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Wild dog, cheetah, and bat-eared fox are recorded regularly. A sunken hide overlooks the marsh at eye level with drinking herds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGame drives depart without fixed schedules — guests can follow a hunt for hours or stop for a bush lunch beside grazing zebra. Night drives track hyena and jackal under spotlight. Guided walks cover smaller details missed from a vehicle. A helicopter flight crosses the depression from above. The camp runs on solar power. Three vehicles serve the camp; a private vehicle is available. Wireless internet, laundry, and minibar are included. 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The camp watches both states from the same vantage point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix canvas-and-thatch tents are raised on elevated wooden decks overlooking the channel. One is a family unit with two bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bathroom, a separate entrance, and a shared outdoor deck. The thatched dining area extends out over the channel bed on wooden decks, with a pool and a fire deck alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA log-pile hide in front of camp is useful when water levels are low — elephant regularly come close enough to block the view entirely. Game drives run morning and afternoon; night drives add lesser bushbabies, servals, aardwolf, and spring hares to the list. Guided nature walks operate seasonally, subject to a qualified walking guide being available. Boating is possible when water levels allow. 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Fourteen suites sit on raised teak decking along the water's edge in the northern Okavango Delta, divided into two camps of seven — Vumbura Plains North and Vumbura Plains South. Each suite includes a private plunge pool, an outdoor sala, indoor and outdoor showers, and a veranda. Two family units at the North camp hold four guests in two en-suite bedrooms connected by a shared lounge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe camp sits within a 60,000-hectare private concession adjoining Moremi Game Reserve, leased from five villages through the Okavango Community Trust. Game drives depart twice daily in open four-wheel-drive vehicles across annually flooded grasslands and dry island woodland. Guides track African wild dog, lion, leopard, elephant, and sable antelope; the concession records reliable sightings of wild dog packs and large elephant herds crossing the plains seasonally. Guided walks follow animal paths through the bush; rangers lead on foot at dawn or late afternoon. Mokoro excursions and motorboat trips navigate permanent channels when water levels allow, passing hippo, crocodile, African fish eagle, and malachite kingfisher. Catch-and-release fishing targets tilapia and catfish year-round. Night drives use filtered spotlights to locate hyena, civet, and nocturnal antelope after dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lounge, dining room, bar, and pool occupy a central raised platform connected by timber walkways. 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Walking safaris with armed guides thread through the reserve on foot, pacing according to wind direction and animal proximity. The camp overlooks the lagoon from a grove of jackalberry trees in the reserve's northern sector, eight kilometres from the Namibian border. Eight tented suites—seven twins and one family unit sleeping four—sit on raised decks facing the water. Canvas, thatch, and timber frame each structure. The family suite has two separate rooms, en-suite facilities in both, and a private plunge pool. All suites have ceiling fans, mosquito nets, outdoor showers, minibars, safes, and verandas. An underground hide descends below the main deck to water level, where you watch elephants drink and bathe from behind glass—trunks and feet within a metre of the viewing panel. The Queen Silvia barge—a double-decker pontoon—carries sundowner cruises along the Linyanti River at dusk. Catch-and-release fishing operates March through December. 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Set on a private island within the 22,000-hectare Chitabe Concession in the southeastern Okavango Delta, the camp borders Moremi Game Reserve to the north and sits where permanent channels meet seasonal floodplains, woodlands, and Kalahari grassland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach tent occupies a raised timber deck with views across the lagoon. Rooms are built in Meru style with canvas walls, en-suite bathrooms, outdoor showers, overhead fans, and mosquito nets. Two family units accommodate four guests each — one with adjoining bedrooms linked by an indoor passage, the other with bedrooms connected by an outdoor walkway. Standard tents hold twin or double beds. The main areas include a lounge, dining space, pool, and bar positioned to overlook the lagoon. A boma and firepit provide evening gathering points under the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGame drives depart at dawn and dusk across the concession's varied terrain. 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Forty rooms and four suites face the Chobe River from private terraces. Standard rooms hold en-suite bathrooms with separate baths and showers, air-conditioning, and overhead fans. Four luxury suites each add a private infinity plunge pool on the terrace. The honeymoon suite — where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married in 1975 — sits in the most secluded position. Triple rooms and family suites hold two bathrooms and convert to accommodate children. The lodge runs a 250-metre elevated boardwalk along the river for unobstructed wildlife viewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided game drives track elephant, buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, and wild dog along the park's northern riverfront. Boat safaris depart on twelve-seat skimmer boats with adjustable deck chairs and level platforms for photography. The lodge pioneered electric safari vehicles and solar-powered boats in 2014; four boats now run silent. An all-female guiding team — professionally qualified since 2010 — leads all drives and boat safaris. Spa Kwa Maningi offers treatments using marula oil, shea butter, and rooibos. A gym, lap pool, and riverside boma occupy the main lodge areas. Back-of-house eco tours visit recycling workshops and the solar installations. Between sixty thousand and seventy thousand elephant inhabit the park. You can watch them from the boardwalk at dusk. 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Ten wooden chalets face the river, each sleeping two, with a private patio, en-suite bathroom, air conditioning, and mosquito nets. A separate campground offers 20 sites with shared bathrooms, a lounge, and a boma fire for evenings under the trees. The main lodge serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner in one open dining room, and the bar and pool look out over the garden and river beyond. Guides take guests out for tigerfish, bream, and catfish, or along quiet channels in search of crocodile and the elusive sitatunga. More than 400 bird species have been recorded here, from fish eagles to carmine bee-eaters, and sunset cruises put hippos and roosting birds within easy view. Guided walks follow the riverbank and surrounding bush at an easy pace. It is a lodge built on decades of local knowledge, still tied to the community through local staffing and support for nearby farmers and shops. 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Both sit inside a private, fenced garden on the Thamalakane River, planted originally by Phyllis Palmer, who ran one of Maun's first plant nurseries and supplied stock to many of the town's older gardens. The Palmer family has lived on this ground since the early 1970s, and the current studios, opened in 2020, continue that household rather than replace it. A thatched boma anchors the outdoor space, used for breakfast and sundowners. There is a pool. Birdlife is constant along the riverbank, and guests can walk the grounds down to the water. It is a small, quiet setup, closer to staying in someone's garden than checking into a hotel. Breakfast is included each morning, laundry service is available, and Wi-Fi runs throughout. Maun itself, gateway to the Okavango Delta, is a short drive from the gate. 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Giraffe, kudu, antelope and a wide range of birdlife move through the property, and afternoon drives are run for guests keen to see them at closer range. You can watch the sun set over the dam from the restaurant deck, drink in hand, before the evening cools. The resort also runs an adventure centre geared toward school and college groups, with its own dedicated accommodation and courses led by trained staff. An entry code is required at the gate, and outside food and drink are not permitted for day visitors. 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Guides here track a resident lion pride, once filmed for a National Geographic documentary by the camp's founders, alongside regular leopard and hippo sightings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a small camp. Three suites stand under thatch, each with its own veranda, plunge pool, and an indoor bathroom finished in brass and cotton linen. Two elephant sculptures greet guests at the entrance, part of a design built around water, air, earth, and fire, and referencing the camp's mixed European, Mokololo, and Bayei roots. Days run on safari drives, guided walks, and boating when water levels allow, with catch-and-release fishing offered mid-year and birding strong from November through April, when species diversity across the reserve peaks. A spa sits above the camp's wine cellar. 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Each tent runs to 29 square metres, with a private sitting area, en suite bathroom and a solid base camp bed, and the whole camp takes a maximum of six guests at a time. Game drives run morning and night, with trackers following lion, leopard and serval across the concession's grasslands and channels. Guided walking safaris cover the same ground on foot, reading tracks and scent at closer range. When water levels allow, mornings can be spent gliding through reed-lined channels by mokoro, the traditional dugout canoe of the Delta, or fishing for tiger fish and tilapia by catch and release. You can hear the floodplain's birdlife from the tent well before the day's first drive. Meals shift with the setting, some by firelight near the water, others under the trees, and staff numbers are high relative to guests, so service stays attentive without becoming intrusive. Wi-Fi and hot water are standard; distraction is not the point here. 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Breakfast is served in the main house, and the bar and deck give a place to sit out over the water with a drink at the end of the day. The location, on Disaneng Road between exit seven and eight, puts guests close to charter flights over the delta, day drives into Moremi Game Reserve, and sundowner cruises on the river itself. It functions as a base rather than a destination in its own right, built for travellers moving between Maun and the wilderness areas beyond it. 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The concession mixes floodplain and channel, so days move between game drives, mokoro paddled along quiet water, and walking safaris tracking spoor left overnight by lion, leopard, wild dog and hyena. A specialist walking guide can lead up to six guests further into the bush on foot, the original form of safari here, with no vehicle required unless the group grows. Elephant, red lechwe, zebra, giraffe and the elusive, water-loving sitatunga move through the surrounding islands and floodplain. Birdlife is dense enough to reward a slow morning with binoculars alone. Game drive vehicles are capped at four guests each, with a guaranteed window seat and its own camera mount. Evenings settle around a fire on the sand, well after the vehicles are parked for the night. 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