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Okavango Delta, Botswana

Little Vumbura

This special camp has just reopened after being completely rebuilt in FEB/MAR 2007. The varied game viewing is truly stellar and a wonderful ambiance exudes from this island property. It is one of our top choice camps when we can find the space.  — Mango's view

Little Vumbura is a 6-tented camp situated to the north of Mombo, in a private concession bordering the Moremi Game Reserve in the extreme north of the Okavango Delta. The entire area of over 100,000 hectares has been ceded by the Botswana Government and the Tawana Land Board to the people who live along the Okavango's northern boundary so that they can derive direct benefits from the wildlife and the environment on their doorstep.

Each one of the 6-tented rooms has ensuite facilities with hot and cold running water, a shower, and flush toilet as well as an outdoor shower under the stars. The main dining, lounge and pub area is tucked beneath a canopy of indigenous trees with a view across the floodplain. The camp also has a plunge pool.

Vumbura offers guests both water and land based activities. Traditional dug out canoes, mokoros, will glide you through the lily padded waters of the Delta, under the guidance of polers from the BaYei Tribe. Boats take you out onto the larger and deeper areas of water. Open 4 x 4 Land Rovers allow close proximity to animals in the savannah areas. This is possibly the only area in the Okavango where you can see red lechwe from a mokoro in the morning, then a Sable antelope from a game vehicle in the afternoon. Add in lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo along with all the plains game, and one has an excellent all around game experience in a remote corner of the Okavango. Walks on the islands give guests the opportunity to enjoy Africa from a different perspective.

Access into this area is only by aircraft and then by vehicle to camp. If the waters are high in winter, you may have to access the camp from the airstrip by mokoros or boat.

Includes: All meals, drinks, laundry & safari activities