The flight from Kasane to Xakanaxa Airstrip in Moremi. It was a long 90-minute flight, I’m a good flier but was very pleased to get off the plane.
From the dirt airstrip it was a 20-minute drive to the lodge: Camp Moremi, Botswana our home for the next 2 nights.
A traditional luxury tented camp, comprising 11 tents, we were in number 4. There is no Wi-Fi here and there is only electricity during daylight hours, so no fans or air con. But we did have mosi nets.
The tents are large and beautifully furnished, the bathroom is in a separate part of the tent and you have to remember to close the door between the sleeping area, the bathroom and the entrance area or you get the monkeys in. As it was we were visited by a bat!!!
Breakfast and brunch are taken in the downstairs boma and are buffet style, dinner is more formal and taken in the upstairs area where the bar is. At dinner you are greeted by the staff singing and dancing to announce dinner is ready. Afterwards it’s drinks around the campfire.
You are collected for dinner and delivered back to your room afterwards by security staff due to the proximity of the animals. Each tent is equipped with an air horn to raise the alarm in case of an emergency in the night.
There are 2 activities a day here with both game...The flight from Kasane to Xakanaxa Airstrip in Moremi. It was a long 90-minute flight, I’m a good flier but was very pleased to get off the plane.
From the dirt airstrip it was a 20-minute drive to the lodge: Camp Moremi, Botswana our home for the next 2 nights.
A traditional luxury tented camp, comprising 11 tents, we were in number 4. There is no Wi-Fi here and there is only electricity during daylight hours, so no fans or air con. But we did have mosi nets.
The tents are large and beautifully furnished, the bathroom is in a separate part of the tent and you have to remember to close the door between the sleeping area, the bathroom and the entrance area or you get the monkeys in. As it was we were visited by a bat!!!
Breakfast and brunch are taken in the downstairs boma and are buffet style, dinner is more formal and taken in the upstairs area where the bar is. At dinner you are greeted by the staff singing and dancing to announce dinner is ready. Afterwards it’s drinks around the campfire.
You are collected for dinner and delivered back to your room afterwards by security staff due to the proximity of the animals. Each tent is equipped with an air horn to raise the alarm in case of an emergency in the night.
There are 2 activities a day here with both game drives and river cruises on offer.
As we were being driven to the camp from the airstrip we were asked what we would like for our sundowner drink later that day…. good sign we thought!!!
We were very lucky in that we had our own guide and vehicle for the duration of our stay – Kops and he was excellent.
True to their word on that evening game drive as the sun was starting to go down Kops found a suitable clearing and from the rear of the vehicle produced a small table with an assortment of drinks and nibbles. Having a G&T stood in the bush whilst watching the sun go down was a truly surreal moment.
Not much sleep had been had I must add due to the close proximity of hippo’s outside the tent.
We embarked on a game drive which was to take us a long long way from the camp and it was 1030 before we returned. It was very hot once the sun came up but we stopped for morning drinks and snacks and there was always a ‘friendly’ tree to be found if needed. We saw more fantastic game and nothing was too much trouble for Kops.
Returning to the lodge you are greeted with brunch which is a bit of everything. There is nothing to do then until the afternoon activities recommence at 1530. Although there is a pool is was very hot – so we took a siesta instead.
We were given the choice this morning as we were due to go to the airstrip for a late morning flight: lie in and leisurely breakfast or early start for a game drive with all our bags with us to go straight to the airstrip for our next flight. Needless to say we opted for another early start.
We were happy just to have a drive round and see if we saw anything but our guide Kops had other ideas. He had heard about a leopard at the far end of the park, so he put his foot down and we were rewarded with a remarkable sight. Next he heard over the radio about lions in the opposite direction….so off we went. He was determined to find us these lions and he succeeded.
It was then off to the airstrip for our next flight in to the Okavango Delta.
This camp was probably my favourite of the four Desert and Delta Camps we stayed in - thanks a large part to our guide Kops who was fantastic.
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