Track conditions to Kubu Island in 2012

come-along.nl · Post by **come-along.nl** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:07 pm

No go area for the time being...

come-along.nl · Post by **come-along.nl** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:40 am

Kubu three weeks ago...

come-along.nl · Post by **come-along.nl** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:54 am

Hi, just back from Kubu at the weekend. Spent the night of 20th on the island. Road in from Nata side fine till about 1km from vet check point. Wet and muddy but low range and no problem. Bit wet and muddy on other side to left turn to the island - stayed on the track and was fine. Quite wet with pools on final stretch to island, but low range 2nd and 3rd, and stayed on tracks.

Next day we left for Letlakhane; and the fun began. We saw a cruiser come thru and they had made it but advised us that quite wet, but OK. So we followed their tracks, very slippery, and 1 very wet section; but managed and did not get stuck!!! Made friends with alot of gentle speed with low range!!

Lessons learnt; follow the track if at all possible; do not stray unless you can see that it is dry and sandy. Alot of the road has a stoney layer, and so even if there was a huge pool in front of us, we drove through as we knew that there would be stones under us - not mud!

Lots of rain while we were in Mak at Khumaga, and we could see alot of thunderstorms in and around Ntwetwe pan, and towards Nata

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kingshaka · Post by **kingshaka** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:21 am

Hey Guys

I spent a night on Kubu on 2 March, Came in from the south and the next day drove from Kubu to Gweta and there was NO water , not even one drop. Dusty all the way, could have done the trip with a Citi Colf.

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come-along.nl · Post by **come-along.nl** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:35 am

We were there a week ago. We went to camp at Kubu island and then Khama before we headed home. Pans at Khubu showed evidence of recent rains but mostly dry....no problems.

kingshaka · Post by **kingshaka** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:36 am

Coming in from the South (via Mmatshumo) Easter 2012:

Gravel roads first:

Vetenairy Gate:

Kubu's signed 'Turn off':

Stick to the Pan's edges!:

Arrival at Kubu Island:

Please don't do this. Stick to the edges only...:

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come-along.nl · Post by **come-along.nl** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:39 pm

Just returned from Kubu Island. Roads dry - no accesibilty problems. Road from Kubu to Gweta also good over the pans.When leaving Kubu for Gweta you need to go through the gate in the Game Fence and then turn left. If you turn left at the fence without going through the gate you will have to turn back. Allow plenty of time as the roads wind a lot and you want to enjoy the journey. Camp sites at Kubu clean. No water available - take your own. Firewood can be bought from the camp supervisor at Kubu. Toilets are clean and each camp site has its own pit latrine. There was no fuel available at Gweta, nearest fuel at Nata 100km east of Gweta. This may have been due to the long weekend?

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kingshaka · Post by **kingshaka** » Wed May 23, 2012 9:13 pm

Approaching Kubu from the South:

The road from Letlhakane north to Mmatshumo is a new tar road. Only the last 45 km from Mmatshumo to Kubu is still a 2-spoor track. The tracks around Kubu is closed at S20.88916 E25.82391 in the north and S20.89659 E25.82438 in the south to prevent driving around the island. We camped at Kubu for 4 nights to get good sunset and sunrise as well as night photos.

Some of my photos on http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannes_thi ... 9813511218

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come-along.nl · Post by **come-along.nl** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:22 am

The route to and from Kubu Island is at this moment still easy to negotiate but as the rainy season is soon expected this can change rapidly... When wet then don't attempt the 'short cut' across the big Ntwetwe Pan & when leaving Kubu to the south head north first to Tsogong Gate first before heading south and to Mmatshumo...

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Post by **selfdrive4x4** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:51 pm

Toyota Hilux visiting Kubu Island Botswana during the 19 days Botswana Self Drive http://www.selfdrive4x4.com/en/explore- ... drive-days