Khwai Tented Camp
The quaint but comfortable, Khwai Tented Camp is located within the Khwai Community Concession, a beautiful, game-rich area that’s separated from the Moremi Game Reserve by the Khwai River. This isn’t a luxury tented camp – its simple style is reminiscent of Botswana’s old safari days when intrepid travellers camped in the wilderness. Khwai Tented Camp started as a nomadic camp but in September 2012 it settled in a more permanent location on a seasonal floodplain that flows from the Khwai River.
The camp has undergone a complete rebuilt since November 2016. The new camp comprise of six modern sail tents with en-suite bathroom facilities including a flush toilet and an indoor and outdoor shower with running hot and cold water. In addition, the rebuilt camp includes a neighboring, intimate, family focused camp comprising of two family units, and two standard units, all with the same en-suite bathroom facilities as the main camp.
The vegetation around Khwai Tented Camp is made up of great stands of leadwood and forest, which line wide floodplains and the banks of the Khwai River. The river itself is the first permanent water source reached by wildlife moving between Botswana’s northern reserves of Chobe and Linyanti and the Okavango Delta, and so attracts high concentrations of wildlife. For much of the year, areas of the floodplain fill with water to form shallow, lily-covered lagoons, which attract hundreds of colourful birds. Away from the river and plains are pockets of woodland dotted with pans that naturally fill with rainwater and act as waterholes, attracting many different animal species. Wildlife viewing is excellent in this region year round, with many sought-after species seen regularly – including elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dog.
This existing camp has only six Meru-style tents with private raised verandas and mesh windows. Inside each walk-in tent are comfortable twin beds with more than enough bedding to keep guests warm, even in the cooler winter months (June–August). A bedside table is kept constantly stocked with a flask of fresh mineral water, and lighting comes from a battery-powered lantern and solar-powered lights.
A zipped opening at the rear of each of the camp’s tent leads to the ensuite bathroom, with a flush toilet, and a small washstand with cold running water and a mirror. A second zip-up door leads to an open-air bucket shower, shielded by canvas walls for privacy. There are also two canvas washbasins on the veranda for which hot water is provided in the mornings and on request.
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