Kanana Camp
The Okavango Delta is life in its purest form. These sparkling clear and clean waters are the pulse of this region, attracting all things wild from herons and other species of birds to the elephant, predators, and prey. Intimate and exclusive camps such as Kanana allow guests to maximize their experience. There are no crowds, and no safari vehicles fighting for best views. It is an unforgettable experience and should not be missed in any Botswana itinerary.
Property Details
Kanana Camp is located in the remote inner reaches of the Delta. The eight deluxe luxury style tents (accommodating 16 guests) are built on stilts to insure a good view of the floodplains for all guests. The common facilities of the camps are also built up on stilts overlooking these floodplains. Kanana Camp is built among spectacular shade trees of ebony, knob thorn acacia, and the sausage tree. The dining and sitting areas are raised on decking encircling a massive ancient fig tree. Professionally managed menus include fresh bread baked daily and fresh vegetables and a well stocked bar with lots of ice. The gift gallery accepts Visa and MasterCard and is stocked with local handicrafts and other items. Kanana Camp is fortunate to have its own airstrip nearby, making access to this place of "kanana" very easy.
The area is an excellent walking and mokoro area. While game viewing in 4x4 vehicles is available and very popular, one can best experience this region by viewing game on foot or by gliding silently through the delta by Mokoro canoe. It is a moving and incredible experience which draws you intimately into nature in its purest form. Void of the intrusions of man, the silence allows your senses to come alive, your hearing more acute and your skin charged with electricity upon hearing the elephants' morning calls in the distance. Your canoe slowly glides to a stop, and you look up to see these massive animals break gently through the reeds for their morning bath. Suddenly, you are safely insignificant and humbled by their presence. You are mesmerized as you watch an intimate and loving scene, a cow and her baby, gently bathing him, stroking his skin with her trunk. An even more touching scene occurs as he reaches up to her with his own tiny trunk and snakes it around her gentle face, a testimony to love in the animal kingdom. She maintains her patience and nibbles at the tender grasses submerged in the delta, all the while keeping a close eye on him as he engages in play. Careful, his trunk may splash you, and you are caught by surprise as you delight in this rare moment that very few on earth ever witness. It is only you, the animals, and the earth which glide effortlessly into your heart, all at the hands of your expert guide. With voices soft and birds in concert with the rhythm of your heart, this is safari as it was meant to be experienced.
Besides the elephant, a wide variety of other game frequent the life giving force of the Delta, including impala, lechwe, hippo, crocodile, and lion. Kanana Camp is one of the few lucky camps in the Okavango Delta to have an exclusive heronry where many migratory water birds come to have their young from July onwards. This is a very important nesting site for these birds and one of the few in the Delta. The birds you are likely to see roosting here are the yellow bill stork, marabou, open bill stork, darters, cormorants, and slate egrets. Kanana Camp is now regularly reporting sightings of the rare Pel's fishing owl in addition to hyena, which has also become a rare sighting in this area. Even more rare are the situanga, which live in swamps and are very good swimmers. They may take to the water to evade predators such as leopards or wild dogs, lying submerged in pools with only their nostrils above the surface.
Category: Luxury tented camp
Seasonality: Closed January and February
Child Policy: Children over age 7 welcome March-June and November; children over age 10 welcome July-October
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