Wilderness Little Mombo

AREA & ACTIVITIES

Habitat & Wildlife

The Mombo Concession is reputed as being one the of the best game viewing areas in the Okavango Delta, and is home to the big five (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino) as well as a wide variety of plains game, other predators such as hyaena, cheetah and wild dog, and nocturnal species such as aardvark, aardwolf, honey badger, genet, serval, African wild cat and porcupine. The birdlife is excellent too.

The camp is located on the edge of Chiefs Island, within the Moremi Game Reserve. The reserve covers some 487,000 hectares of the Okavango Delta region (roughly half) and was first proclaimed in 1963 in an effort to control the decimation of game through big game hunting.

The Moremi is one of the most beautiful game reserves in Africa – an area of mopane woodland interlaced with giant fig and knobthorn trees, open floodplains and river courses. Animals commonly seen in the area include elephant, buffalo, hippo, crocodile, lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, red lechwe, tsessebe, impala, reedbuck, zebra, kudu, giraffe and wildebeest. White rhino were re-introduced to Chiefs Island a few years ago, whilst Sable and Roan antelope can also be seen, as well as a variety of smaller mammal species, including nocturnal species. The birdlife of the region is equally spectacular with notable ‘ticks’ being wattled crane, slaty egret, Pel’s fishing owl, purple gallinule, African finfoot and lesser jacana.

Activities
Game viewing drives are conducted in open four-wheel drive vehicles during the day, there are no water-borne activities. Whilst the camp obviously has an exceptional reputation for game viewing, please note that being within the reserve vehicles cannot (should not) leave the designated tracks. Bush walks and night drives are prohibited for the same reason. There are two elevated hides around a 30 minute drive from camp that can be used seasonally for a different game viewing experience. Scenic helicopter flights can be arranged at extra cost. Guests also have the option (at an extra cost) of arranging an excursion to learn more about CLAWS (Communities Living Among Wildlife Sustainability – an organisation focussing on reducing conflict between people and predators) or a “Life With Elephants” village visit with EcoExist (an NGO aiming to reduce conflict between people and elephants.

Seasons
Wilderness Little Mombo is open all year round though the game viewing will be best from June to early November.