There are few destinations that are as way
off the beating track as Kubu Island. Way out on the brink of the vast
Makgadadikgadi salt Pans there lies this mysterious granite Island full of
giant boulders and ancient weirdly twisted gnarled Baobab trees and the traces
of a civilization of people that have long since vanished. Kubu Island is truly
an island in the middle of nowhere. As the vast pans that surround it on just
about all points of the compass stretch way out, as far as the eye can see and
way beyond the limits of the horizons. If you love photography this is of
course a must visit place. And then because the pans are so flat the sunsets
and sunrises are absolutely out of this world.
However here are just a few points to
remember when traveling out to Kubu Island
1 There is nothing out there which means
you will need water, food, petrol, and any thing else you may need.
2 Kubu island is a community trust so you
will have to book if you are going to camp.
3 The toilets, Rest rooms or whatever you
call them are not great at Kubu in fact there is just one smelly hot orange
porterloo per camp site. There are no
showers as there is no water. So you will need more water for that.
4 Although Kubu Island is an amazing place
photographically and you can even find bits of broken earth pots and little
beads that were left there by the lost civilizations of who knows who. It’s also
not very big and there is lots of nothingness out there. So don’t plan on
staying there for more then three days unless you like nothingness.
nice write up!
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