Motse Camp
Located at the foot of the Korannaberg Mountains in malaria-free Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve, The Motse is an elegant luxury safari camp overlooking the endless grasslands of the Kalahari that can accommodate a maximum of 18 adults in nine spacious suites.
Highlights
- Nine spacious luxury suites with private sundecks
- A private game-viewing vehicle with a dedicated guide and tracker for all bookings
- Located at the foot of Korannaberg in malaria-free Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve
- Children of all ages welcome
- Sleep beneath the stars at the Malori sleep-out
- Horseback riding safaris for all ages
- One of the best places in South Africa to stargaze
- Bushwalks and night walks
- Encounters with a meerkat colony
Offering endless views of the vast Kalahari grasslands from its vantage point at the foot of the Korannaberg Mountains in Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve, luxury safari camp The Motse blends seamlessly into the landscape. Made of native stone, traditional thatch and red Kalahari clay, Motse Camp can accommodate a maximum of 18 guests in nine elegant suites.
Elegant and understated luxury
Motse Camp has six suites that can sleep two guests each and three family suites that can sleep up to four guests each. The family suites consist of two bedrooms sharing a living room. All bedrooms are spacious and have a seating and study area, an open fireplace, an en suite bathroom with indoor and outdoor, open-air showers and a private, waterhole-facing sundeck. Other luxury amenities include a gourmet snack pantry stocked with homemade delicacies, a personalised minibar, bean-to-cup coffee and a selection of teas.
Waterhole-facing main camp
The Motse's sprawling main camp looks onto a waterhole that draws wildlife, particularly during the long dry season. There is a main guest lounge and dining area with a stone fireplace, a mezzanine library, a wine cellar, a photographic studio, a fully-equipped gym, a spa and a boutique shop. Covered, elevated outdoor terraces lead to a sundowner firepit, a large outdoor swimming pool, a smaller solar-heated, waterhole-facing pool and a traditional boma.
Malaria-free and child-friendly
Children under the age of 12 stay for free with their parents at malaria-free Motse Camp (maximum two). Complimentary babysitting, flexible dining times and special boma meals for families, a children's menu, guided horse trails and private game drives form part of Motse Camp's commitment to involving the whole family in their conservation ethos.
Watching the Kalahari sunset
Other child-friendly activities include learning how to make traditional bows and arrows, archery, learning how to identify spoors and make spoor casts, guided bushwalk, learning how to track wildlife on foot and with technological aids, picnics and baking.
Getting there
By air - Motse Camp operates daily scheduled flights from both Cape Town International Airport (two-hour flight) and OR Tambo International in Johannesburg (90-minute flight) direct to Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve airstrip.
Our take on Motse Camp
Motse Camp is a contemporary luxury safari lodge that offers exceptional service and marvellous food. The Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve's changing landscapes are strikingly beautiful and the game-viewing experience is intimate and rewarding. Not only did we spot a cheetah and her cubs but we also spotted the critically endangered and incredibly rare pangolin on one of our night drives. It's easy to think you have the entire reserve to yourself when you realize you hardly spot any other vehicles when you're out on your game drives. The meerkat encounter was another highlight.
Includes
- Luxury accommodation
- All meals, including a variety of dining experiences from boma dinners to bush picnics
- All beverages and a full selection from Motse Camp's award-winning winelist
- Dinner at Restaurant Klein JAN based on a minimum of a two-night stay (children over the age of 12 welcome, childminding service for younger children)
- In-suite tea- and coffee-making facilities
- In-suite private bar and gourmet pantry
- Private game-viewing vehicle with dedicated guide and tracker for all bookings
- Night drives
- Nature walks, including traditional plant use interpretation
- Habituated meerkat experience
- Horseriding and birdwatching
- Visit to Tswalu's community clinic and preschool
- Visit and/or introduction to The Tswalu Foundation research projects
- Involvement in onsite wildlife project work when available
- Laundry and valet services
- Wireless internet access and national telephone calls
- Childminding services
Excludes
- Travel to and from Tswalu
- Gift shop purchases
- Malori sleep-out deck
- Spa treatments
- Tswalu Foundation donations
- Gratuities
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