Gcwihaba Caves

Several linked groupings of dolomite hills in Botswana's northwest region stand out against the surrounding sandveld. Just north of the town of Xai-Xai, the Aha hills straddle the Botswana/Namibia border. Gcwihaba Valley, with its fossil river, is 35 kilometers east of the settlement and has a cluster of six low-lying dolomite hills. Koanaka Hills, comprising three hills, are located 19 kilometers southwest of the Gcwihaba Caves. Gcwihaba is a cave in the Okavango Delta area of Botswana. Around 2 million years ago, the Gcwihaba Caves were part of the Kalahari environment, at least throughout the Pleistocene epoch. The cave's name is a San term that means "hyena's lair." The cave is around 10 kilometers from Namibia's border. The fact that all of these hills have caverns, collectively known as the Gcwihaba Caves, is fascinating.

Gcwihaba Caves were known to the world population in 1932, when they were revealed to Martinus Drotsky, a Ghanzi farmer. Drotsky's Caverns has become a common name for these caves. The dolomite marble of the Precambrian Damara Age was created when wetter circumstances and acidulated water seeping from underneath dissolved the rocks. As a result of a neighboring river developing, the water table was reduced. It is a Botswana ancient monument. The cave formations include magnificent stalactites and stalagmites that date back to 3-2 million years ago, as well as a diverse spectrum of cave forms.