Every lodge, camp and campsite in and around the park, from simple campsites to exclusive-use camps on the game circuits. Independently listed, and nobody can pay to rank higher.
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Moremi has one of Africa's strongest community stories: the reserve itself was proclaimed by the Batawana people in 1963. Today the cleanest way to put money into local hands is the Khwai Development Trust campsites on the reserve's northern boundary, and Kwando Safaris describes itself as 100 percent citizen-owned. Sankuyo's community-owned Santawani Lodge on the southern boundary is another genuine local option. Most other camps around Khwai sit on community land and pay lease fees to the trust: real money for the village, but the community does not own the camps. Look for the green badges.
Luxury tented camp in ebony forest · NG32 concession, on community land outside the reserve
Machaba's camp in the NG32 concession, built into an ebony forest on community land outside the reserve. In their words it suits guests after a classic Okavango safari with variety, because the private concession lets them run both land and water activities: game drives, mokoro, boating when the water is there, guided walks, night drives and off-road viewing. They point to the lion, buffalo and wild dog sightings in particular.
Classic tented camp · Gomoti concession, south-east of Moremi
Machaba's camp on the Gomoti floodplain system south-east of the reserve, quieter than the Khwai corridor but with a similar mix of floodplain and woodland game. The published levy goes to conservation and community projects in the concession. Family-founded operator, head office in Maun.
Four-tent camp, classic canvas · Khwai community concession, outside the gate
The four-tent sister camp to Machaba, in the Khwai community concession on the reserve's northern boundary. Machaba describe it as an intimate and exclusive stay without giving up comfort: four tents, a quiet atmosphere and personal service in game-rich country. They put it forward for couples, families and small groups who want something more private, and they name value as part of the reason people pick it.
1950s-style eco-luxury tented camp · Khwai community concession (NG19), on the Khwai River
The camp that anchors the Khwai community concession, directly across the river system from Moremi's North Gate country. It sits on Khwai community land and pays lease fees to the village trust: real community income, though the camp itself is not community-owned. Game drives here run day and night, and the leopard viewing along the Khwai is famous.
Eco-luxury tented camp · North-eastern Moremi water country
Opened in May 2025, which makes it the newest camp actually inside Moremi rather than in the concessions around it. Machaba Safaris is a family-founded independent operator with its head office in Maun and a South African reservations office; not Botswana-owned, but firmly locally rooted and far from a faceless international group.
Two-tent camp taken on exclusive use · NG32 concession, on community land
Two tents, one family and one luxury, taken as a whole by a single group. Machaba put it forward for families or small groups who want complete privacy in the Delta: a dedicated chef, guide and vehicle, so every activity is arranged around what your group feels like doing rather than a camp timetable. Same NG32 concession as Kiri, with seasonal boating and mokoro.
Sculptural timber lodge · Chitabe/Sandibe concession, south-eastern edge of Moremi
An architectural statement lodge shaped like a curled pangolin, on the private concession it shares with Chitabe. The building gets the attention, but the game viewing on the Santantadibe floodplains holds its own, with full concession freedoms the reserve does not allow. &Beyond is a privately held South African group founded in 1991.
One of the two long-established Desert & Delta camps at Xakanaxa, with the lagoon as its front garden. Desert & Delta is part of Chobe Holdings: Botswana-registered, listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, largest shareholder the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund, with 100 percent citizen lodge management. That is a genuine Botswana credential, though not the same thing as citizen-owned.
Classic Meru tents on the waterline · Xakanaxa Lagoon
The classic old safari camp of the reserve, on the Xakanaxa lagoon system since the 1970s and one of very few places anywhere in Moremi offering both game drives and boat safaris year-round. If you want the traditional tented atmosphere rather than contemporary lodge design, this is the pick of the Xakanaxa cluster.
Mombo's main rival on Chief's Island, built as pavilions rather than tents for guests who want walls and air conditioning with their wilderness. The same honest caveat applies: this is inside Moremi, so night drives and off-roading are not permitted despite the fly-in price. Operated by A&K Sanctuary, part of the A&K Travel Group.
The concession camp most associated with wild dogs on the reserve's south-eastern boundary. Because Chitabe sits in a private concession rather than inside Moremi, guides can drive off-road on sightings and run night drives, which is exactly the flexibility the reserve's own rules remove. One of the most consistent predator camps in the Delta.
A simple camp on a mopane-country pan whose underground hide puts you at trunk level while elephants drink overhead, one of the best photographic setups in northern Botswana at any price. Renamed from Hyena Pan, so search both names when comparing rates.
Thatched bungalows · In Khwai village, at Moremi's North Gate
Solid walls and a real budget price in a corridor where canvas routinely costs four figures: you sleep in Khwai village among its residents, and game drives head straight onto the community concession. For self-drivers who want a night out of the roof tent, or travellers pairing a cheap base with paid activities, nothing else in the area comes close on price.
Luxury tented camp with private river decks · Khwai community concession (NG19), on the Khwai River
African Bush Camps' riverside camp in the Khwai community concession, with the river-deck suites as its calling card. The operator was founded in 2006 by Zimbabwean guide Beks Ndlovu and runs a foundation with projects in the villages it works alongside; the camp sits on Khwai land and pays concession fees to the community trust.
The affordable door into NG18: the same private reserve, the same activity freedoms, at green-season rates that undercut most of the Khwai corridor. If your priority is night drives and off-road flexibility rather than suite square-meterage, this is one of the smartest bookings in the area.
Basic 4x4 camping, no facilities · Khwai community concession (NG19), on the Khwai River
The classic Khwai self-drive campsite, run by the Khwai Development Trust, the community body founded in 2000 that holds the leases over the land north of the river. This is the cleanest 'support local' booking in the entire Moremi area: the trust generated over P1.75 million in community revenue in a single quarter of 2024/25. Fair note: independent research has documented governance disputes and uneven benefit-sharing within the trust, so community benefit is real but not a perfect pass-through. No fences, no facilities, bring everything.
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P400 per person (±$30)Year-round, water levels permitting
Basic 4x4 camping · Khwai community concession (NG19)
The third of the Khwai Development Trust's campsites and the one almost nobody lists, alongside Magotho and Sable Alley. Same arrangement as the others: you book direct with the trust in Maun and the money stays with the community that holds the land north of the river. We have the rate from the trust's own page but not the facilities, so treat it as basic 4x4 camping until they tell us otherwise.
Tented suites on raised walkways · Northern tip of Chief's Island, fly-in only
The most famous camp in Botswana, on the game-rich northern tip of Chief's Island. The predator viewing is extraordinary, but know the rules before you pay this much: Mombo sits inside Moremi, so there are no night drives and no off-road driving, whatever the price tag. Wilderness was founded in Botswana in 1983 and is now a privately held pan-African group.
Public campsite with ablutions · At North Gate on the Khwai River, north-eastern boundary
The gateway campsite on the reserve's north-eastern corner, beside the log bridge over the Khwai River. It is the natural overnight stop on the classic Maun to Savuti to Chobe traverse, and the Khwai floodplain drives on its doorstep are some of the best in the reserve. Books out months ahead in the dry season.
Curved reed-and-thatch 'Masasa' chalets · Xakanaxa area, on the Maunachira channel
A distinctive camp of curved reed chalets on the Maunachira channel, and the standout choice in the reserve for travellers with mobility needs. Ker & Downey Botswana is part of Chobe Holdings, a Botswana-registered company listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange whose largest shareholder is Botswana's public officers' pension fund, with 98 percent citizen employment across the group.
Wilderness's contemporary camp on a concession against Moremi's south-eastern boundary, and unusually the only one of its Delta camps with a complete public rate card, which we consider worth rewarding with a booking shortlist spot on principle. Concession rules apply, so the day does not end at sunset.
The largest and best-known of the Khwai Private Reserve camps, set on a lagoon that keeps hippo in sight of the main deck. One booking warning worth repeating: the Khwai Development Trust runs an unrelated public campsite also called Sable Alley. Make sure you are booking the one you think you are.
Classic Meru tented camp · Khwai community concession (NG19), near Khwai village
A six-tent classic camp that delivers the Khwai experience, river frontage, day and night drives, leopard country, at roughly a third of the price of the corridor's famous names. Run by Bush Ways, a Maun-based operator founded in 1996. Its even cheaper sister, Khwai Guest House, offers thatched bungalows in the village itself from around $166 per person.
Rebuilt luxury tented lodge · Khwai community concession (NG19), on the Khwai River
The most interesting ownership story in the Delta right now. When Belmond's lease was not renewed, the land was returned to the Khwai community, the old lodge was demolished, and Sediba Sa Rona opened in March 2026, run by Desert & Delta with Savanna Expeditions, a company described as 100 percent Botswana-citizen-owned. Accurate framing: a citizen-owned partner on community land, not a community-owned lodge. Guides still quoting 'Belmond Khwai River Lodge' are three years out of date.
Three-storey open star-bed platforms · Khwai Private Reserve (NG18), north-east of Moremi
Three raised platforms above a waterhole where you sleep under the open sky with the Delta's winter stars overhead and elephants drinking below. It is an add-on night rather than a base, bookable only alongside a stay at Tuludi, Sable Alley, Little Sable or Elephant Pan, and it is the single most memorable night's sleep in the Khwai area.
Public campsite with ablutions · At South Gate, the entrance from Maun
The logistical campsite: two hours from Maun, right at the gate, so you clear formalities in the afternoon and are on the game-drive tracks at 06:00 the next morning. The woodland setting is less spectacular than Xakanaxa or Third Bridge, which is exactly why it is the easiest of the four to book.
Stone-and-thatch river chalets · On the Thamalakane River, 19 km north-east of Maun
The practical Maun bookend to a Moremi trip: riverside chalets 20 minutes from the airport, an activity desk that prices excursions transparently, and safe parking while you fly into the Delta. Worth knowing for budget planners: Maun's long-running backpacker institution Old Bridge Backpackers announced an indefinite closure and is marked permanently closed, though some booking sites still list it. Do not prepay anything there.
Luxury tented camp with treehouse styling · Khwai Private Reserve (NG18), north-east of Moremi
The flagship of the Khwai Private Reserve, the 200,000 hectare concession north-east of Moremi held on lease from the Khwai community trust and operated by Natural Selection. Community benefit here comes mainly through lease payments and employment. Natural Selection also commits 1.5 percent of every booking's revenue to its own conservation trust.
Public campsite with ablutions and solar hot showers · Xakanaxa Lagoon, north-western Mopane Tongue
The campsite with the best position in Moremi, on the edge of the Xakanaxa lagoons where the dry Mopane Tongue meets permanent water. Book through Kwalate Safaris in Maun (office above FNB, New Mall), not DWNP, and book far ahead: this is one of the two campsites that fill first. Unfenced, no power, and elephants walk through camp, so no citrus in your food boxes.
Contemporary art-filled water lodge · Western Moremi water country, fly-in only
The Delta's design statement: a contemporary lodge assembled as a showcase of African art and craft, set in the watery west of the reserve. A transparency note: Xigera was long associated with the Red Carnation group, but that link no longer appears on either company's materials and we could not verify current ownership, so we list it under its own name.
Tented camp · Dinare concession on the Gomoti, south-eastern edge
Rra Dinare's sister camp, run with a formal partnership with the neighbouring Sankuyo community. For travellers who want their Delta spend flowing toward Botswana ownership and village employment without the four-figure nightly rates of the famous names, the Dinare pair is one of the most defensible choices in this list.
Tented camp on a palm island · Ntswi Island, south-west of Chief's Island
A water camp on Ntswi Island sold as a Moremi experience, though it actually sits outside the reserve, and that is a feature rather than a catch: walking and mokoro are core activities here precisely because concession rules apply instead of park rules. Kwando Safaris describes itself as 100 percent citizen-owned and managed by people who call Botswana home; that claim is the operator's own, but it is the strongest Botswana-ownership positioning of any major safari company.
Tented camp · Dinare concession on the Gomoti, south-eastern edge
The 'father buffalo' camp on the Gomoti river system, named for the herds that move through the concession. Kwando Safaris describes itself as 100 percent citizen-owned, claiming Botswana's first all-Batswana-staffed camps and first female guide, tracker, pilot and CEO; those are the operator's own claims, but they are specific and long-standing.
Public campsite with ablutions, plus a small tented camp · Beside the third log bridge, western Mopane Tongue
The classic Moremi campsite, deep in the reserve where the Mboma loop meets the lagoons. Unfenced, so hyaenas patrol at night and you zip your tent fully. One thing most guides will not tell you: after the record 2026 floods the Third Bridge area stayed closed even once the rest of the reserve reopened in April, and we found no confirmation it has reopened. Call Xomae before you build an itinerary around it.
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P561 per personCheck status: closed after the 2026 floods
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Indicative 2026 rates per person per night sharing, gathered July 2026 from operators' own rate sheets where published. Several operators (Kwando Safaris, Desert & Delta, Kwalate Safaris) publish no public rates at all; where that is the case we say 'on enquiry' rather than print a guess. Always confirm with the lodge, and check whether park fees are included.
Facilities and activities come from each property's own website, read in July 2026. We only record what that property's own page states. Where a site was unreachable, or returned a page that did not identify the property, we leave the entry blank rather than guessing, so a blank means unchecked and not absent. Filtering on a facility shows only what we confirmed, and tells you how many places we could not check.
