Guests are in for a safari experience that mixes the best traditional safari elements with a few modern luxuries.
Being a brand new camp, eco-friendly features abound, with the camp open only from April to December and running on solar power, with everything designed to not just minimise but neutralise the impact on the local environment.
Providing the accommodation in camp are Meru tents. If you’ve not stayed in one before, you’ll tick off a new experience when you book a stay here.
These safari tents are rectangular with a wooden frame covered in canvas. So far, so similar to regular tents. But here’s the main difference - the roof extends beyond the entrance to the tent, creating a shaded front area, handy if you want some shelter from the sun without sacrificing top quality panoramic views of your surroundings that you can’t enjoy from inside your tent.
And it’s inside that you’ll get a real sense of this being a traditional safari experience. The bed dominates, whether it’s a double or twins, with rugs on the floor making things feel snug, and a shower in a separate area to enjoy whenever you need to freshen up. There’s also a fan supplying a welcoming cooling breeze.
There are only 8 such tents in the Mababe Camp each sleeping 1 or 2. So the mathematicians among you will have already worked out that there’ll only ever be a maximum of 16 people in camp at any one time. That means overcrowding is never a problem. Nor is privacy, especially as each tent has its own spot along the riverfront, giving you uninterrupted views of wilderness and wildlife.
The beating heart of the camp is the main central area where there’s a lounge and dining area overlooking the Khwai River. Share stories of your safari experiences with fellow guests as you sit at the long dining table in a space that has a roof but is open on all sides. Or make yourself comfortable on one of the sofas in the lounge and watch the wildlife or finish that book you picked up at the airport. The camp has Wi-Fi, so despite being in a remote location, there’s always a way to keep in touch with the outside world.
Unsurprisingly, many of the activities on offer revolve around the nearby river, but there are expeditions on dry land that will see you board a 4x4 and head out into the bush to see the local wildlife. What you see will be down to whatever the experienced rangers can track down in the area. As a new edition to the Botswana safari scene, we don’t have any statistics we can share in terms of the kinds of animals you’re likely to see. But it’s expected that elephant will be among the major attractions, so too predators and a variety of birdlife. Sounds like bringing binoculars as well as cameras will be a good idea.
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