Xigera (pronounced Keejera) is a luxury tented camp set on a large island in a riverine forest in the Moremi Game Reserve in the heart of the Okavango Delta. A paradise for 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 sitatunga antelope found anywhere in the Okavango Delta. A wooden footbridge connects Xigera Island to the island next to it, and guests are often treated to close-up views of lion, hyaena 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.
Accommodation at Xigera is in 10 luxuriously furnished tented rooms with en-suite facilities and an outdoor shower. Each room is raised on a wooden deck, giving superb views of the seasonal floodplain and waterhole. Meals and evening drinks are enjoyed under the thatch of the raised lounge, pub and dining area overlooking a permanently flowing channel. A traditional African boma offers alternative dining under the African stars. Wooden walkways winding through the forest connect the rooms to the main living area, and there is a small plunge pool amd a curio shop.
Photographs courtesy of Wilderness Safaris.
