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The rise of a Basarwa settlement
PHUDUHUDU: About 124km to Maun on the road from Francistown, there is a settlement of 500 people called Phuduhudu. As the name suggests, it is an area that used to and still is home to wild animals. About 10km east of the settlement is the popular Nxai Pan, a tourist site that has attracted nature lovers from Europe and America. The Nxai Pan has a unique baobab tree, named Baines. The pan is very rich in animals like antelopes, elephants and lions. Years ago, the same natural fauna and flora attracted bands of Basarwa people to this area. Unlike the tourists, they were not on a sightseeing mission. They came to settle. The Basarwa live a nomadic life of hunting and gathering.
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