Tales told by firelight.

Gather around the campfire in this circular space and exchange your day’s adventures, much as local villagers do in similar communal areas throughout Botswana. Flames flicker and lamps glow as drinks are served; a choir sings traditional songs and invites you to a buffet of African specialities.

Then take a comfortable seat and listen as camp guides recount tales of the bush. Some of these will have been passed down to them by the late Mothupi, the legendary story teller who worked at Khwai for 36 years. Mothupi trained many of today’s young guides and inspired them to create tales of their own. And so the verve and humour of Mothupi lives on in the place that now bears his name.