Xigera (pronounced Keejera) is a luxury tented camp in the Moremi Game Reserve and is situated in the heart of Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Xigera has something for everyone in an area where there are no other Moremi camps.
Nestled in a magnificent riverine forest, Xigera consists of eight luxuriously furnished tented rooms with en-suite facilities and an outdoor shower. Each room is raised off the ground on a wooden deck offering a superb view of the Okavango’s seasonal floodplain and waterhole. Wooden walkways winding through the forest connect the rooms to the main living area. For those hot days there is a small plunge pool in which to cool off. Meals and evening drinks are enjoyed under the thatch of the raised lounge, bar and dining area overlooking a permanently flowing channel. A traditional African boma offers alternative dining under the African stars.
Permanent water all year round allows guests to enjoy an unparalleled variety of safari activities. Enjoy a true Okavango Delta experience while you sit back in a mokoro (dug out canoe) and silently glide through the wonders of the tranquil Okavango waterways observed by a myriad of Okavango Delta creatures. Watch the sunset and the birds gliding home to roost from a motorboat on the Xigera Lagoon. Observe the wildlife and unique Delta scenery from the comfort of a Land Rover or, for the adventurous, track animals on foot. Or simply take in the beautiful sunrise from your comfortable bed while sipping your morning tea or coffee. A paradise for avid birdwatchers, Xigera is home to the Pel's Fishing Owl, African Skimmer, Slaty Egret, Wattled Crane, Lesser Jacana and a host of eagles, vultures, raptors and kingfishers. It also boasts the highest density of the rare and elusive Sitatunga antelope found anywhere in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
A feature unique to Xigera is the wooden footbridge connecting Xigera Island to the island next to it. Guests are often treated to close-up views of lion, hyena or leopard padding across the bridge as they move between islands. The camp "newspaper" (a sand pit built into the bridge to capture paw prints) is "read" each morning and provides information on unseen nightly visitors to camp.