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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Mombo Camp Article
Thinking locally: wilderness safaris maintains an enthusiastic commitment to the country of Botswana.
Mombo Camp on the northwestern tip of Chiefs Island is an ideal experience for a first-time traveler to Africa. Each of the nine guest rooms is raised off the ground and is luxuriously appointed with indoor and outdoor showers (some with bathtubs), a large living room area and an outdoor deck looking out over a vast expanse of the Moremi Game Reserve. This region is one of the best in the world for wildlife documentary making, as guests will see almost all of the Big Five here (some visitors may even be welcomed to the camp by buffaloes as dose as the back "yard" of the lodge). An afternoon game drive might include the excitement of seeing a fresh lion kill or being charged by a rhino (with a clean getaway, of course, compliments of clients' trained guide). Mombo Camp also has a large bar area, a telescope for viewing wildlife from the open deck and a pool. Raised walkways link the outdoor living room areas to each room. Nightly rates at Mombo, one of the most upscale of the Wilderness lodges.
Reproduced from The Travel Agent - Date: September 23, 2002
Mombo Camp on the northwestern tip of Chiefs Island is an ideal experience for a first-time traveler to Africa. Each of the nine guest rooms is raised off the ground and is luxuriously appointed with indoor and outdoor showers (some with bathtubs), a large living room area and an outdoor deck looking out over a vast expanse of the Moremi Game Reserve. This region is one of the best in the world for wildlife documentary making, as guests will see almost all of the Big Five here (some visitors may even be welcomed to the camp by buffaloes as dose as the back "yard" of the lodge). An afternoon game drive might include the excitement of seeing a fresh lion kill or being charged by a rhino (with a clean getaway, of course, compliments of clients' trained guide). Mombo Camp also has a large bar area, a telescope for viewing wildlife from the open deck and a pool. Raised walkways link the outdoor living room areas to each room. Nightly rates at Mombo, one of the most upscale of the Wilderness lodges.
Reproduced from The Travel Agent - Date: September 23, 2002
Mombo Article
THE ULTIMATE TENTED CAMP
Mombo, Botswana THE DISNEY goes Boy Scout effect. I admit it. I want to see masses of big game ASAP and fabulous birds and be Meryl Streep living in a tent out in Africa - but without any of the inconvenience of pitching my own tent. Mombo is the nearest you'll ever get to instant gratification on safari. On Chief's Island, in a water-rich area, it has a tremendous amount of game.
I once arrived, exhausted, dreaming of crisp linen sheets and a calming gin and tonic, and there was the Land Rover for the evening game drive at the end of the runway.
Even the rangers say there's so much game it's like a theme park.
Lion, leopard, cheetah and nightjars flash in the dark when you drive back to the camp.
The wacky sophisticated tents inside and outside showers (only the jacana birds will see you), cool, conical glass basins, hot water bottles at night, loos with views of passing elephants - are on broadwalks, which obviates any puff adder problem. Very well run.
Take earplugs - the most ominous natural hazard is hippos chomping under your tent (which is on stilts) at night.
Reproduce from the Daily Mail
Mombo, Botswana THE DISNEY goes Boy Scout effect. I admit it. I want to see masses of big game ASAP and fabulous birds and be Meryl Streep living in a tent out in Africa - but without any of the inconvenience of pitching my own tent. Mombo is the nearest you'll ever get to instant gratification on safari. On Chief's Island, in a water-rich area, it has a tremendous amount of game.
I once arrived, exhausted, dreaming of crisp linen sheets and a calming gin and tonic, and there was the Land Rover for the evening game drive at the end of the runway.
Even the rangers say there's so much game it's like a theme park.
Lion, leopard, cheetah and nightjars flash in the dark when you drive back to the camp.
The wacky sophisticated tents inside and outside showers (only the jacana birds will see you), cool, conical glass basins, hot water bottles at night, loos with views of passing elephants - are on broadwalks, which obviates any puff adder problem. Very well run.
Take earplugs - the most ominous natural hazard is hippos chomping under your tent (which is on stilts) at night.
Reproduce from the Daily Mail
