Kota

Kota was a tribe on Survivor: Gabon.

Kota was one of two tribes with 9 castaways that began in Want To See The Elephant Dung? (Part 1). The tribe was known for their extensive winning streak in challenges before losing almost all of its original members after the merge. Kota's tribe color was yellow.

Members
As Gabonese tradition dictates, the elders were given utmost respect. With this, the oldest cast members of both sexes initiated a tribe-picking activity. The oldest male chose the members of Kota. The following castaways comprised the original Kota tribe, existing from Days 1-9:

(In order of selection)
 * Bob Crowley (the oldest male), a physics teacher from Portland, Maine.
 * Bob chose Ace Gordon, a jewelry salesman/fashion photographer from Naples, Florida.
 * Ace chose Sugar Kiper, a pin-up model from Brooklyn, New York.
 * Sugar chose Marcus Lehman, a resident physician from Atlanta, Georgia.
 * Marcus chose Charlie Herschel, a lawyer from New York, New York.
 * Charlie chose Paloma Soto-Castillo, a student from Downey, California.
 * Paloma chose Kelly Czarnecki, a retail sales manager from Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
 * Kelly chose Jacquie Berg, a medical sales representative from Santa Barbara, California.
 * Corinne Kaplan, a Pharmaceutical Sales representative from Los Angeles, California (picked last by default).

First Tribal Swap
On Day 10, the tribes were swapped, the following castaways comprised the second version of the Kota tribe:


 * Dan Kay
 * Marcus Lehman
 * Charlie Herschel
 * Randy Bailey
 * Corinne Kaplan
 * Susie Smith
 * Bob Crowley

Second Tribal Swap
On Day 22, the tribes went to what they assumed was a merge feast. Afterwords, it was revealed that the tribes would swap again, the following castaways composed the third and final version of the Kota tribe:


 * Marcus Lehman
 * Crystal Cox
 * Ken Hoang
 * Susie Smith
 * Bob Crowley

Trivia

 * Bob Crowley and Marcus Lehman are the only members of Kota to remain on Kota the whole time Kota was in existence.
 * Ironically, Marcus was the first voted out after the second tribal switch and Bob was the eventual winner.
 * Kota, along with its rival Fang tribe, are the third and fourth tribes to have its tribe name originated from an actual tribe or ethnic group, following Survivor: Africa's Samburu and Boran tribes, which are also African-based tribes.
 * Kota, along with Fang, were the only two tribes to be a part of two tribe switches.