A mokoro is more than a canoe—it’s a 2,000-year-old Delta tradition. Hand-carved from ebony or sausage tree trunks (now fibreglass for conservation), poled silently by masters born on these waters. No engine. No noise. Just the splash of a lily, the grunt of a hippo, and the Okavango whispering secrets only you can hear. With Serene Tours, mokoro isn’t an add-on. It’s the purest way to feel Botswana’s heartbeat.
Why Serene Mokoro Excursions Are Unforgettable
- Private Mokoro Fleet: One poler + one mokoro per guest (or couple). No sharing with strangers—your poler is your private storyteller for the day.
- Delta-Born Polers: Third-generation Bayei or Hambukushu masters who pole standing, reading water like a book. They’ll name every kingfisher, show you elephant highways underwater, and sing you ancient river songs.
- Year-Round & All Depths: We operate in permanent channels even in dry season. Water levels drop? We move camps to Jedibe, Pom Pom, or Godikwe—places the flood never leaves.
- Sunrise to Sunset Options: Dawn mist poling, full-day island picnics, or sunset with champagne floating among water lilies.
Serene Tours’ Secret Mokoro Routes
- Jedibe Crystal Channels – Narrow waterways so clear you see catfish 5 m down; pole through tunnels of papyrus where sitatunga antelope swim beside you.
- Dombo Hippo Highways – 50+ hippos yawning 10 m away; your poler navigates like a Delta ninja while frogs hitch rides on the mokoro.
- Godikwe Heronry Lagoon – Pole into a secret lagoon with 10,000 nesting herons; the sky turns white when they lift off.
- Chief’s Island Hidden Arms – Exclusive permit routes where you pole right up to wild dog dens on the bank.