Motswiri Lodge is in Ghanzi Botswana.
About Motswiri Lodge
Motswiri Lodge is a self-owned and managed game lodge situated in the heart of the Kanana Wilderness.
The lodge is built around a collection of Calcrete pans which are an essential water source for much of the game in the area. Enjoy luxury and style in our walk-in luxury safari tents.
All accommodation at Motswiri Lodge is en suite. All of the tents have showers and private toilets with washbasin complete with solar powered hot and cold water.
Features of Motswiri Lodge
During the Winter months pans dry up, leaving just a small puddle for the animals to drink from.
However in a good rainy season, the pans can fill up completely and maintain their water for almost 12-months.
Motswiri accommodates a maximum of 8 people in 4 double walk-in luxury safari tents.
The relaxed, yet luxurious, walk-in tents tastefully blend into this idyllic, wilderness environment; each with its own porch overlooking the pan.
If you are a keen bird watcher, then your porch is the perfect place to start your birding safari; water is scarce in the Kalahari and the birdlife tends to flock to the waterholes.
Accommodation at Motswiri Lodge
Each safari tent has two single beds, decked out for those cold winter nights with a goose-down duvet.
You will be amazed at how cold it gets in the winter months and how important those warm duvets are to your stay.
All of the tents have en-suite bathrooms with showers and private toilets with washbasin. Hot water is provided by solar power.
The tents have windows on 3 sides, which can either be covered or left open.
Left open, it allows the evening breeze to drift over your bed and offers you the opportunity to see any animals that come wandering down to the waterhole for an evening / early morning drink.
On the other hand you could close your blinds and give yourself complete privacy.
Camping
Ideal for self drive clients our campsite incorporates a spick and span ablution block with hot and cold water and is situated in a beautiful part of the bush frequented by most of our raptor species.
Firewood is supplied and meals are available if you so wish, so all you have to do is pitch your tent and enjoy the serenity of Kanana Wilderness
Some ideas of what to do at Motswiri Lodge
Each tent has a porch with a table and chairs, where you can sit quietly and watch the game come down to drink.
The main lodge is a large spacious area, where you can either enjoy a few light refreshments at our bar or relax in the comfort of our lounge; where there is a small library of books about the area and wildlife.
These books are for your use whilst you are with us.
Where is Motswiri Lodge?
Motswiri Lodge from Ghanzi
There is only one Shell garage in Ghanzi. If you are driving a car or a vehicle that does not have good clearance; we offer a collection service from Ghanzi.
Please confirm prior to your departure and we will arrange a time for collection.
We will meet at the Shell Garage. If you are driving a raised vehicle then please follow these directions to Kanana:
1. As you drive out of the Shell Garage, turn right
2. Continue straight, at the t-junction turn left.
3. Continue straight out of town. As you get to the outskirts of town, the road will turn to gravel. (there is a sign here which reads “Groot Laagte 86km”)
4. From the start of the gravel to the gate is +/- 22km, continue straight until you see the Kanana Wilderness / Motswiri Lodge signpost on your right.
5. Turn into the corridor with the game fence on the left and the smaller cattle fence on your right
6. Continue straight for 9.6 km then turn left into Kanana and go through the game fence gate.
7. Continue on the dirt road following the signboards to Motswiri Lodge for +/-1km
8. Arrive at Motswiri Lodge for welcoming drinks
From Gaborone:
1. It is a tar road all the way to Ghanzi.
2. Head, west out of Gaborone on the Gabane, Tamaga, Moshupa, Kanye road.
3. Continue past the Gabane, Tamaga and Moshupa turn offs.
4. Continue straight over a round-a-bout until you get to a t-junction +/- 80km from Gaborone
5. At the t-junction turn right to Jwaneng, Kang and Ghanzi.
6. Continue over a round-a-bout and straight through Jwanang, +/- 80km. The next filling station is 280km away, so if you might need to fill up.
7. Continue straight past Sekoma (80km from Jwaneng) and Mabutsane (120km) to Kang.
8. Continue past Kang. The next filling station is 260km away, so if you might need to fill up.
9. Continue straight until you get into Ghanzi (260km)
10. Continue into Ghanzi, you will see the airfield on your right and a shell garage on your left. Turn left so that the Shell garage is now on the right hand side of the road. This is the only shell garage in Ghanzi.
From Namibia:
From the Mamuno border post - (dirt road) It is wise to fill up at the garage as you cross the border in Botswana, as it is the only fuel before Ghanzi.
It is cheaper than Namibia and they take visa / mastercard also a reasonable quick shop.
1. As you leave the border post, you will be heading East, towards Ghanzi
2. Continue straight to Xanagas 34 kms
3. Continue straight to Karakubis 67 kms
4. 94.5 kms Tsootsha – this is where you turn
5. You will go through a cutting (shallow) and see big white rocks on the top of it, take the next turning to the left. It seems quite obscure but is the only turning worthy of mention.
6. if you watch all the way from the border you will see some metal electricity pylons that meander from right to left of the road but mainly on left - this is power supply from Namibia to Ghanzi and actually goes right past the farm gate so you can use that to follow all the way but it does wander quite far from the road in places.
7. Following the turn you will be on a good gravel road, this will take you to the farm gate. If you set your odometer to zero, then you will get the following places of significance.
8. 21 kms you will come to a gate, continue you straight through the gate
9. 33 kms another gate across the road, continue straight
10. 65 kms junction to the left - you continue straight
11. 82 kms our gate with sign Kanana wilderness on your left turn in
From the Mamuno border post
If you are being collected in Ghanzi (tar all the way) It is wise to fill up at the garage as you cross the border, as it is the only fuel before Ghanzi.
It is cheaper than Namibia and they take visa / mastercard also a reasonable quick shop Continue straight towards Ghanzi
1. As you leave the border post, you will be heading East, continue straight to Xanagas 34 kms
2. Continue straight to Karakubis 67 kms
3. Continue straight through Tsootsha 94.5 kms.
4. Continue straight until you get to the t-junction. Turn left towards Ghanzi
5. Continue straight for 44km until you reach Ghanzi.
6. Continue into Ghanzi, you will see the airfield on your right and a Shell garage on your left. Turn left so that the Shell garage is now on the right hand side of the road. We will meet you at the Shell Garage.
From Maun:
1. Continue South West out of Maun, on the Toteng, Sehitwa, Ghanzi road.
2. Continue straight through Toteng (+/- 80km) and Sehitwa (+/- 110km)
3. Continue straight through the Kuke vet fence. Please note that you are not allowed to take raw meat through this fence
4. Continue straight through the gate towards D’Kar
5. Continue straight passed the D’Kar turn off
6. Continue into Ghanzi, as you enter Ghanzi take the 2nd turning into Ghanzi, it is opposite the airfield which is on your left.
7. There is a Shell garage on your right. There is only one Shell garage in Ghanzi.