Little Mombo Camp

Little Mombo is an extension of Mombo, sharing the same island as the larger camp in the Moremi Game Reserve, and matching its high standards. It offers the same abundant big game viewing - some of the best in Botswana - and overlooks a floodplain that is a beautiful setting for a variety of wildlife.

Little Mombo is situated on Mombo Island, adjoining the northern tip of Chief's Island within the Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana. A raised walkway links it to Mombo Camp, but distance and size combine to create an intimate luxurious camp that looks out over floodplains and together with Mombo Camp, provides some of the best game viewing in Botswana.

The camp, built under a shady canopy, has three luxurious and spacious rooms under canvas, each with en-suite facilities and an outdoor shower for those who wish to shower closer to Nature. A sala, large veranda and lounge area all provide ample place to relax and enjoy the view. Little Mombo has its own dining room, kitchen, lounge and pool overlooking the open plain in front of camp. Larger groups can also book out some of the rooms in the main camp.

Activities include morning and afternoon game drives in open 4x4 vehicles to view the high concentrations of plains game and all the predators - including the big cats - with lion sightings being particularly good. Guests can also see leopard, large herds of buffalo, cheetah, wild dog, elephant, white rhino, spotted hyaena, southern giraffe, blue wildebeest and Burchell's zebra.

Conservation:

Mombo's isolation and variety of suitable vegetation makes the area ideal for delicate reintroduction projects and collaborative conservation efforts between Wilderness Safaris, Botswana's Department of Wildlife (DWNP) and the Botswana Government have realised a dream with the successful reintroduction of the white and black rhino here.

Mombo and Little Mombo camps are integrally involved in the Botswana Rhino Reintroduction Project. In 2001, Wilderness Safaris together with Botswana's Department of Wildlife initiated a programme that has resulted in white rhino running free and wild in the Okavango Delta. The first group of four white rhino arrived at Mombo in November 2001, Wilderness also financing the construction of bomas, much of the transport and much of the monitoring costs. A further 22 rhino arrived as a result of an innovative 'rhino-for-roan' swap between South Africa and Botswana.

The ultimate accolade, though, has come from the rhino themselves. In August 2004, the first white rhino calf was born in the wild in Mombo, 16 months after its mother was released in 2001. Since then, the steady birth rate more than indicates the success of the programme.

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