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Gcwihaba
Caves
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Accommodation:
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Activity:
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Famous For:
» Gcwihaba Caves and Aha Hills.
» Large colonies of Commerson's Leaf-nosed
Bats and slit faced bats.
» Gcwihaba is a San word for "hyena's lair”
» First shown to a European, Ghanzi farmer
Martinus Drotsky in 1932, main cavern
was named Drotsky's cavern.
» 10m-long stalagmites and stalactites, which
were formed by dripping water that seeped
through and dissolved the dolomite.
» One of the most remote destinations in Botswana
» UNESCO World Heritage Site
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