Cresta Mowana Safari Resort and Spa sits on the Chobe riverfront at Kasane. Mowana is the Setswana word for baobab, and the resort is built around one. It is the largest and most resort-like of the Kasane riverfront properties in this catalogue, which is either the reason to book it or the reason not to.
Quick facts
- Area
- Chobe and Kasane
- Property type
- Hotel
- Setting
- Chobe riverfront at Kasane, built around a baobab
- Nearest park or reserve
- Chobe National Park
Rooms
A large room count across standard grades and suites, with the chain-standard fittings Cresta runs across its Botswana properties: climate control, satellite television and Wi-Fi.
Facilities at Cresta Mowana
A spa, a swimming pool, restaurants and bars, and conference facilities. Boat cruises and game drives into Chobe are arranged from the resort.
Location and access
Tar the whole way on the Kasane riverfront, a short drive from Kasane International Airport. No 4×4 required.
A resort on a river that rewards small boats
The Chobe is at its best in a small boat at four in the afternoon, close to the water and close to the elephant. Big resorts run big boats, which is comfortable and considerably less intimate. If photography is the point of your trip, the smaller riverfront properties and the operators in Kasane town will serve you better.
What a resort does well is everything around the game viewing: a pool for the middle of the day, several places to eat, a spa, and enough capacity that a family is not competing for the last table. Our Chobe National Park guide sets out what the river offers and when.
The name to search for
This property opened as Mowana Safari Lodge and a great deal of the web — including aggregator sites that rank well — still lists it under the old name. It is now Cresta Mowana Safari Resort and Spa. If you are comparing reviews, you will find them split across both names.
Who it suits
- Families, for the pool, the space and the range of places to eat.
- Travellers who want a predictable standard and a booking engine that works.
- Conference and group travel, which Kasane gets more of than most people assume.
It suits you less if you want a small camp, a private boat, or the quiet of the Kazungula end of the riverfront.
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