It's
from any towering vantage point on Mmamagwa Hill that the great,
primal stillness of Africa has an
archaic spiritual impact on one. Far
down in the valley, to the north and south, east and west,
lie the flattened and sweltering Mopane plains of the Northern
Tuli Game Reserve, 'Land of Giants.'
For 360 degrees this sweeping wilderness spreads out,
steadily and spartanly, merging
into breathtakingly clean horizons of imagined, endless
wild land. This land is lovelier than any description of
it. and to those who stand on Mmamagwa Hill, also silenced
by it's untouched magnificence - for the 'Land of Giants'
is an utterly unpeopled wilderness in eastern Botswana, at
the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers. But
if one listens carefully to the silence, one can feel the
rhythms of a land that beats to a vibrant drum and
you'll soon unearth a diverse paradise thrumming with birds,
plants, wild animals and insects. One that unfolds,
like an intricate tapestry, into savannah, riverine forests,
marshland, endless plains and sandstone outcrops.
