Botswana - Botswana and Namibia - page 204

Moremi Tongue

Sights

1 Dombo Hippo Pools C1

2 Mboma Island A2

3 Paradise Pools B1

4 Xakanaxa Lediba A1

Sleeping

5 Camp Moremi A1

6 Khwai Camp Site D1

7 Khwai River Lodge D1

8 Sango Safari Camp D1

9 South Gate Camp Site C3

10 Third Bridge Camp Site A2

11 Xakanaxa Camp A1

Xakanaxa Camp Site (see 11)

Information

12 North (Khwai) Gate & Park Headquarters D1

13 South (Maqwee) Gate C3

Third Bridge
Literally the third log bridge after entering the reserve at South Gate (although both First
Bridge and Second Bridge were, at the time of writing, easy to bypass in the dry season
along parallel tracks), this rustic and rather ramshackle bridge spans a reed-filled, tannin-
coloured pool on the Sekiri River. The neighbouring campsite is one of our favourites in
the Okavango. Don't even think of going for a swim here - it's a favourite haunt for crocs
and hippos.

BRIDGE

Mboma Island
Offline map
The grassy savannah of this 100-sq-km island, a long extension of the Moremi Tongue,
contrasts sharply with the surrounding landscapes and provides some excellent dry-season
wildlife watching - cheetah, lion and buffalo sightings are reasonably common. The 32km

ISLAND