Gweta, Botswana

... 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. ...

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... 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 pool and ...

... 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 sat ...

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 ...