Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa
Chobe River, Kasane, Botswana
Location
The Chobe River
The resort sits on the banks of the Chobe River at Kasane, around ten minutes from the airport and eight kilometres from Chobe National Park, with the Namibian floodplains across the water — a comfortable, drive-in base in the elephant capital.
Transfer
A Kasane transfer
Drive-in, around ten minutes from Kasane International Airport, with no bush-plane needed — which makes it an easy, full-facility way to reach Chobe.
Villas
Around 110 rooms
Around 110 rooms and four suites, with river-view balconies, air-conditioning, ceiling fans and mosquito nets — from Standard rooms to family rooms and river-facing suites.
Best For
Who it suits
Families, value-minded travellers and golfers who want a comfortable, drive-in Chobe River base — sunset cruises, a baobab-lobby and a golf course, with no bush-plane to catch.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed and breakfast, with half-board options — the Serondella Restaurant, the Savuti cocktail bar and a pool menu.
About the Resort
A comfortable Chobe River base
Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa is the comfortable, drive-in way to do Chobe — a full-facility riverfront resort on the banks of the Chobe River at Kasane, around ten minutes from the airport and eight kilometres from Chobe National Park, with no bush-plane to catch. It is named for the thousand-year-old baobab the lobby is built around ('mowana' means baobab), and the days run on Chobe game drives and sunset boat cruises in the elephant capital of Africa, with fishing, a private birding boat and the adjacent Mowana Golf Course. Around 110 rooms and four suites have river-view balconies, air-conditioning and ceiling fans, and there is a spa and sauna, a hair salon set in a treehouse, a Jacuzzi and infinity pools. This is a family-friendly, value-minded base — comfortable and well-equipped, with the convenience of driving straight in from Kasane — a relaxed way to combine Chobe with the Victoria Falls a couple of hours up the road.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Around 110 rooms and four suites, with river-view balconies, air-conditioning, ceiling fans and mosquito nets — from Standard rooms through family rooms to upgraded, river-facing suites, with two accessible rooms.
Entry
Standard Room
Sleeps two. A double or twin with a river-view balcony, air-conditioning and a ceiling fan, over the Chobe.
BalconyRiver view
Family
Family Room
Sleeps three to four. A larger room with a river outlook, for families.
LargerRiver view
Suite
Suite
Sleeps two to three. An upgraded, river-facing suite — one of four.
River-facingUpgraded
Food & Drink
Dining
Dining centres on the Serondella Restaurant, with a breakfast buffet and river views, the Savuti cocktail bar over the Chobe and the Namibian floodplains, and a pool menu by the water.
Signature
Serondella Restaurant
The Serondella Restaurant, with a breakfast buffet and river views.
Bar
Savuti
The Savuti cocktail bar, over the Chobe River and the Namibian floodplains.
Pool
Pool menu
A pool menu by the water.
Wellbeing
Spa & pools
There is a spa and sauna, with a hair salon set in a treehouse, and a Jacuzzi and infinity pools looking over the river — with the adjacent Mowana Golf Course for a round between game drives.
A spa & sauna
A spa and sauna, with a hair salon set in a treehouse.
Infinity pools
A Jacuzzi and infinity pools.
Mowana Golf
The adjacent Mowana Golf Course.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
A relaxed Chobe base with the river at the door. Drive the park for the Big Five, cruise the Chobe at sunset in the elephant capital, see the ancient baobab in the lobby, and play a round of golf.
Chobe game drives
Chobe National Park game drives, around eight kilometres away.
Sunset cruises
Sunset boat cruises in the elephant capital of Africa.
The baobab
The thousand-year-old baobab the resort is built around — 'mowana' means baobab.
Birding boats
Fishing and a private birding boat on the Chobe.
Mowana Golf
The adjacent Mowana Golf Course.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Kasane International
Fly to Kasane International Airport, then around ten minutes by road — no bush-plane needed.
On the river
Chobe River
On the banks of the Chobe River at Kasane, around eight kilometres from the park.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
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“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed and breakfast, with half-board options.
Made for families
- A family-friendly resort — family rooms and children of all ages — and a comfortable, full-facility Chobe base.
Access
- Drive-in, around ten minutes from Kasane airport, with no bush-plane needed — the easy, full-facility way to do Chobe.
Getting there
- Fly to Kasane International Airport, then around ten minutes by road.
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