourists traveling on 3 country package tours, or those making short visits to stay in a luxury lodge in a game park. It’s nice to think that we are doing something that might shift the balance”
Graeme, it was a real pleasure to meet you.
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