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Safari accommodations in Botswana are comparable with the best elsewhere in the region - this applies as much to lodges and seasonal camps as it does to the few specialist mobile safari operators.Kubu dinner setting, courtesy Catherine Raphaely

With few exceptions, lodges are located in private concessions outside but in close proximity to the actual Park and Reserve boundaries.

One of the major attractions is the generally small size of accommodations with most of them accommodating on average 16 or less guests at any one time. 

Top Safaris in Botswana

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Mobile Safaris
  • Uncharted Africa - tailor made mobile safaris throughout Botswana in the classic style of Jack's Camp and the Kubu Trip
  • Capricorn Safaris - a 14 day mobile tented safari with Adam Hedges covering the Kalahari, Okavango, Moremi and Chobe areas, ending off at Victoria FallsSuricates - Kalahara (courtesy Catherine Raphaely)
  • Masson Safaris - a selection of fixed-date or tailor-made mobile safaris throughout Botswana, conducted personally by Ewan and Sallie Masson, Kalahari specialists
  • Map Ives specialised safaris - in depth safaris exploring the Okavango system (10 days), Moremi (7 days) and/or the Kalahari (8 days) by one of Botswana's most respected specialists, Map Ives

Fly-in Safaris

  • Tailor-made flying safari - select your own camps to suit specific tastes
  • Fixed-duration flying safari - this is an 8 day safari including land and water-based camps in Okavango, 2 days in the Linyanti or Savuti region and a night in Victoria Falls

Okavango - Permanently flooded zone

  • Shinde - a small and remote camp accommodating only 16 guests on a lush palm island in the heart of the northern Okavango Delta
  • Kwara - sixteen-bedded luxury tented camp on a private concession in the northern Okavango (open year round)
  • Jedibe Island Camp - deep in the northern Okavango, Jedibe is one of the best camps for water-based activities, renowned for its bird life
  • Xigera Camp - private camp located on "Paradise Island" within Moremi Game Reserve, one of the best places to see sitatunga
  • Kubu Queen - a four bedded houseboat used for exploration of the remote backwaters of the northern Okavango, an ideal exclusive safari option

Okavango - Seasonally flooded zone

  • Camp Okuti - small and private camp located under shade trees at the edge of the Xakanaxa lagoon in the north-eastern part of the Okavango Delta
  • Xugana Island Lodge - sixteen bedded lodge located on the Xugana Lagoon in the remote northern Okavango
  • Tsaro Elephant Lodge - thatched bungalows on the Kwai River on the north of the Moremi "tongue"
  • Sandibe Safari Lodge: Located east of Chief's Island adjacent to the Moremi Game Reserve - guests at Sandibe are enchanted by the changing moods of the Okavango Delta
  • Chitabe Camp - luxury tented camp near the Gomoti Channel within a Wild Dog study area - offers "classical Okavango" scenery
  • Chitabe Trails Camp - an eight-bedded tented camp within the Chitabe concession
  • Mombo Camp - Moremi's most famous camp on the north-western tip of Chief's Island - considered to offer one of the best wildlife experiences in Africa - reopens May 2000
  • Duba Plains - a remote and secluded tented camp situated in the northern Okavango
  • Nxabega, Okavango Safari Camp: Located on the edge of the Okavango's permanent flood zone.  Nxabega camp is one of Botswana's top safari camps accommodating 18 safari guests in East African-style safari tents pitched on elevated Rhodesian teak platforms with private sundecks and en suite facilities.
  • Kwetsani Camp - small eight-bedded luxury tented camp in a private concession west of Moremi, an ideal venue for combining water and land-based activities
  • Vumbura - situated 25km north of Mombo, Vumbura Camp and Little Vumbura offer an ideal combination of land and water-based activities in this remote concession
  • Jao Camp - sixteen-bedded camp in a private concession to the west of Mombo - noted for its predators
  • Rann's Camp - Mike Papenfus's private island retreat in the southern Okavango
  • Xudum Camp - Landela's classic "Out of Africa" style tented camp in a private concession in the southern Okavango
  • Okavango Walking Trail - Rob Clifford's old seasonal tented walking trail utilising Baobab, Eden and Mantis Camps on the Xudum River
  • Conservation Corporation Africa (Conscorp) have created a portfolio of the continent's finest small, elegant safari lodges, set in some of the world's most awe-inspiring destinations, in five African countries. 

Linyanti/Savuti/Chobe

  • Lagoon Camp - twelve-bedded luxury tented camp on the Kwando River
  • Kwando Lebala - sixteen-bedded luxury tented camp on the edge of the Linyanti wetlands
  • Selinda walking trail - a four to six day walking safari for up to six guests utilising the Motswiri, Zibalianja and Selinda camps, probably the best way to explore the Linyanti
  • Zibalianja - Linyanti Exploration's private six-bedded tented camp near the Savuti Channel
  • Selinda Camp - Brian Graham's old tented camp on the banks of the eastern Selinda Spillway
  • Duma Tau - sixteen bedded canvas under thatch lodge near the source of the Savuti
  • King's Pool Camp - twenty-bedded luxury tented camp in a private concession on the Chobe boundary - renowned for its elephants in winter
  • Savuti Camp - located on the Savuti Channel in an isolated spot of this legendary area, Savuti camp is well known for its predators and winter herds of elephant
  • Linyanti Tented Camp - a small eight-bedded tented camp in a private concession near Chobe's western boundary, an ideal place to see large elephant herds in winter

The KalahariSan mess tent courtesy Catherine Raphaely

  • The Kubu Trip - a minimum 5 night excursion combining three nights in San and Jack's camps plus two nights on Kubu Island
  • Jack's Camp and San Camp - The only desert camp in the Kalahari, renowned for its luxury and a wilderness experience "par excellence"

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