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Travel Blogs from Gweta, Botswana
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time and place
This is a top pick! ... through the last part of the trip now. After the impact of the Okavango the rest of the trip almost escaped me. Gweta, a lovely place to stay, our tents placed under the fairytale baobab trees. How can these ancient trees, some even more than 4000 ...
Planet Baobab
This is a top pick! ... I gratefully accepted. Planet Baobab is a camp set back in the vast salt pans that make up this part of northern Botswana. During the day, the temperature soars as the heat bakes the ground. The landscape is sparse and has mostly scrub vegetation. ...
Baobabs galore
This is a top pick! ... ;I waited 3 and half months to eat an English muffin; even France does not sell them!” Corinne 21 oct. Baobabs, baobabs, Gweta «C'est dur! rit Fabyan ... ses mains au volant, en même temps regardant les rpm sur le tableau de bord, essayant ...
Boabab trees
... Was even talking in my sleep to Will about it. Makalamabedi veternarian check point for foot and mouth desease. Interesting! Still in Botswana. Walked on a pad of liquid and with the shoes I wasn't wearing, pressed onto the pad. Planet Boabab restcamp in ...
Passando por Gweta
... vai direto para o norte e alcança a estrada de Nata para Gweta. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Projeto 20°12'............................................Projeto 20º12' : ...
Chobe National Park
... hidden in the shade. The journey to Chobe is a long one; about 800 kms. At the half waypoint we stopped in Gweta for the night. Our campground is quite posh compared to the bush camping. There is hot and cold running water, a ...
My Speedometer is Possessed!
Wednesday April 18th, Stage 74, Nata to Soccer Field Camp. 185km My Speedometer Is Possessed! I became convinced that my speedometer was possessed by evil spirits. Before I left Canada I bought an inexpensive speedometer/odometer for my bike. It worked ...
Gweta and a whole lotta nothing
... not nearly up to the fantastic-ness level as our last duo. This was confirmed beyond any doubt when we drove to Gweta, which is in an area of Botswana known for huge salt pans. We got up super early to make sure we arrived by lunch to have ...
Baobobbaum
Unser heutiges Ziel der Campingplatz"Planet Baobob". Warum der Campingplatz so heisst... Wegen dem Baobobbaum oder auch Affenbrotbaum. Der Baum ist einfach unglaublich riesig. Ich mein auch eigenlich nicht die Höhe sondern mehr die Breite des ...
extra blog!
Came to get petrol in this small town and suprise suprise we found a post office and so decided to send another blog whilst we had the chance. Since leaving Maun we have spent 2 days in the desert at Nxai Pan , a large flat pan now completely dry and ...
Zebras, Zebras, Zebras...
Nxai Pan - 20.11.2011 Um uns in den Makgadikgadi und Nxai Pans nicht zu vefahren, hatten wir uns die Karte von Botswana (Shell) mit diversen GPS-Koordinaten besorgt. Früh am Morgen machten wir uns auf den Weg von Maun nach Gweta. Unterwegs machten wir ...
Okavango Delta for Chris' Birthday
We spent two nights at bush camp in the Okavango delta. We travelled as far as we could to the delta on a truck. Then we all got into mokoros - two in each mokoro along with a native, who took us into the heart of the okavango delta. On our ...
It's all about the location!
We had another long journey in the truck to get to our next destination of Gweta for our unique experience,camping under the ancient Baobab trees. They have the biggest trunk I have ever seen; 16 people joining arms was not enough to go around it, but ...
The wheels on the truck go round and round x 1000
... be our home (second only to our tents) for the entire trip. We departed early morning and didn't arrive at our destination in Botswana until dusk. The sun had all but set and we pitched our tents by headlamps. A quick dinner was made and we eventually ...
Mixed Baobabs, lightly salted
... seen all morning...what are the odds? To give you an idea of just how mangled and confusing the dirt tracks are, I backtracked to Gweta and this time didn't even pass Green's baobab... From here it was a long, boring, bumpy and uneventful drive via Nata ...
more relaxation
Some photos uploaded. More to come. In the bar... have to be, that's where the wi-fi is. Taking advantage of my location! Tried to log in Kubu Island on the map, but system doesn't recognize the place. It's at the bottom of the big blue bit... the salt ...
Planet Baobab Backpackers
Just to the north of the salt pans in Botswana, there's a SMALL town called Gweta. We were in the bush outside of the small town called Gweta at a backpackers called Planet Baobab. We got there early due to our 6 am wake up call by the teenage ...
still going!
... of real 4x4 stuff: lumpy bumpy with a lot of very deep sandy tracks… and a virtual absence of signposts (a less endearing feature of Botswana). Kubu Island (only about 1k long and about 200-300m wide )is set by a huge salt pan, and is only an island ...
Enroute through Gwete
Good Day from Maun!In the interest of keeping the map up to date, this is a quick post to tag the town of Gweta. More photos and trip notes in bound from Maun shortly! ...
Camping begins
... I would also add that we have crossed the Limpopo - which some reason makes me think of a Carry On movie. South & Central Botswana is pretty dry & scraggy at this time of the year and it's quite surprising only 2 million people live here, We drove ...
Day 194-197 21st April-24th April - 2013 Botswana
... . Emily helped out at a HIV centre, she is one brave lady. I have to say I was very aware of the problems in Botswana but it I would definitely go back there and would recommend anyone with a love for Africa to go there too. The people are amazing, so ...
Planet Baobab
We had a pleasant stay- chilling out in the pool, downing a few Savannas, and then looking at some of Botswana's national tree (didn't know you had national trees- have no idea what ours is!!) the Baobab. As you can see they grow to an incredible size- ...
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