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Planet Baobab enquiries and reservations: planet-baobab@madbookings.com
In the midst of the arid landscape, far away from the hustle and bustle of city life, one will find an unbelievable camp in the middle of nowhere. Named after the ancient baobab tree, Planet Baobab is situated on the road between Francistown and Maun. This is perhaps the funkiest camp in the entire Kalahari, guaranteeing all visitors the time of their lives, a place where cars come to a shuddering stop for passing elephants. Planet Baobab evokes the welcoming bustle of a roadside pit stop in the middle of nowhere. Features of Planet Baobab |
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The architectural simplicity of the structures – particularly that of the en suite huts characterised by thick walls, small windows and shaggy thatch to keep them cool – has been directly informed by the traditional building styles and materials used by the region’s Kalanga people.
Some ideas of what to do at Planet Baobab
You can light your own camp fire, or gather round the communal
blaze in the lelwapa and enjoy a cool drink, then sling your own boerewors
onto the fire or enjoy Planet Baobab's unique Pan-African cuisine.
A bar menu is also available and we're vegetarian friendly!
When it comes to ablutions, this oasis comes to its own. In addition to
sluicing off the dust of the Kalahari highways with enough hot water for
Africa, these are the most original shower blocks and bathrooms on the
continent.
Base yourself here and you can take guided walks and quad bike
trips into the bush and the Pans with our expert Guides discovering
the geological origins of what was once the world's largest ever super
lake.
Follow the palm trail created by elephant droppings as these ancient creatures
trekked across the arid waste when the super lake dried up and thousand
year old flint spear heads left by the Stone Age hunters who were the
region’s first inhabitants.
Learn the African handshake from the Batswana in the
cattle posts and villages near to Planet Baobab and discover how Botswana
continues to be one of the most successful and interesting societies in
Southern Africa.
Enjoy a cuppa of Mma Ramotse’s famous red bush tea with the grande dames of Gweta and, if you are really adventurous.. sample some sizzling 100% organic traditional sorghum beer...... mmmmmmm!
At every stage and at every turn of this voyage you will hear traveller’s
tales from Guides and companions who know and love this place.
Best of all, if you are very lucky, you can overnight on the Pans under
the most spectacular night skies in the world, enjoying a barbecue of
a lifetime.
Curl up under a canopy of stars - a light which you cannot switch
off.
In a continent which is full of surprises, and a place which
is full of nothing, Planet Baobab is really something.
Where is Planet Baobab?
Email Planet Baobab enquiries and reservations: planet-baobab@madbookings.com
