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Little Mombo
The legend of Chief's Island — at the scale of one table.
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A complete camp, four suites wide
Little Mombo answers a question the Delta's most famous ground was bound to raise: what if the legend came in private scale? The camp stands on the northern tip of Chief's Island beside its celebrated neighbour — the two share a raised walkway but run as separate camps, each with its own vehicles, kitchen and rhythm — and everything a full camp carries is here in miniature: an open-sided lounge and dining deck, a bar, a boma for dinners under the stars, a spa, a gym, a fire-pit and a pool.
With eight guests at capacity and one table at dinner, the camp naturally runs at the pace of whoever is in it — which is why it is so often taken whole by one party, and why the staff-to-guest arithmetic here reads more like a private residence than a lodge.
Four suites in the canopy line
The suites ride high timber decks in the shade of jackalberry and sausage trees, and the height earns its keep at dawn: first light spills across the floodplain below your veranda while the night's stories — lion some way off, hyena closer — resolve into the morning's plans. Each suite keeps a private plunge pool and a shaded sala at the panorama, and the passing wildlife treats the floodplain in front as a thoroughfare, so the between-drives hours watch themselves.
The interiors carry the same residence-grade finish as the island's reputation demands — and with four suites linked by walkways to one shared table, the geography of the camp does half the hosting.
The reference ground, quietly
The drives go out morning and evening with four guests to a vehicle — a window seat and camera room for everyone — onto the ground where the standard was set: the northern reaches of Chief's Island, where the Delta's densest concentrations of predator and plains game were never hunted and never learned to fear the vehicles. Lion, leopard and wild dog work the floodplains; both black and white rhino are a live prospect here and almost nowhere else in the Delta; and seasonal hide sits and scheduled birding round out the days.
Night drives are not run — the reserve's rules apply — and the ground has never needed them; the evening drive works the last light instead, and the boma takes the dark.
With four suites and eight places, Little Mombo converts to a fully private camp more easily than almost anything at this level — and on exclusive use, the age rule relaxes to admit younger children. For a family or party wanting the island entirely on their own terms, price the whole camp first.
Little Mombo and its famous neighbour share a raised walkway but not a rhythm — they run as two separate camps with their own vehicles, kitchens and staff, so four suites here buy the whole apparatus of the legend at a whisper.
The tip of the island
Little Mombo stands on the north-western tip of Chief's Island, deep inside Moremi Game Reserve, beside its famous neighbour and sharing its celebrated ground. Light aircraft from Maun reach Mombo Airstrip in about twenty-five minutes, with a fifteen-minute transfer to camp — itself usually a game drive in all but name.
What it costs.
Rates are per person per night, based on two guests travelling together (sharing).
Mombo's ground, four suites at a time
Chief's Island's game country is the Delta's benchmark, and Little Mombo is the smallest door onto it — four suites, one table, your own spa and gym, and vehicles that carry four. Booked suite by suite it is the island at its most personal; taken whole it becomes a private camp on the most celebrated ground in Botswana. Either way, it books as part of a combination with its sister camps across Botswana — and we build that journey around it.
Is this for you
- ✓You want the island's celebrated ground with the smallest possible camp on it
- ✓A takeover for family or friends is on the table
- ✓Four to a vehicle and residence-grade quiet are your version of luxury
So peaceful here. Leopard with a cub was obviously the big moment, then we basically did nothing by our little pool all afternoon. Not a bad day :)
Tell us your dates and party — suite by suite or the whole camp — and we'll build the Botswana combination around Little Mombo.
The fine print.
- —All meals
- —Local-brand drinks
- —Two scheduled safari activities daily
- —Park fees
- —Return Mombo airstrip transfers
- —Laundry
- —Flights to and from Mombo Airstrip
- —Premium-brand drinks
- —Private vehicle hire
- —Travel and medical insurance
- —Gratuities and items of a personal nature
Thirteen is the minimum age, except when your party books the whole camp for exclusive use — younger children are then welcome.
By light aircraft from Maun to Mombo Airstrip — about twenty-five minutes — then a fifteen-minute transfer to camp.
Night drives are not run — the reserve's rules apply — and the camp books as part of a combination with its sister camps across Botswana; we build that journey for you. The decks are high and unfenced, and staff walk you to your suite after dark.