Thobolo's Bush Lodge
Between Chobe, Savuti and Linyanti, a solar-built lodge watches its own waterhole
Thobolo's Bush Lodge
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Travellers moving between Chobe, Savuti and Linyanti stop here to break the drive and watch a waterhole do the work. Thobolo's Bush Lodge was built on Barangwe Pan, a dry basin revived in 2013 by lodge founder Mike Gunn, who fed it year-round with water drawn from two solar-powered boreholes. The overflow keeps the pan wet through the dry months, and elephant, buffalo, zebra, kudu and the odd lion now come to drink within sight of the rooms. It is a working piece of restored bush, not a backdrop.
Ten chalets sleep four to six guests, each with two en-suite bedrooms, a kitchen and dining area, and an upstairs deck set with a bar counter facing the pan. Three larger family chalets add a second double bed in place of the deck. A campsite nearby gives guests their own pitch, a braai area, and hot-water ablutions, all facing the same waterhole. It is unfenced, so nights carry the sound of elephants moving through camp.
Built from light-gauge steel with no indigenous timber cut for construction, the lodge runs entirely on solar power. Guests can join guided drives into Chobe, Savuti and Linyanti, or watch the pan from the communal deck instead. Breakfast and dinner are included for chalet guests. The lodge holds Botswana's top eco-tourism certification.
Ten chalets sleep four to six guests, each with two en-suite bedrooms, a kitchen and dining area, and an upstairs deck set with a bar counter facing the pan. Three larger family chalets add a second double bed in place of the deck. A campsite nearby gives guests their own pitch, a braai area, and hot-water ablutions, all facing the same waterhole. It is unfenced, so nights carry the sound of elephants moving through camp.
Built from light-gauge steel with no indigenous timber cut for construction, the lodge runs entirely on solar power. Guests can join guided drives into Chobe, Savuti and Linyanti, or watch the pan from the communal deck instead. Breakfast and dinner are included for chalet guests. The lodge holds Botswana's top eco-tourism certification.