The  Mokoro  Trails  activity forms  part  of  the  Community  Based  Tourism  Policy  promoted  by the  Botswana Government in 

order  to  encourage  rural  communities to  generate  work  and  income  from  the  resources  of the  rural  areas  in  which they  live,

namely  the  wildlife  and  wilderness. 

The  communities  of  the  area  where  the  Mokoro  Trails are  undertaken  are  represented  by  the Okavango Kopano  Mokoro 

Community  Trust   (OKMCT ),  the  board  of  which  is  made  up  from  members  of  the  various communities within the  area.

The  OKMCT  manages  the  Mokoro  Trails  undertaken  in  their  concession  area,  this  being in line  with  the Botswana

Government’s  policy  of  restructuring  the  tourism  industry  to  ensure  that  tourism  generated  income benefits  the  actual 

rural  communities  of the  areas  where  the  tourist  activities  are  undertaken.

The  OKMCT  is  totally  autonomous  in  the  management  of  the  Mokoro  Trails  activities.

The  Mokoro  Trails  provide  a  livelihood for  the  Mokoro  owners  and  polers,  with the  OKMCT  ensuring that the  demand 

for  Mokoro  Trails  is  fairly  and  evenly  distributed.

For  the  OKMCT  to  be  able  to  effectively  manage  the  Mokoro  Trails , certain  locally  based  safari  operators have  been 

given  the  right, by  the  OKMCT,  to  enter the  concession  area  with  tourists  wanting to  experience the  Mokoro  Trails.

Basically, the  safari  operators  provide only  transport  to  the  Mokoro  Poling  Stations within  the  concession area  and  the

OKMCT  organizes the  actual  Mokoro  Trails.   

The  Guide  Polers  and  Polers  daily  fees  and  the  entrance  fees  into the  concession  area  are  determined and  fixed  by 

 the  OKMCT.

AFRO TREK ,  as  one  of  the  operators  offering the  Mokoro  Trails  are  committed  to  the  promotion  of the  

MOKORO  TRAIL  EXPERIENCE  for  the  OKMCT  by  offering  the  most competitive  prices  by  keeping  our transport 

 rates to the  minimum.

There  are  several  Mokoro  Poling  Stations  in the  concession  area  from  where the  Mokoro  Trails  commence.

We use the poling stations at Boro and  Ditshipi depending on the water levels in the Okavango Delta.