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Premier Camps
Photograph by Mike Myers
Kings Pool Camp
The recently renovated camp at Kings Pool is perhaps the most luxurious in Botswana. Each of its 9 large tents includes bedroom area, lounge, sala and private plunge pool. All rooms overlook the Linyanti River and the Kings Pool Lagoon with its boisterous population of hippos.
Game viewing is excellent, and the area is known for its huge herds of elephant in the dry winter months.
There are two hides at the camp, including one built underground at water level from which you can watch the feet and trunks of elephants as they enjoy their baths-an experience not soon forgotten.
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Photograph by Wilderness Safaris |
Photograph by Michael Poliza |
Classic Camps
Savuti Camp
This camp is located on the Savuti Channel, a former river that stopped flowing in 1980 and is now a long trough of grass filled with the great African predators and their prey.
The camp's 7 large tents and lounge area are raised on walkways to allow the animals to pass through and the visitor to avoid being lion lunch. There is a waterhole in front of the camp with a woodpile hide where elephants and many other animals gather to drink. Whether watching from the hide or from the camp, guests are offered an intimate view of how the animals of Savuti live. Guided walks and spectacular game drives complete the experience of this wonderful camp.
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Photograph by Michael Poliza |
Photograph by Michael Poliza |
DumaTau Camp
Duma Tau is built on raised boardwalks under shady mangosteen trees and overlooks a lagoon crowded with hippos. Its 10 spacious rooms have cool thatched roofs and canvas walls to let in the sounds of the African night-the lion's roar, the warning calls of the baboons, the snorts and snores of hippos.
Located near the source of the Savuti Channel, the area has a rich variety of wildlife that may be viewed from boats, Land Rovers, on foot and up close from a number of cleverly disguised hides.
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Photograph by Michael Poliza |
Photograph by Michael Poliza |
Selinda Camp
Nine Meru style tents in the old African safari tradition welcome visitors to Selinda Camp. Each tent has en suite facilities built into the natural surroundings. A thatched lounge and dining area overlooks the Selinda Spillway and a hippo pool. Activities include day and night drives to view the abundant game of the 300,000 acre Selinda Reserve as well as walks with a guide who seems to have been born knowing every bird, beast and plant. It is also possible to take the Selinda Walking Trail from here for two days more of wildlife viewing on foot.
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Photograph by Colin Bell |
Photograph by Mike Myers |
Zibalianja Camp
This is Selinda's little sister camp. Here with only 3 traditional Meru style tents the emphasis is on intimate hospitality. Zibalianja is close to Selinda Camp and shares the same rich abundance of wildlife. Game drives and guided walks provide wonderful viewing, but at least once you will want to take your siesta in the sunken hide at the edge of the small but active water hole in front of the camp. These two camps are owned by Dereck and Beverley Joubert, writer and photographer of many National Geographic books and films about African wildlife.
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