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Where to stay

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Where to stay



There's really only one option here:
Sepupa Swamp Stop
(camping plus fixed tents) contact via Island Safari Lodge in Maun; tel: 6860330; fax: 6862932; email: island@info.bw
The Swamp Stop itself (GPS: SWAMPS) is just a simple campsite under trees, with a few Meru tents erected on concrete bases for those who haven't brought their own tents; all share ablutions. Firewood is available for P10 per barrow.

However, the owners have marketed it well and positioned it as one of the very few remaining bases for budget safaris into the Delta, and a possible springboard for getting to Seronga, which is one of the other possible bases!

Activities here include self-catering mokoro trails. Costs depend on group size and duration, but expect a typical three-night trip to cost around US$255/145/135/110/110 per person for 1/2/3/4/5 people. Alternatively you can take the river-taxi to Seronga, and organise trips directly with the Okavango Polers' Trust.

Motor boat trips cost P80 per hour, or P550 per day, plus fuel (P3.75 per litre). There's a houseboat here that takes a maximum of 12 people at a time for P150 per hour or P800 per day, plus fuel. (This comes with a small tender boat attached.) Either of these boats can be used for overnight camping trips on the islands for P15 per person, plus the appropriate boat charges.

Transfers to Seronga cost P100 per person one-way – but require a minimum group size of six people, making the ferry next door a much more economic option for most people.


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