Mma Dinare — “Mother Buffalo” in Setswana — sits along the Gomoti River in the Dinare Private Reserve, a 27,000-hectare community concession bordering Moremi. The concession is run in partnership with the village of Sankuyo, and the camp employs more than sixty people from it. That is not decoration; it is the reason the land is photographic rather than hunted.
Quick facts
- Area
- Okavango Delta
- Property type
- Tented Camp
- Setting
- Gomoti River floodplain, Dinare Private Reserve (NG34)
- Nearest park or reserve
- Moremi Game Reserve
Suites at Mma Dinare
Ten suites in total, nine standard and one family. Canvas tents with private viewing decks over waterholes, lounges with fans, en-suite bathrooms with outdoor showers and charging points. Power is solar with generator backup.
Facilities at Mma Dinare
A swimming pool, open-sided dining and lounge under thatch, a fire pit with a spotting scope, a safari shop, complimentary laundry and limited Wi-Fi.
Who it suits
Travellers who want concession privileges — night drives, off-road tracking — and who care where the money goes. It is an easy first Delta camp because of the short flight.
Location and access
Santawani airstrip, about a 45-minute drive from camp; roughly twenty minutes flying from Maun or an hour and a half from Kasane. Road transfers and self-drive access are possible.
How we checked this listing
Suite counts, concession size and number, the Sankuyo partnership, staff numbers and flight times come from the Kwando Safaris operator page for this camp. We have not stayed here.
What a community concession actually changes
NG34 was a hunting area. The community that holds the lease chose photographic tourism instead, and the camp is the revenue that makes that choice hold. Whether or not that matters to you ethically, it matters practically: the animals here have been photographed rather than shot at for years, which shows in how close the vehicles can get.
The Gomoti is a seasonal river, and that is the catch
The Gomoti floods and recedes. In a strong flood year the camp has water in front of it and mokoro on the programme; in a weak one it is a dry floodplain and the emphasis moves entirely to drives. Ask which you are getting before you book if water activity is the point of your trip.
Booking this property
Mma Dinare sells through the operator and through safari agents rather than as a nightly-rate hotel room.
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Plan the rest of your trip
Read the wider Okavango Delta guide, or start from Maun, twenty minutes away by air.
