News from Southern Africa & Namibia: Botswana: Under One Botswana Sky's Rra Dinare photo gallery

Sunday 14 January 2018

Botswana: Under One Botswana Sky's Rra Dinare photo gallery

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Under One Botswana Sky

Rra Dinare - Setswana for Father of many Buffalo

After welcoming its first guests on 1st June, Rra Dinare's official photos can now be viewed. As expected the first month's wildlife highlights included magnificent sightings of large buffalo herds, breeding herds of elephants, lion, wild dog, leopard and aardwolf.

Due to the areas diverse combination of wetlands and drier Acacia and Mopane veldt, which attracts a variety of animal and bird species all year round, bird-watchers enjoyed a mixture of sightings of aquatic species including Open Billed Storks, Hammerkops, egrets, ibis, herons, ducks and forest/savannah dwellers including raptors, shrikes, drongos, sunbirds, woodpeckers, orioles, Ground Hornbills,ostrich, korhaan, Kori Bustard etc.

Under One Botswana Sky's second camp, which is currently being built on the banks of the Gomoti River, is scheduled to open at the end of 2017 and will be common rated with Pom Pom Camp and Rra Dinare. The second camp will consist of 9 tents. Both camps are set in this exclusive and game-rich area of 27,700 hectares (67,000 acres) bordering the world-renowned Moremi Game Reserve on the remote south eastern side of the Okavango Delta.

With the highly complementary addition of Ra Dinare to its portfolio of camps and lodges in Chobe and the Okavango, Under One Botswana Sky can now offer a complete Okavango Delta circuit – Rra Dinare (Eastern side of the Delta), Pom Pom Camp (Western side of the Delta) and Moremi Crossing & Gunn’s Camp (Central Okavango Delta). Rra Dinare is now featured in the Green Desert Safari which is Under One Botswana Sky's fully inclusive fly-in Botswana safari circuit offering competitively priced 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 night safari itinerary options.

Opening Offer - Book a minimum of 2 nights at Rra Dinare and 2 nights at Moremi Crossing or Gunn's Camp then the intercamp charter currently valued at US$ 110.00 per person will be free of charge.

Rra Dinare - Fast Facts

° Game-rich private concession of 67,000 acres
° Adjacent to the Moremi Game Reserve
° Located in south eastern side of the Okavango Delta
° Camp overlooks Gomoti River's seasonal flood plains
° 20 mins charter from Maun + 45 mins game drive to camp
° Lounge, bar, dining room, lapa with camp fire
° Swimming pool, Curio shop
° 7 tents, 1 double tented family tent (+ 1 guide tent)
° Each tent has large private lounge and verandah
° Spacious bathroom, double vanity, flush toilet,
° Outside enclosed shower
° Ceiling fan and safe
° Complete Okavango Delta circuit
° Common rated with Pom Pom Camp
° Additional Opening Offers for families and groups

Wildlife & Activities

As mentioned the mixed habitat and river system attracts a wide variety of game all year round. Familiar favourites include: elephant, buffalo, giraffe, kudu, impala, tsessebe, hippo, crocodile, genet, honey badger, aardwolf and a host of plains game. Rare antelope breeds including roan, sable and eland, not normally seen in the Okavango region, occur here. As the Gomoti is the main water source in the area, lion, leopard, cheetah and wild dog come down to the riverside to drink and hunt. The area is also a bird-watchers paradise due combination of the wetlands and the drier Acacia and Mopane which are perfect environment for a both the aquatic and forest/savannah species.

° Game-rich private concession known for its diverse bird & wildlife
° Favoured area for tenacious old buffalo “dagga” boys and buffalo herds which often make for exciting predator interaction
° Game drives, on and off road, with trackers
° Nocturnal safaris - opportunity to look for the more elusive and rare nocturnal creatures such as aardvark, leopard, porcupine and pangolin
° Seasonal mokoro trips
° Seasonal game walks with armed guides