MAPULA LODGE

OKAVANGO DELTA LODGE

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Access and flights to Mapula Lodge

Due to its remote location, access to the Mapula Lodge in Botswana is by light aircraft. The 40 minute scenic flight from Maun to the Mapula Lodge offers the best possible views of the magnificent Okavango landscape. The Mapula Lodge is serviced by the Xarakai Airstrip at which all charter companies are allowed to land.

The only access to the Lodge is by charter flight which tales 40 minutes from Maun.

Self-drive is possible; secure parking in Maun is available, from where guests need to charter to camp.

MAPULA LODGE, OKAVANGO DELTA /
BOTSWANA ACCOMMODATION

The Mapula Game Lodge is beautifully located in the North Eastern region of the Okavango Delta, just outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Southern Africa. Being a private area, the lodge offers a full spectrum of activities.

The Mapula Lodge is an exclusive Safari Lodge situated ideally to provide both land and waterborne activities to its guests. The shallow channels and floodplains invite guests to the tranquil canoe trips in the clear Delta waters, while the larger islands surrounding the Mapula Lodge are home to a wide variety of game which can best be viewed from open 4x4 game drive vehicles.

The traditional design and use of natural log at the Mapula Lodge in Botswana creates a unique large central lounge with an open balcony featuring a small library, open-air bar and curio shop. Guests also have access to the lodge's refreshing swimming pool.

The main building of the Mapula Lodge with its extensive decks overlooks the permanent lagoon where the resident pod of hippopotamus resides. It is here where guests will find the comfortable lounge, dining area and a bar area with one of the best views in the Okavango Delta. A small library and swimming pool completes the main area.

Game viewing is this particularly area of Botswana is very good and the trees surrounding the Mapula Lodge are home to a large variety of birds. Being in a permanent water area, Mapula Lodge can offer year round water activities, especially important during January - May when water levels in the Okavango can become too low in most area's to allow the use of the traditional mokoro. Walking safaris with experienced guides and tracker, night drives in search of nocturnal animals. In the early morning and late afternoons game drives are conducted in comfortable safari vehicles.

Accommodation at the Mapula Lodge, Botswana

Exclusive accommodation, excellent service, and professional game guiding are equally important at the Mapula Game Lodge in the Okavango Delta. Each of the 10 luxury chalets at the Mapula Lodge features a traditional design and use of natural log. The attention to detail and use of local craftsmanship in the construction of the Chalets is particularly impressive and attractive. The guest rooms at the Lodge offer a small lounge and a full bathroom, which is complete with a bathtub and an outside shower.

The Mapula Lodge can accommodate 20 guests in:

10 Standard chalets (bath, shower, WC, basin): reed and wood chalets accommodation is on raised platforms
1 pilot/ guides tent

Activities which are available to guests

Day Drives (guide & tracker)
Night Drives (guide & tracker)
Mokoro (traditional dug out canoe)
Guided walks
Private game vehicles (on request- extra cost)
Cultural Interaction at a authentic Okavango Delta village where our staff live

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