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Kubu Island (Ga'nnyo) is a dry granite rock island located in the Makgadikgadi Pan area of Botswana. The island is located a few kilometers away from Orapa and Letlhakane mining towns and can be accessed through Mmatshumo in the Boteti district. The entire island is a national monument, and is considered a sacred site by the indigenous people of the area.
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- Kubu island botswana with african motorcycle adventures and ferdie muller
- Map of Kubu Island Botswana
- Kubu island botswana on a bmw r1200gs adventure
- Natural historyEdit
- Archaeological heritageEdit
- References
Map of Kubu Island, Botswana
It is accessible by four wheel drive vehicle and has basic camping facilities. The campsite is run for the benefit of the local population. Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson described the island as "just about the most astonishing place I've ever been" on the November 4, 2007 episode.
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Natural historyEdit
The Makgadikgadi Pan is a large salt pan in northern Botswana, the largest salt flat complex in the world. These salt pans cover approximately 16,000 km2 and form the bed of the ancient Lake Makgadikgadi that began evaporating millennia ago.
Archaeological heritageEdit
The name Kubu means either "large rock" in Kalanga language or hippopotamus in Tswana. Local Khoe people call the site Ga'nnyo. Archaeological recovery in the Makgadikgadi has revealed the presence of prehistoric humans through abundant finds of stone tools; some of these tools have been dated sufficiently early to establish their origin as earlier than the era of Homo sapiens. Island contains also dry stone wall which is up to 1.25 m high and 344 circular stone cairns.