Moremi is a village in the
Central District of Botswana, about east of
Palapye.
The village lies in a bend of the
Lotsane River, a seasonal tributary of the
Limpopo River
The Limpopo River rises in South Africa and flows generally eastward through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a group of Tsonga settlers led by Hosi Rivombo who settled in the mount ...
. It lies just north of the dramatic
Tswapong Hills.
The Moremi-Mannonye Community Trust charges an entrance fee to the Moremi Gorge heritage site, an area where perennial streams have cut deep gorges into the hills,
with waterfalls cascading into deep pools surrounded by lush vegetation.
The gorges are home to many birds that feeds on the fish and small crabs in the pools, and are breeding grounds for the endangered Cape vulture.
Leopard, hyena and kudu live in the hills, and the cliffs above the gorge harbour baboons, rock rabbits and dassies.
The
Botswana Tourism Organization is building a bridge for motor vehicles across the Lotsane River, and is building tourist accommodations and nature trails in the Moremi - Mannonye Conservation Area.
Traditionally the gorge is believed to have magical powers, and ancestral spirits are thought to live in the hills.
The 2004 documentary film ''Seance Reflections'', directed by
Richard Werbner, documents a childless couple who try to recover their well-being by consulting a charismatic diviner and healer in the village of Moremi.
Gallery
File:Moremi gorge1.jpg , Boys playing in a stream in Moremi Gorge
File:Moremi gorge 2.jpg, The hills provide one of Botswana's two breeding sites for the endangered Cape vulture
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Villages in Botswana