Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Khwai Leadwood
Family-friendly safaris in a community-run concession
Explore an exclusive corner of the Okavango Delta at Khwai Leadwood: a small camp set right beside the Moremi Game Reserve in the Khwai Community Concession. Its riverside location invites you to observe an abundance of animals that are drawn to the water during Botswana’s dry season.
The camp includes seven spacious tented suites with private decks, as well as a covered communal lounge, reading area, swimming pool and fire pit. Fill your days here with game drives to spot elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo and both black and white rhinos, which have been successfully reintroduced to Moremi.
For a more intimate and lower-impact African safari, you can also explore on foot or in a traditional mokoro (dugout canoe). Although these experiences are limited to guests aged 16 and up, the rest of the camp is well-suited to younger travellers and family safaris. It’s also a fantastic honeymoon destination.
Round out your journey through the delta with a visit to nearby Chief’s Island or the Mombo Concession. You can also head north to Chobe National Park and Linyanti, or south to the Makgadikgadi Pans and the Central Kalahari.
Highlights
Honeymoon suite with an outdoor bathtub overlooking the wilderness
Family suite featuring two interconnecting bedrooms
Ngwana Club for the youngest guests, providing fun and age-appropriate activities
Night drives to experience the environment after dark and see nocturnal species
Brilliant birdwatching in the immediately surrounding area
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Linyanti
With uninterrupted views over Osprey Lagoon, and a fantastic vantage point from which to watch the areas mega-herds of elephants, Wilderness DumaTau and nearby Wilderness Little DumaTau are perfectly located for making the most of your stay in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve.
Each spacious tented guest suite has been positioned to offer great views whether you’re relaxing on your deck, or cooling off in your plunge pool. You’ll also find the tents include spot-cooling, meaning you can find respite from the hot afternoons indoors. Spend time investigating the ‘curiosity boxes’ you’ll find mounted on the walls in your room and the drawers filled with fascinating artefacts and information. They’re a great way to learn more about the area’s wildlife and rich history. Look out for unique elephant and wild dog art in the rooms and library made from reclaimed snare wire.
Wilderness Safaris have constructed both camps to give maximum comfort and offer guests a large array of facilities. In addition to the in-tent cooling systems, you’ll discover that the central Osprey Retreat which sits between the two camps boasts a pool, drink and snack counter and a Safari Boutique area, offering you more space to mingle with your fellow guests if you choose to do so. Large decks, plunge pools and awnings are attached to each of Wilderness Duma Tau’s eight tented suites as well as at the four at Wilderness Little DumaTau.
The Wilderness DumaTau team continues to focus on the sustainability of wildlife corridors, as they have done since 1997. They believe that it is more vital than ever to protect large wildlife corridors of wilderness, like those within the vast Linyanti Wildlife Reserve – especially for the African elephant and wild dog that cover extensive ground.
Staying at Wilderness DumaTau offers you easy access to the Linyanti floodplain as well as the Savuti Channel, in fact, it’s the only concession from which you can access both. The region has all the habitat diversity to make it a haven for wildlife, and is well-known for its elephant concentrations as they congregate along the waterways and lagoons during the dry winter months. General wildlife viewing is excellent year round including impala, wildebeest, red lechwe, Burchell’s zebra, giraffe, Cape buffalo, chacma baboon, vervet monkey, and warthog. Predator sightings of lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog and spotted hyena are good. As well as day and night game drives, you can explore on nature walks or take to the water on motorboats or the river barge (depending on water levels).
