Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa

“A riverfront safari resort”

In early June, we stayed at the Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa, right on the banks of the Chobe River in Botswana. The room was comfortable, and each evening an attendant set up mosquito netting over the beds. The meals were very good, offering unique game proteins to try, such as crocodile and … lisää

In early June, we stayed at the Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa, right on the banks of the Chobe River in Botswana. The room was comfortable, and each evening an attendant set up mosquito netting over the beds. The meals were very good, offering unique game proteins to try, such as crocodile and warthog, as well as mopane worms for those brave enough to taste them. The resort also features a lovely outdoor pool. Just a short walk from the front desk is the resort’s private boat dock, where we boarded a motorized boat cruise for a sunset river safari. Along the shores, we spotted crocodiles, monitor lizards, and monkeys, along with plenty of hippos and elephants enjoying the cool river water.

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“Nice visually but that’s it. Average.”

While the property is very nice when you arrive and the staff greeting is wonderful things collapse rapidly. The place is so busy either tour groups and day trippers that the buffets are not refilled often enough. The only food is buffet style and often repeated. The pool by the spa is the only … lisää

While the property is very nice when you arrive and the staff greeting is wonderful things collapse rapidly. The place is so busy either tour groups and day trippers that the buffets are not refilled often enough. The only food is buffet style and often repeated. The pool by the spa is the only quiet place to relax but the bathrooms have no supplies. The “golf course” is 9 holes and appears abandoned (pro shop had a padlock on it mid-day). The rooms are adequate size but the beds are tiny (doubles not even queen sized). Our AC failed twice in 3 days and we had mouse droppings all over our patio which housekeeping ignored so using that part of the room wasn’t an option.

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“Poor”

Stayed 3 nights with a travel group. It's a nice enough hotel with hippos up close but the food left a lot to be desired. Kudu every night that was like old leather. Only 1 night out of 3 was decent. The maid knocked on our door before 8 in the morning twice. The second was the day we were leaving… lisää

Stayed 3 nights with a travel group. It's a nice enough hotel with hippos up close but the food left a lot to be desired. Kudu every night that was like old leather. Only 1 night out of 3 was decent. The maid knocked on our door before 8 in the morning twice. The second was the day we were leaving. Surely they know which rooms to clean after check out time. Felt like I was being chased out. The bar happy hour badly explained we never got it at all. The bar is up loads of badly lit steps with hardly any furniture, it's not comfortable at all. There's nothing to.do here at night. Nowhere nice to sit with a drink. No entertainment, nothing.

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