Rustic-chic accommodation on the edge of Xakanaxa Lagoon in the Okavango Delta’s Moremi Game Reserve
Lounge, library, dining area, bar, deck, fire-pit, boma, and swimming pool
Twelve thatched safari tents, including one double tent for family use, each with a private viewing deck
Game drives, boat safaris, and birdwatching
The camp offers classic game drives, boat safaris, and birdwatching.
Led by expert wildlife guides, game drives take place during mornings and afternoons and offer wonderful opportunities to explore the Moremi Game Reserve’s various ecosystems and extraordinary resident wildlife. Keep an eye open for lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo. Smaller predators include cheetah, hyenas, jackals, and wild dog, while the herbivore count features giraffe, blue wildebeest, zebra, impala, kudu, reedbuck, waterbuck, and lechwe.
Boat safaris are a fantastic way to explore the Okavango Delta’s lagoons and waterways, with regular sightings of hippopotamus, crocodile, and perhaps even baboons hanging out and causing mischief in the riverine woodland! Guided boat excursions take place in hard-bottom aluminium boats equipped with comfortable seats, a foldaway canvas roof, and life jackets.
Whether on land or water, you can expect to see a vast display of birdlife, including fish eagle, crested crane, malachite kingfisher, and a Yellow Zebra favourite, Pel’s fishing owl. is sensational here, especially during spring and summer when the migrants breed.
*This property is unfenced and located in a wildlife area, so large and potentially dangerous animals do pass through. If you opt to stay here, always be alert when walking around the camp and request for a member of staff to escort you if you have any concerns. Any guest is escorted after dark as a matter of course.
Shaded by riverine trees such as jackalberry and leadwood, Camp Moremi occupies an idyllic location on the edge of Xakanaxa Lagoon in the Okavango Delta’s Moremi Game Reserve. Access to the camp is by light aircraft flight from Maun (25 minutes) or Kasane (1 hour), followed by a 25-minute game drive transfer.
Camp Moremi’s atmospheric communal spaces include large, open-sided lounge, dining, and bar areas under a double-height thatch roof, with a warm bushcamp ambience, plenty of sink-in seating, and an inviting outside deck lit up with paraffin lamps by night.
There’s also a curio shop selling a selection of books, clothes, and mementoes for those wishing to stock up on souvenirs. The camp’s fire-pit offers an ideal meeting place for guests to come together and swap safari stories beneath the stars, and there’s an open-air boma too, where special traditional braai dinners are held. The pool deck makes the most of the panoramic views and offers guests an ideal spot to cool off between safari activities. Please be aware that there is no Wi-Fi at Camp Moremi.
Accommodation at Camp Moremi consists of 11 thatched safari tents raised slightly off the ground, plus a two-bedroom unit for family use.
Rustic yet extremely comfortable, the tents blend effortlessly into the surrounding landscape, and the interior décor favours simplicity, with large jute rugs, natural wooden beams, canvas walls with screened windows, and folding veranda doors. Inside, you’ll find a roomy, open-plan space with double or twin beds, mosquito nets, a writing desk, a front-facing seating area, a tea-and-coffee station, wardrobes with ample storage space, and essentials such as a flashlight, an air horn, a small hairdryer, an umbrella, and an electronic safe. En-suite facilities comprise a flush toilet, twin washbasins, and a walk-in shower. Doors lead out onto a spacious wooden deck with two comfortable sunloungers, where guests can relax and soak up the picturesque lagoon views. The family tent features two en-suite bedrooms connected by a corridor.
Letaka Safaris, a citizen-owned company, has been operating safaris across Botswana since October 2000. It offers mobile tented accommodation in some of the country’s most wildlife-rich areas.
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