PLANET BOABAB

Very unique and affordable luxury on Makgadigadi Pans
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If you are looking for a Makgadikgadi experience with a difference, beam up to Planet Baobab. This very original, fun and affordable lodge is on the edge of the Ntwetwe Pan, close to Gweta Town, on the Francistown–Maun Road in Botswana. The Ntwetwe Pan forms part of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans system in Botswana. This was once the biggest inland ocean in Africa.

Guests at Planet Baobab on the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana have a choice of stylish and original accommodation. Traditional Bakalanga mud huts (en suite) are built in African fashion from natural materials and are therefore perfectly temperature controlled. Their cow-dung walls and artwork with natural pigments from termite mounds in traditional Botswana style create an unique look not likely replicated in glitzy interior magazines. The Bakalanga huts at Planet Baobab are en suite and linen is provided.

At Planet Baobab the traditional Bushmen grass huts are constructed exactly as the Bushmen built their shelters long ago. Also perfectly temperature controlled by virtue of the building material used, the grass huts offer two comfortable traditional beds made from mopane and cow hides. Linen and a paraffin lamp are provided, but the huts do not have en suite facilities. Planet Baobab in Botswana also has secluded, shady camping sites with braai areas and ablution facilities.

Be sure to pay a visit to the Kalahari Surf Club at Planet Baobab in Botswana. Yep, surfing in the middle of nowhere, Planet Baobab style! Cruise across the empty lake of the Makgadigadi in Botswana on quad bikes, before enjoying sundowners and a moonlight braai. Then go to sleep under the vast, starry sky in a traditional bedroll. Unforgettable!

Experience traditional African hospitality in Planet Baobab’s shebeen. Once again the interior is quite unique, with enormous chandeliers made from beer bottles suspended from the thatch roof, traditional kgotla chairs and stylish cowhide recliners. Meals at Planet Baobab are served next to the campfire beneath a huge marula tree.

Visit the open-air courthouse in nearby Gweta Town (Gweta means “the place of the bullfrogs”) and try a sip of traditional sorghum beer. The geological history of the area surrounding Planet Baobab in Botswana is fascinating. Many stone tools from prehistoric eras can be found on the surrounding pans, while the Fossil Pan near Planet Baobab contains many fossil remnants.

If you have a sense of adventure – Planet Baobab near Gweta Town in Botswana is expecting your booking!