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Tawana
New ground in an old reserve — and a front-row seat on the Gomoti.
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Ground no lodge had touched
Tawana stands where no camp has stood before — a stretch of south-eastern Moremi along the perennial Gomoti River that had never held a lodge, driven by nobody until this one arrived. The camp was created in partnership with the BaTawana royal house, on whose ancestral ground the reserve itself was founded, and the design honours that lineage — tones and textures drawn from the land and BaTawana heritage, recognised with a 2026 African International Design Award for its architecture and interiors.
The Gomoti is the rhythm: hidden behind its riverine curtain in the dry months but flowing all year, and a constant procession — elephant, buffalo, antelope — comes to it past the camp's terraces. A main pool takes the midday hours, and meals keep a contemporary lightness, served family-style with a wood-fired pizza oven earning its keep at lunch, and the whole camp rides elevated boardwalks through the forest.
A hundred square metres of river frontage
The afternoon ritual writes itself: into your plunge pool as the heat peaks, and the Gomoti's parade — buffalo, elephant, a nervous line of impala — files past while you watch from the water. Each of the eight suites runs to around a hundred square metres hidden in its own pocket of riverine forest: a separate lounge, an outdoor sala for the shaded hours, and interiors that carry the camp's award-winning design language — earth tones, crafted texture, nothing shouting.
Three of the eight are family suites at 130 square metres, with a separate sleeping area for children — though the elevated boardwalks ask for a parent's hand on young shoulders after dark.
The Gomoti's year-round pull
Morning and afternoon game drives work ground that may be the best land-based viewing in Botswana — the reserve's south-east, where the Gomoti's permanent water anchors the game when the floodplains empty. Wild dog, lion and leopard all work the river's traffic, the big herds swing through between July and October when the wider Delta floods, and dedicated birding excursions take the third seat on the programme — the riverine forest and floodplain edge are thick with it.
The wildlife rarely waits for the vehicle: with the river flowing past camp all year, the terraces and plunge pools double as hides, and a day in camp is its own safari.
Tawana sits inside Moremi proper, and the reserve's rules apply: drives keep to the road network and daylight hours, and there are no walks, night drives or water activities on the programme. What you get in exchange is this ground — previously untouched, still uncrowded. If a fuller activity slate matters more, a private-reserve camp fits better.
Tawana takes its name from the BaTawana people, on whose ancestral ground Moremi stands — and the camp was created in partnership with their royal house, its design drawn from that heritage rather than laid over it.
Moremi's untouched south-east
Tawana stands on the banks of the Gomoti River in the south-eastern reaches of Moremi Game Reserve — a corner of the reserve without another lodge, where permanent water meets grassland and riverine forest. Light aircraft from Maun reach the camp's airstrip, with a game-drive transfer to camp.
What it costs.
Rates are per person per night, based on two guests travelling together (sharing).
The reserve's newest front row
Most of Moremi's celebrated ground has been driven for decades; Tawana's has not — and the pairing of untouched country with suites this considered puts it in the conversation with Botswana's very best. The design has the award, the Gomoti has the game, and the family suites make it one of the few places where this class of camp works with children. For the Moremi leg of a journey done at the top of the range, it is the fresh answer.
Is this for you
- ✓You want top-shelf comfort inside Moremi itself, on ground without a queue
- ✓Design and sense of place matter to you as much as the sightings
- ✓You're travelling with children and want a family suite, not a squeeze
First afternoon we were watching wildlife from the pool before we'd even been on a drive. Rooms are massive, food great. Service maybe almost TOO attentive!
Tell us your dates and we'll build the journey around Tawana — the flights, the nights, and the freedoms camp to pair it with.
The fine print.
- —All meals
- —Local-brand drinks
- —Two scheduled camp activities daily
- —Park fees
- —Return airstrip transfers
- —Laundry
- —Flights to and from the camp's airstrip
- —Premium-brand drinks
- —Conservation, community & reserve fee (charged per person per night)
- —Private vehicle hire
- —Travel and medical insurance
- —Gratuities and items of a personal nature
Children from six years are welcome; the three family suites have separate children's sleeping areas, and families with children under ten pre-book a private vehicle for the stay.
By light aircraft from Maun to the camp's airstrip, then a game-drive transfer to camp.
The camp rides elevated boardwalks through unfenced forest — children need an adult hand after dark, and staff walk everyone to their suites.