Gabs Reserves a Seat At the Long Table

After a dreamy, cinematic takeover of the Chobe River, the Long Table Experience is heading back to Gaborone, promising a new kind of magic where design, culture, and connection take centre stage Some dinners are forgettable. Others move you, literally. Between U & I’s Long Table Experience has never played it safe, but its recent edition?

It floated. Set against the cinematic beauty of theChobe RivernearChobe National Park, guests found themselves dining on water, surrounded by wildlife and a horizon dipped in gold. Imagine this: a long, elegantly styled table aboard a boat, drifting past the wildlife-rich edges ofKasane.

Conversations unfolding as animals bask nearby, birds slice through the sky, and the river hums beneath you. “The atmosphere was almost cinematic, with the environment doing much of the storytelling,” founder and curatorUyapo Ketogetswetold Time Out. This Chobe edition didn’t just elevate dining, it reframed Botswana’s tourism narrative, placing food, culture, and human connection right alongside its iconic wildlife.

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On May 2, 2026, the table returns to Gaborone and the story shifts. Out goes the wilderness. In comes the pulse of the city.

“In Gaborone, the story becomes more about people, culture and the evolving identity of the city itself,” Ketogetswe explained. Expect curated menus, bold design, and a sensory-driven atmosphere that transforms an urban space into something unexpected. The wild may be gone, but the sense of discovery?

Still very much on the menu. Here’s the real twist: the food is only half the story. At its core, the Long Table Experience is about strangers becoming something more — collaborators in a shared moment.

In an age of screens and scrolls, sitting side by side, breaking bread, and actually talking feels almost radical. With partners likeWoolworths Botswana,Naledi Motors Francistown, andBushtracks Safarisfor the Chobe edition helping bring the vision to life, this isn’t just an event — it’s a blueprint for how Botswana experiences itself.

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