| Vumbura Plains (pronounced Voombera) Camp
is a luxury camp situated to the north of Mombo, in a private
concession bordering the Moremi Game Reserve in the extreme north
of the Okavango Delta. The Vumbura Reserve offers both land and
water activities in a park that has a wonderful variety of habitats
and a great diversity of wildlife. The reserve offers an enormous
traversing area of close on 130 000 acres.
The main activity at Vumbura Plains is game viewing in wonderful
and varied countryside. Open 4x4 Land Rovers allow close proximity
to animals in the savannah and forested areas. The Vumbura area
is possibly the only area in the Okavango where one can see Red
Lechwe (an animal that inhabits the fringes of the waterways)
and a Sable antelope (an animal that enjoys the dry countryside)
on the same game drive. Add in Lion, Leopard, Elephant, cheetah
and Buffalo along with all the plains animals and one has an excellent
all round wildlife experience in a remote and private part of
the Okavango. Birding too is great with large varieties and quantities.
Walks, mokoros and boating give Vumbura's guests the opportunity
to enjoy Africa from a different perspective.
Vumbura Plains overlooks a vast, attractive floodplain
and the rooms are built under the shade of cool and shady trees.
Vumbura Plains consists of 2 x 14-bedded camps linked by raised
boardwalks and each has its own dining, lounge and bar area although
all 28 beds or parts thereof can be utilised for larger parties.
All of the luxury rooms are raised off the ground on wooden platforms
with walkways connecting them to the main living areas. Each room
has a large, very comfortable bedroom, a lounge, a "sala"
and en-suite facilities with a shower, a flush toilet and an outdoor
shower under the stars. The main dining, lounge and pub area is
also raised off the ground and tucked beneath a canopy of shady,
indigenous trees with a wonderful vista across the floodplains.
Each room has its own plunge pool.
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