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Little
Kwara Camp is situated in a tree’d island on the edge of the
permanent waters of the world renowned Okavango Delta in
Botswana. The concession shares a common boundary with Moremi
Game Reserve.
This
brand new camp is an intimate four-tent camp with a fifth
pilot or guide accommodation and is consistent with the Kwando
Safaris promise: - Intimate Camps, in Private Areas, with
Personal Service - Vintage Africa.
Hidden amongst trees, access is by air via the Kwara airstrip.
While the camp will share a name with the well known, 16
bedded Kwara Camp also operated by Kwando Safaris, Little
Kwara Camp is a completely separate camp from Kwara. The tents
are spacious, and are elevated into the tree canopy on wooden
decks each with its own private veranda. Each tent has it’s
own en suite facilities comprising bathroom with bath and an
inside/outside shower. This is an ideal camp for exclusive use
by small groups and families.
Little Kwara Camp offers all the following activities - mekoro
trips year round, double deck boat cruise, island walks as
well as game drives both off road and at night. Fishing is
also offered on request, using normal reel and rod fishing -
flying fishing enthusiasts need to bring their own equipment.
Guides and trackers will beat the same high standard as is
normal in all Kwando Safaris Botswana camps.To put the
concession area into context - 175 000 ha (or 1750 square
kilometers ) is almost half a million acres !
The
ability to operate off road and at night is critical in order
to see the up to 30% of interesting mammal species that are
mainly active at night. These include leopard, lion, wild dog,
hyena and smaller predators. The presence of permanent water
at Little Kwara ensures excellent year-round game viewing. The
permanent water also ensures that mekoro trips (dugout canoes)
can take place in shallow water throughout the year. Little
Kwara is one of a handful of camps able to make this claim of
being a wet and dry camp all year around.
The
spectacular scenery with scattered herds of plains game and
the ever-attendant predators helps to enhance your safari. Due
to the labyrinth of waterways, islands, seasonal flood plains
and bush, Little Kwara is always interesting and varied.
Taking a morning mekoro trip, moving silently through the
flood plains is a memorable experience and the highlight for
many. The trip is broken by an island visit where guests rest
in the shade of the large trees while surveying the
surrounding delta waters and lagoons. After the refreshment
break our trained and armed guides take you on a guided walk
on the island before your relaxing return to camp by mekoro.
Little Kwara complements the Kwando concession experience by
offering a spectacularly different setting, scenery and
activities from those offered in the Kwando concession. The
circuit offered by Kwando Safaris gives you the best of
Botswana – when combined with Songwe Village on the Zambian
side of Victoria Falls the experience becomes complete.
Kwando Safaris offers it all - Africa’s big game, the
Okavango Delta, authentic African culture and the Victoria
Falls. The Okavango Delta is a 1.6 million ha wilderness of
water, reed, tress and flood plains in the middle of the
Kalahari sands – the largest block of sand on earth. The
Delta is world renowned for its biodiversity and contrasts –
a must see on any African safari.
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