Thamalakane River Lodge
Stone-and-thatch river chalets · On the Thamalakane River, 19 km north-east of Maun · Independent, Maun
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
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.
Why you'd pick it
- The natural first and last night for a Moremi self-drive
- A proper activity desk for Moremi day trips and mokoro
- Secure parking for rental 4x4s
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Campsite
- Spa or massage
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Thamalakane River Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Moremi Game Reserve charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside, and almost no booking site shows you that.
- Park entryP270 for non-residents, roughly $20.
- $20per person, per day
- VehicleP75 a day for a foreign-registered vehicle, roughly $6.
- $6per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $138 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Moremi Game ReserveRates
From $190 pppn. Bed and breakfast, per person sharing, from the lodge's dated 1 May 2026 to 31 March 2027 rate sheet, the only fully dated current rate card we found in Maun.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We have not been able to check whether meals, drinks and activities are included here, so treat this figure as the bed alone until it is.
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.