Set partly on a cliff face overlooking the banks of Thamalakane River, the hotel was built through a partnership between investors, Sam and Sandrine Morris and Ker & Downey Botswana, a subsidiary of Chobe Holdings. The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) facilitated the investment, which began through its London office. "The project shows the growing importance of tourism in Botswana and indicates a new five-star service offering," Masisi said on Saturday when officially opening the hotel. "At full capacity, it will employ 60 people and if you multiply that by a family of five, you see how many stand to benefit.
" Grays Eden features 12 stylishly decorated rooms, comprising five villas and seven cottages. The hotel's design is based on a spacious, airy and light aesthetic that offers luxury in a wilderness setting. The hotel also features Maun's first wine cellar carved into the cliff face. Grays Eden stems from the Morris' vision in 2018 to establish a tourism operation. Sam Morris, a United Kingdom citizen and his Motswana wife, Sandrine, chose Botswana for the beauty of its natural wilderness and the country's attractive investment climate. "Maun was always on our horizon and we looked at a number of properties and this one ticked a number of boxes, being close to the airport, a good size and great indigenous trees," Morris told BusinessMonitor. "We worked very closely with the BITC while we were in the UK and they facilitated our investment.
