Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa
Large riverfront resort with golf and spa · Kasane riverfront, east of the town centre · Cresta Hotels
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Safari company
Kasane's big resort hotel on the Chobe River, with 108 air-conditioned rooms and suites, all with river views and balconies, a spa and a nine-hole golf course. Cresta Hotels, a Southern African hotel management group with hotels in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, runs it; the site does not say whether Cresta also owns it. The activity list is long: game drives and boat cruises at several times of day, a Mabele village visit with a canoe trip, an Impalila village tour across the border in Namibia, a crocodile farm and Victoria Falls day trips. It suits travellers who want hotel comforts and an easy base outside the park.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Golf course and spa on site
- Every room has a river view and a balcony
- Wide choice of activities and time slots
- Under-12s free in parents' room, per the reseller
Cons
- Large, at 108 rooms
- Park fees, transfers and drinks extra on the package
- Own-site rate gives no basis
What's here
- Air conditioning
- Spa or massage
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Community visits
Read from Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Chobe National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryP270 a day for non-residents, roughly $20 at P13.5 to the dollar.
- $20per person, per day
- VehicleP115 a day for a foreign-registered vehicle, roughly $9 (P30 for a Botswana-registered or hired car).
- $9per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $147 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Chobe National ParkRates at Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa
From $415 pppn (reseller rate). The resort's own site says 'starting from P2800' without saying whether that is per room or per person. Reseller chobe.com, 2026, per person sharing per night: standard room US$415, executive suite US$475, with all meals and two activities a day; park fees, airport transfers, drinks and the bed levy are excluded.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 4 October 2026, per person per night sharing, from each property's own website or rate sheet where one is published. Desert & Delta, Belmond, &Beyond, Bush Ways, Machaba and several Kasane lodges publish none, so those figures come from two resellers, chobe.com and the Siyabona network (safari.co.za), and are marked as a reseller rate; the houseboat and Ichingo figures from chobe.com are in South African rand. SKL's campsite table is undated. Kwando Safaris, African Bush Camps and several smaller lodges publish no rates at all. Park entry is P270 per non-resident per day for a private visitor and P190 on an operator's activity, and many Kasane packages leave it out, so check what your rate includes.
Questions about Cresta Mowana Safari Resort & Spa
Is Cresta Mowana inside Chobe National Park?
No. It is on the banks of the Chobe River in Kasane, outside the park. Drives and cruises enter the park, and park fees are excluded from the reseller's package.
Is Cresta Mowana good for families?
chobe.com, a reseller, says all ages are welcome and children under 12 stay free in their parents' room. The resort's own pages publish no child policy, so confirm what applies on activities.
What does Cresta Mowana cost?
The resort's site says 'starting from P2800' without a basis. chobe.com lists 2026 packages at US$415 per person sharing in a standard room and US$475 in an executive suite, with meals and two activities a day, excluding park fees, transfers, drinks and the bed levy.