{"id":13029,"date":"2023-03-31T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13029"},"modified":"2023-03-31T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:22:13","slug":"ngoma-safari-lodge-machaba-safaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/03\/31\/ngoma-safari-lodge-machaba-safaris\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Ngoma Safari Lodge \u2013 Machaba Safaris<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alison and Amanda have recently visited Ngoma Safari Lodge to experience both the lodge and to visit the local community.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ngoma Safari Lodge gives guests an unrivalled Chobe safari experience and the opportunity to see a working community project.&nbsp; From their location, perched high above the bush and the flood plains, guests are afforded uninterrupted views.&nbsp; Located just 40 minutes from the bustle of Kasane you feel a world away, in your own oasis.&nbsp; Entering the Chobe National Park through the Ngoma Gate ensures a far quieter game experience in terms of vehicle numbers but not game.&nbsp; We have never experienced the numbers of crocodiles that we saw in a single drive.&nbsp; Equally, access to Kasane for the boat safaris, sunset and sunrise cruises is just as effortless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a number of community initiatives that take place throughout the tourism industry however Ngoma Lodge has a particularly strong model with Machaba Safaris actually managing the lodge on behalf of the community who own both the lodge and the land.\u00a0\u00a0They thus secure a rental which is then put straight into the community to enable them to see the benefits.\u00a0\u00a0 To see for themselves the school, the clinic and the basket weavers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/isqb94updv6bztc\/Ngoma%20Basket%20Weaver.mp4?dl=0\">\u00a0Click here <\/a>to see what a traditional weaver uses to build her baskets and to create colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S.  We love the new d\u00e9cor at Ngoma too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alison and Amanda have recently visited Ngoma Safari Lodge to experience both the lodge and to visit the local community.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ngoma Safari Lodge gives guests an&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/03\/31\/ngoma-safari-lodge-machaba-safaris\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&lt;strong&gt;Ngoma Safari Lodge \u2013 Machaba Safaris&lt;\/strong&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-machaba","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13031,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13029\/revisions\/13031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ethosmarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}