The Motse Lodge sits about three kilometres off the Trans-Kalahari Highway at Kanye, near the Mmakgodumo Dam, and describes itself as the village’s first lodge. It runs a cultural village alongside the accommodation, and it takes rooms, chalets, rondavels and campers on one site.
Quick facts
- Area
- Gaborone and the South-East
- Property type
- Lodge and Campsite
- Setting
- Near Mmakgodumo Dam, about 3 km off the Trans-Kalahari Highway at Kanye
Rooms
Five rooms with satellite television, air-conditioning and private bathrooms; seven chalets built to resemble traditional Setswana homes, some with self-catering kitchens; three rondavels; and a secure wooded campsite that takes caravans, families and overlanders. We do not publish rates.
Facilities at The Motse Lodge and Cultural Village
A restaurant in the main building, running from snacks to full meals, a conference room seating up to 50 with multimedia, and free Wi-Fi throughout.
Location and access
About three kilometres from the Trans-Kalahari Highway at Kanye, near the Mmakgodumo Dam in the Southern district. Roughly five hours from Johannesburg and ten from Windhoek by the distances the property publishes.
Kanye, and why it is on this site
Kanye is one of the large southern villages, the seat of the Bangwaketse, spread across a hilly site above the Mmakgodumo Dam. It is not a tourist town, but it is on the way to the Trans-Kalahari Highway and it has the kind of scenery southern Botswana is not usually credited with.
Its accommodation is small and locally owned. We list it because southern Botswana is thinly covered by every guide to the country, this one included until now.
Who it suits
- Overlanders and self-drive parties joining the Trans-Kalahari route.
- Travellers who want a cultural village alongside a bed.
- Mixed parties where some camp and some want a chalet.
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