Kwando Camp Kongola Namibia

Nestled on the banks of the Kwando river (Eastern Caprivi, Namibia), Camp Kwando invites you to come and explore the hidden treasures of an untamed land. Camp Kwando offers the ultimate African bush accommodation along the lush banks of the Kwando River.

Email: caprivi@go.namibiabookings.com

You will be welcomed at Camp Kwando, where you can then relax after a long days drive. Capture the spirit of the African bush while sipping sundowners from the beautiful overhead deck and experience the thrill of the tiger fish and the hauntingly beautiful call of the African fish eagle.

Features at a glance:
12 thatched Tented Chalets, en-suite, mosquito nets and a terrace
3 Luxurious Tree Houses made of wood, canvas and thatched roofs; a large bedroom and en-suite bathroom as well as expanding terrace
Camping with ablution facilities
Curio Shop
Restaurant and Bar
Swimming pool

Mudumu National Park (13km), Mamili National Park (60km), Bwabwata National Park (40km)
Swimming pool
Game Drives
Boat Cruises
Boat Sundowners
Fishing Tours
Traditional Village
Scenic - and transfer flights

At Kongola (400km east of Rundu, 100km west of Katima Mulilo), on the Caprivi Highway (B8)), turn south onto C49. Head south for 26km, at the “Camp Kwando” signpost turn right, we are 3km down the road.
By plane: The Camp’s airstrip is that of Namushasha, only 10 minutes away. Airstrip coordinates: S17 59’ - E023 17’, Elevation 3180 feet

Kwando Camp Accommodation
Kwando Camp offers different accommodations.

RECEPTION
You will be greeted there when reaching the lodge. Next to the telephone available to our clients, a curio shop offering locally made artecraft.

ISLAND TENTS
The island accommodates eight thatched tents, each one with two beds. Every bed is equipped with a mosquito net. Built on poles with a terrace overlooking the river, these bungalows will allow you to do some fishing from the deck…

The thatched roofs guarantee a good thermal regulation, that is, not too hot in the summer and not too cold in the winter. Every tent has an en suite bathroom with shower, a toilet and a basin with hot and cold water. These are open sky bathrooms that will allow you to enjoy the surrounding nature…

Furthermore there are 3 large Bungalows that are built on poles and on higher ground; made of wood canvas and thatched roofs. They are conveniently placed in the middle of the trees, allowing for an incredible view on the Botswana plains. Each Bungalow has a large bedroom, stylish furnished, a large en-suite bathroom as well as a terrace.

Electricity is provided at key time by a generator. Bathrooms are lit by way of paraffin lights.

CAMP SITE
Situated between the main building and the island. Its surface is covered by trees which provide shade during the hotter hours of the day. It allows for about ten camping spots on a carefully maintained lawn. The facilities provide with showers, toilets and basins, as well as places to do your laundry. Hot and cold water is provided.

TREE HOUSES
Three larger bungalows are also available on higher ground, built on high poles, made of wood and canvas, along with thatched roofs.
Conveniently placed in the middle of the trees, they allow for an incredible view on the Botswana plains.
Each bungalow has a large bedroom, stylishly furnished; a large en-suite bathroom as well as an expanding terrace.

SWIMMING POOL
When the excitement of the bush wanes, between game drives and swamp boat trips, our swimming pool is there for you, close to the tents and the island, filtered and cleaned to the standards you may expect. Around it, you will relax in the shady area, where long chairs are conveniently placed on the grass garden.

Restaurant and Bars
The restaurant and bar are open for all guests staying there. The dining room opens to the River offering wonderful views of the hippos and crocodiles passing by.

BAR
This welcoming place is open to the clients of the lodge as well as of the camp site. You can enjoy a chat at the bar, or use the tables around to play cards or finish some pending work...

DINING ROOM
Our roomy dining room, open on its riverside flank, can accommodate up to a party of thirty, from where you can keep an eye on the passing fauna of crocodiles and hippos while enjoying lunch or dinner.
Our chef and his staff will do everything possible to accommodate our guests and shall be serving lunch and dinner with a set menu as well as a large breakfast buffet.

CURIO SHOP
A small curio shop has been opened in front of the reception area for your convenience. There, you shall find a vast display of locally crafted articles from the Caprivi region, books covering a variety of topics related to the African fauna and flora. There is a choice of shirts and caps which carry the Camp Kwando logo as well as a variety of other articles which may come useful to the traveler, such as toiletries, films and batteries.
The shop is open in the morning, as well as in the late afternoon.

Activities from Kwando Camp

BOAT TRIPS
Our lodge has its own flat bottom aluminum boat that can take up to fourteen persons for trips on the Kwando river. Our boat also has a canvas roof to protect you from the sun. We also run a smaller boat for smaller parties or fishing trips. As for the game drives, the boats leave early morning or late in the afternoon, to make the best possible use of light for your pictures, and the time of highest wildlife activity.

GAME DRIVE
Our specially equipped ten seater Land Rover will allow comfortable drives in the neighbouring parks, under the protection of its canvas roof. “On request” game drives leave early in the morning and late afternoon, usually to Mudumu Game Park, and include a relaxing break where drinks and snacks shall be served.

On request, we can organise a trip of two or more days to the Caprivi Game Park (fifty kilometres to the north) or to the Mamili Game Park (sixty kilometres to the south). These expeditions require two vehicles and nights are spent camping in the bush.
At Mamili Game Park, chances are you won’t be coming into other vehicles, as it is wild and remote. Our priority is for you to encounter wildlife!

TRADITIONAL VILLAGE
Just next door to Camp Kwando is the village where most of our staff comes from. The villagers have created a Traditional Village where they will present you various fishing and hunting techniques, as well as their traditions on their every day life. Most of it has been protected for the last centuries. During this visit, the Medicine Man of the village will show you how different dances were used against various illnesses or to cure other problems !

VILLAGE SCHOOLS
We also organise visits to the two local schools bordering the lodge. Our main impetus is on the quality of teaching, and that it be maintained at an adequate level. Thus our concern that all the money you pay for these visits is re-injected in schooling material. This project is monitored by us, and we track all donations.

FISHING
Fishing tackle will allow a party of four on request to go fishing on the Kwando river. Several species shall suit your palate and our Chef shall be delighted to prepare the catch of the day. For the more adventurous angler, the Tiger Fish, which trophies weighing up to eight pounds, have been caught in our waters, no doubt a challenging catch.

PLANE
During high season (may to november) we operate an aircraft at the lodge in order to allow our clients to visit the area from the sky. You can book scenic flights of twenty or forty minutes or even more. As well, we can operate transfer flights to the various local airports (Katima Mulilo, Livingstone, Maun or Kasane).

Our Cessna 206 can comfortably take up to five passengers and is operated by our professional pilot. The rates are available on request.

TRIPS TO MAMILI
The Camp's proximity to the Mamili National Park, famous for its wilderness, allows us to organise field trips in order for you to get a taste of the real bush life. Three days excursions in the Park will allow you to travel back in time and experience a truly exceptional adventure. Two vehicles and the appropriate staff will allow parties of up to six guests to travel to the Park.

On the first morning, upon reaching the camp site, you will enjoy a first game drive and come back in time for lunch. Though rather basic, the camp will have such amenities as a shower as well as movable toilets. Following a rest during the warmest hours of the day, in the shade of large trees at campsite, off you go to another game drive followed by a solid dinner and a comfortable night is spacious tents which will have been installed for you.

More game drives and the usual camp activities on the second day, night camping in the bush and an early game drive on the third day followed by lunch and a final two hours drive home to the lodge.

Day Trips to Victoria Falls
Having our own plane at the lodge, we are able to offer day trips Victoria Falls (locally known as "Vic Falls"). Should you not feel comfortable with the idea of a long and rather tedious trip by land, along with a border crossing which may add on to a hazardous journey, our Cessna 206 will carry you there with ease in a flight of no more than 90 minutes. The flight for four passengers will take you to Livingstone in Zambia, where a car shall bring you to the Falls, much wilder on the Zambian side than on the Zimbabwean side.

A luncheon shall be served, followed if requested by a couple of relaxing hours at the pool of one of the Livingstone hotels. Your driver will drop you at the airport later in the afternoon for a fascinating flight home to camp.

How to get to Kwando Camp

BY ROAD
Driving on the Trans Caprivi between Rundu and Victoria Falls, you will cross the village of Kongola (four hundred kilometer east of Rundu and one hundred kilometer west of Katima Mulilo) , where you are going to turn towards the South. Twenty five kilometres further down, you will find a signpost marked “Camp Kwando” where you will turn right for another three kilometers. You have arrived to destination !

BY PLANE
The camp's airstrip is that of Namushasha, only ten minutes away from Kwando.
Coordinates are S 17° 59' - E 023° 17', elevation is 3180 feet. The runway is more than 1100 meters long.
Orientation is 11/29 and please note that due to obstacles, there is one single approach pattern (runway 11) and one for departure (runway 29).

For transportation, call the lodge on 124.80, and should there be no answer, fly over the lodge on the river side. (S 18° 02' E 023° 19')