Mma Dinare Camp - Kwando Safaris — Hotel in North-West District

The most amazing place with fantastic staff. I feel a huge gratitude to them all. Many thanks. ||Edwin, our Guide, and Sarah, our tracker, went far beyond what I expected to give us the most comprehensive experience of the Botswana savannah, even stopping the safari vehicle to study the African night sky. It seems that the area we covered is a private concession, not on the adjoining Game Reserve, which meant we could go off the tracks into the bush to give more opportunity to view the animals, who of course travel across all areas. ||Rhinos are not there, but we saw all you could hope for - lions (and cubs), leopards, cheetahs, elephants, hippos, kudos, impalas, ostrich, wild dogs, hyenas, crocodiles, buffalo, zebras, giraffes, a spring hare, a couple of different species of small nocturnal cats, a tiny, tiny, frog which looked like a snail at first(!), and many, many birds of all sizes, from a bee eater to a fish eagle, and of course vultures. ||I only discovered too late the little notebook in the room which is there to take on the game drives to tick off the species seen. In my haste I left it behind unfortunately. ||The "rooms" are very comfortable, especially the bed. Although the walls are canvas and there is a slightly rustic feel, they are many steps up from being "tents". There is a private flushing toilet, lovely outside shower and running hot water in the dressing area. No hairdryers though. ||Contrary to earlier reviews, there is wifi now.||I loved the food (vegetarians well catered for). Breakfast was around 05.45am on an outside decking area with a firepit in the midde, where the kettle was boiling and the porridge cooking. Brunch was 11 - 11.30 on return from the game drive. Afternoon tea 3.30pm prior to the afternoon game drive, and dinner around 8pm on return. The bar is open - self-service. There were some premium brands. I liked the African Savannah Gin. The morning game drive incorporated a coffee stop, and the afternoon one a Sundowner stop with a variety of drinks and snacks. ||We also did a short walking safari - cut a little short by a herd of buffalo in one direction and elephants in the other! ||The light aircraft journey was "interesting" - a 4 seater plane to arrive, a 12 seater to leave. ||One thing to be aware of is that the safari drives are not on roads but sandy tracks which are very bumpy, and that intensifies when you leave those tracks and go into the bush, cutting through small trees and branches. But all very worthwhile for the experience of seeing the animals running free in their natural setting. ||Three days was not enough! The memories alone can make me quite emotional! |I shall...

This was our second Okavango delta camp (after PomPom Camp) and we absolutely loved our two night stay here as a family of 4 with two teenage girls. We landed and immediately, our exceptional tracker (Sam) and guide (Skills) asked if we wanted to search for cheetah, since there was a group of 4 young males reported nearby. We said yes, of course, and had the best sighting of our life (with prior exceptional safaris in Namibia, Sabi Sands, and the Serengeti), following a group of 4 cheetahs stalking, chasing, and eating a baby zebra! After this sighting, we were welcomed to the Mma Dinare camp by the outstanding manager Phet and his wife Wabone with cold lemongrass-scented towels and a welcome song. We stayed in the family tent, which overlooked the river - it was luxurious for being in the middle of the bush, with an outdoor and indoor shower, comfortable beds with crisp white sheets, a 'bush baby' hot water bottle in the bed at night to stave off the chill, and free laundry service. The chef Lyn is incredible and we felt well fed and well cared-for during our stay for sure! Like other Kwando camps, there is an open bar and it was great to just grab our own drinks during the day. The setting next to the river is great and we heard the wildlife crossing the river right by our tent at night. We were glad to experienced two different parts of the Okavango Delta. The sightings here took a little more work than at PomPom, where we saw an abundance of cats on every single drive, but Sam and Skills found a giant group of African wild dogs and we had a very close up experience tracking them and watching their behavior, leopards, the incredible cheetah encounter we had on arrival, lions, elephants, and cape buffalo - all of the big 5 except for rhinos, which are not found in this region! Would highly recommend Mma Dinare - it was a magical stay and Phet and Wabone run a very tight, well-organized ship. We enjoyed the intimacy and personalized experience of such a small camp and the exceptional luxury they provided literally in the...

It was my first camp on my first trip to Okavango Delta. It was just 25 min flight from Maun and I was prepared by previous reviews for a bumpy 45 min drive to the camp. We saw some animals on the way to the camp where we were warmly greeted by the manager and staff. Every spacious tent is on a significant distance from each other, so you feel like being alone with nature and observing the animals from your deck. We immediately saw from the main area deck a lion on the opposite side of the creek, impalas. This lion was roaring during the night, I even thought that it was near the tent. In the morning, it was a crocodile swimming at sunrise. I stayed 2 nights, but I wish I had more time to spend there. Every morning after breakfast at 5.30am, we departed on safari. The main benefit is that it is a private concession bordering the Moremi National Park with animals moving back and forth, and vehicles go off-road after the animals. In each safari vehicle there are guide/driver and on the sit in front of the vehicle is a spotter (he climbs back into the vehicle when vehicle is approaching predators). Although there are seats for 6 tourists, on our drives we had from 2 to a maximum of 5 on one drive. Grass our guide and Sky our spotter did their best finding animals we wished to see. We saw prides of lions with cubs, 3 leopards and 2 young cheetah-brothers multiple times in addition to herds of buffalos, elephants, red lechwe, zebra, etc. Hippos were both walking and swimming in the creeks. I didn't take any water activities as it was just the start of wet season and water levels were low, but short mokoro trips were still possible. It was still very dry and thunderstorms were only far away. Colors of sunsets were amazing with sundown drinks. All staff was very friendly, food was excellent. Pool was a bit small, but not overcrowded and it was nice to have a deep in early afternoon before the 2nd safari. I would recommend this camp as it exceeded my expectations. I hope to come...