Yearly Archives: 2021

“A TOUR OF SMALL MOMBO”

After we took our walk to see the pool at MOMBO camp we continued on to Little MOMBO, the sister camp. It is a smaller version of the camp we stayed in, and it’s supposed to be more private, but it looked exactly the same to me, and honestly less luxurious. It was totally empty because the guests were out in the bush. We were told both camps were totally booked, but except at breakfast, and at night we hardly saw anyone. Of course there are only 6 or 7 rooms so there aren’t many guests to begin with. The noise you hear in the background is the wind. The microphone is very sensitive. What really struck me was how different the landscape was at MOMBO compared to Abu and DumaTao. Duma and Abu were on big bodies of water, while MOMBO was situated on very dry open plains. They each had their own uniqueness. It would surprise me every morning at MOMBO to wake up and take a cup of coffee out onto the deck, and be treated to a wildlife show.

Posted by Louis Dell'Olio on Saturday, October 23, 2021

………..After Chris and I took our walk to see the pool at Mombo Camp we continued on to see the sister camp, Little Mombo. It’s a smaller version of the camp we stayed at, and is supposed to be more private because the rooms are more spread out, but I don’t know how much more private you can get than where we stayed, as there are only 6 or 7 rooms to each camp. It looked very much the same as Mombo where we were, but honestly I thought Little Mombo was less luxurious. When we arrived at Little Mombo is was totally empty except for one or two of the staff. I was told both camps were totally booked, but except for breakfast and dinner we hardly saw a soul, but there aren’t that many guests to begin with! The noise you hear in the background is the wind. The microphone is very sensitive….What really struck me about the three camps, Abu, DumaTao and Mombo, was how different the landscapes were….Abu, though on the water, had much more vegetation in the water, while Duma had the vast open water of the Linyanti River, and Mombo was flat dry plains as far as the eye could see…..no water at all. They each had their own uniqueness….It would surprise me every morning at Mombo to wake up and take a cup of coffee out onto the deck, and be treated to a wildlife show.

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“THE POOL AT MOMBO”

After breakfast Chris and I took a walk on the wood plank path to see the pool, gym and spa. It is situated between the MOMBO Camp where we were staying , and Little MOMBO where friends of ours were staying. I have to say, even though the land around the pool was flat and open, it was very isolated. There were animals grazing, but I would never take a nap there! The bridge we walked over getting to the pool, during rainy season has a large body of water under it, so the bridge is necessary. It may not look,so high in the video, but it was a good climb. Michael and Carolyn, our French friends were on a helicopter flight. When we met them for dinner at Little MOMBO, Carolyn told me the copter didn’t have any doors and she was strapped to the seat. I guess this makes for better picture taking?😱😰😂🤣, but she didn’t know this before hand and wasn’t’ thrilled being in a flying object without doors. We had a wonderful evening and when it was over Chris and I were driven back to camp in a jeep. They didn’t want us to take that long walk back in the dark even with a guide. That was fine with me!

Posted by Louis Dell'Olio on Friday, October 22, 2021

…..After breakfast Chris an I took a walk on the wooden plank path to see the pool. gym. and spa. It is situated between the Mombo Camp where Chris and I were staying, and Little Mombo where friends of ours were staying. I have to say even though the plains around the pool were flat and open….it was still very isolated. There were animals grazing, but I would never feel comfortable taking a pool side nap! Who knows what you may wake up to!!The bridge we had to walk over to get to the pool was very high, because during rainy season the land below gets flooded. The bridge may not look so high in the video, but it was a good climb. Michael and Carolyn, our French friends, were on a helicopter flight. When we met them for dinner at Little Mombo, Carolyn told me the copter didn’t have any doors and she was strapped to the seat! I guess this makes for better picture taking, but she didn’t know this before hand, and wasn’t thrilled being in a flying object without door!!. We had a wonderful last evening with them, and when it was over we were driven back to our camp in a jeep. They didn’t want us to take that long walk back in the dark, even with a guide…..That was fine with me.

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