Motse means village in the native Tswana language and the nine spacious legae meaning little house are truly laid out like a village. There are six standard legae or suite and three family legae to choose from. Each standard suite has a spacious bedroom with an open fire, a luxurious en-suite bathroom with both an indoor and an outdoor shower, a separate dressing area, and a study area. A private sun deck overlooks a busy waterhole and is the ideal place to relax. The family legae consist of two separate en suite bedrooms connected by a living room which leads out onto a private terrace.

The Motse is located in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve which now extends over nearly 400 square miles of the Kalahari after being restored to its natural habitat by owner Nicky Oppenheimer of the De Beers family. In truth, the Kalahari belies its desert name as it is more semi-arid grassland than true desert. Its diverse habitat supports over eighty mammals and nearly 250 bird species. Many species of antelope as well as buffalo and white rhino make their homes in the Reserve. Rarer mammals including the desert black rhino, roan, sable, Tsessebe, Hartmann’s mountain zebra, and of course the Kalahari lions live here. The Kalahari lions are bigger than their counterparts elsewhere in Africa and are famous for their beautiful manes.