I wake up just around sunrise and as always in this part of the world it is nice. I get the fire started as it is quite chilly at this time of the morning.
We all have breakfast and fold up the tents as we have our first day of tourism ahead. Before going, I ask the reception if what we plan to do is reasonable and there one of the guide tell me that going to Kubu (Lekhubu) Island and back in one day is a little much. He then suggest we to go Greens Baobab. It is a big Baobab seen by the Green’s Expedition in 1858-1859, and it is possible to go there in one day and be back to enjoy the sunset on the Makgadikgadi Pan in the Nata Bird Sanctuary.
So off we go to Gweta. On our way there we stop for a drink at a place called Planet Baobab, a campsite/lodge set up by near 7 big baobab trees. 
Once in Gweta we try to go south to Green's Baobab. Guess what?There are plenty of tracks going south from Gweta, but no one seems to know the road that would lead us there. The GPS is of no great help as my little hand held just points in the direction of the tree, as we have the coordinates; but as those roads are not in the database of 
the car’s GPS it cannot tell us if we are on the right track. Veronica’s map is of little help too as it is not detailed enough to show all the tracks leaving Gweta, though the road to the baobab is shown on the map. After going for 10-15 km on what seemed to be the right track it looks like our tree is “drifting” to our left. Back to Gweta and try another track, and this time the GPS points ahead all the time and we finally get to this huge Baobab for lunch. The date Mr. Green passed by is still carved in the tree, 1858.
Time to go back to enjoy the sunset on the Pans, and what a great place the pans are when still just about full of water. Unfortunately the flamingos are on the other side just visible with the binoculars. But the sunset is great.
Back to Nata Lodge for our second night in the tents....
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