Wilderness Mombo Camp
Chief's Island, Moremi, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Location
Chief's Island, Moremi
Mombo sits on the Mombo Concession of around 45,000 hectares at the northern tip of Chief's Island, in the central Okavango Delta within Moremi Game Reserve — the 'Place of Plenty,' among the finest big-game areas in Africa.
Transfer
An Okavango transfer
Fly to Maun, then a light aircraft to the Mombo airstrip and a short drive in — with armed night escorts in camp. Soft bags and luggage limits on the bush-plane leg.
Villas
9 elevated luxury tents
Nine elevated luxury tents, raised on decks and walkways, each with a separate bedroom and sitting room, a private deck, a plunge pool, a thatched sala, indoor and outdoor showers and a copper-fitted tub. The three-tent Little Mombo is a separate sister camp.
Best For
Who it suits
Ultra-luxury safari connoisseurs, couples and honeymooners and repeat-Africa travellers after the legendary Botswana safari — the predator capital, Big Five with rhino and Wilderness's flagship pedigree.
Board Basis
All-inclusive
All-inclusive — meals, drinks and game activities — with open-air dining, a boma and exceptional game viewing on a private concession.
About the Resort
The 'Place of Plenty'
Wilderness Mombo Camp is the legendary Botswana safari — Wilderness's flagship, on the Mombo Concession at the northern tip of Chief's Island, in the central Okavango Delta within Moremi. They call it the 'Place of Plenty,' and the name is earned: arguably the best big-game viewing in Africa, with exceptional lion, leopard, cheetah and wild-dog density and one of Botswana's best chances of rhino, on a private concession where the drives go off-road. Mombo sits at the heart of the Botswana Rhino Reintroduction Project, begun in 2001, which returned black and white rhino to the Delta. Just nine elevated luxury tents, raised on decks and walkways with armed night escorts, each have a separate bedroom and sitting room, a private plunge pool, a thatched sala and a copper-fitted tub; a wildlife hide puts you at ground level, and buffalo and elephant move beneath the decks. Activities are drive-focused, even within the water Delta. All-inclusive and almost entirely solar-powered, it is one of the most coveted safaris on earth — for connoisseurs, couples and repeat-Africa travellers.
Accommodation
Tents
Nine elevated luxury tents, raised on decks and walkways with armed night escorts, each with a separate bedroom and sitting room, a private deck, a plunge pool, a thatched sala, indoor and outdoor showers and a copper-fitted tub. The three-tent Little Mombo is a separate sister camp.
Signature
Luxury Tent
Sleeps two. A twin-convertible king on a raised deck with a private plunge pool, a thatched sala, indoor and outdoor showers and a copper-fitted tub, over the floodplain.
Plunge poolFloodplain outlook
Family
Larger Tent
Sleeps three to four. A larger configuration for families.
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Food & Drink
Dining
Dining is open-air, with a lounge and a veranda over the floodplain and a boma for fireside dinners under the stars — all-inclusive, in the Wilderness flagship way, with meals, drinks and game activities.
Signature
Open-air dining
Open-air dining, a lounge and a veranda over the floodplain.
Boma
The boma
A boma for fireside dinners under the stars.
All-inclusive
All-inclusive
All-inclusive — meals, drinks and game activities, in the Wilderness flagship way.
Wellbeing
Wellness & pools
There is wellness at camp and a private plunge pool on every tent, plus a camp pool. The real draw, though, is the game viewing: a wildlife hide for ground-level encounters, in the predator capital of the Delta.
Wellness
Wellness, with facilities at camp.
Plunge pools
A private plunge pool on every tent, plus a camp pool.
A wildlife hide
A wildlife hide for ground-level viewing.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The Place of Plenty, and the predators that made its name. Drive a private concession for exceptional big cats and wild dog, look for rhino, learn the reintroduction story, and watch game from a ground-level hide.
Predator-capital drives
Game drives in the 'Place of Plenty' — exceptional lion, leopard, cheetah and wild-dog density, off-road on a private concession.
Rhino
Rhino — one of Botswana's best places to see them.
The rhino legacy
The Botswana Rhino Reintroduction Project, begun in 2001, with Mombo at its heart.
A wildlife hide
A wildlife hide, with buffalo and elephant beneath the raised decks.
Helicopter flights
Helicopter scenic flights over the Delta.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
Via Maun
Fly to Maun, then a light aircraft to the Mombo airstrip and a short drive.
In the Delta
Chief's Island
At the northern tip of Chief's Island, in central Moremi.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“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 Wilderness Mombo Camp. 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
- All-inclusive — meals, drinks and game activities.
Made for couples
- A romantic camp for couples and safari connoisseurs, with a larger tent for families.
The concession
- On the Mombo Concession of around 45,000 hectares at the northern tip of Chief's Island in Moremi — a private concession, so drives go off-road; activities are drive-focused, even within the water Delta.
Getting there
- Fly to Maun, then a light aircraft to the Mombo airstrip and a short drive.
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