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Riding camps



Kujwana Camp
Kujwana is situated on the Xudum River (GPS: KUJWAN – 19°44.370’S, 22°57.115’E) about 8.5km southeast of Xudum Camp. It’s about 11.5km northwest of Qwaapu Fly-camp, and almost 20km southeast of Moklowana.
Accommodation here is in Meru-style tents with a shaded veranda and a en-suite bathroom. This includes a long-drop toilet and a bucket shower (that’s the type where the bucket is filled with hot water and raised on a pulley for you by the camp staff!) The beds are separate stretcher-type beds, with bedrolls, cotton sheets, duvets and towels provided.

Moklowane Camp
Moklowane is the most northern of the horse-riding camps (GPS: MOKLOW – 19°37.137’S, 22°49.277’E), and is situated in open flood plains only about 8km east of Rann’s camp, and barely 5km southwest of Pom Pom camp (in the adjoining NG27 Reserve). That said, it’s about 19km northwest of Kujwana, and 30km northwest of Qwaapu Fly-camp – which just goes to emphasise what a large amount of ground these horse-riding safaris can cover.
Accommodation here is very similar to Kujwana, with Meru-style tents with verandas and en-suite bathrooms – complete with long-drop toilets and bucket showers.

Qwaapu and Kiri fly-camps
Qwaapu and Kiri fly-camps are different from Kujwana and Moklowane. Firstly because they are less fixed, and can be moved. Secondly because they’re a little more simple.
Qwaapu Fly-camp is on the southeast side of the reserve (GPS: QWAAPU 19°47.553’S, 23°02.666’E) and Kiri is often moved, depending on the water levels, but is usually somewhere on the northeast side, towards the Boro River and Kiri airstrip (GPS: KIRI 19°36.726’S, 23°02.367’E).
These camps have walk-in dome tents with separate, but private, long-drop toilets and bucket showers. There’s also a central tent for dinner, though meals will often be eaten under the sky.

The costs
The trips are all five- or ten-night safaris, which are usually arranged around set dates in the year. There are no trips during the rains, between December and February.
From March to May, and November, trips cost around US$365/345 per person sharing per night for a five-/ten-night trip. This includes all accommodation, meals, drinks, guiding, riding, game drives, walks and mokoro trips. From June to October the cost is US$400 per person sharing per night, for either the shorter or the longer trip. (These prices include a fee paid to the concession of US$14 per person per night.)
Visitors who want single accommodation should add 50% to these costs, though this is usually waived if you’re prepared to share a tent with another visitor. The flight between Maun and the camps costs US$90 per person, one-way (US$180 return).


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