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Premier Camps
Photograph by Phillip Gain
Mombo Camp
Elegant and exciting Mombo is located at the tip of Chief's Island in the Moremi Reserve.
This area is crowded with big game, especially the great predatory cats.
As you relax on your private deck or nap in your own sala you can look down on the floodplain and often see animals passing under the raised walkway that connects Mombo's 9 luxurious tented rooms.
Thrilling game drives in open Land Rovers are followed by superb food and wine provided by the camp's renowned chef.
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Photograph by Wilderness Safaris |
Little Mombo
For those who prefer a more intimate but no less luxurious experience Little Mombo could be the perfect choice.
Its three spacious, comfortable rooms are connected by raised wooden walkways to a charming lounge, dining area and plunge pool.
Game viewing is superb and may even include sightings of the rare wild dog.
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Photograph by Michal Poliza |
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Vumbura Plains
In a remote area of the northern Okavango are two 14 bedded camps linked by raised walkways.
In these top of the line camps each room has a bedroom, lounge, sala for outdoor snoozing, and its own plunge pool, as well as en suite bathrooms and additional outdoor showers under the stars.
The decor is spare and modern, the effect spacious, light and airy.
All game viewing activities are available at Vumbura Plains except when high water levels make Land Rovers impractical.
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Jao
Designed by distinguished architects, each of the 9 beautiful rooms at Jao Camp is unique.
Each features its own "sala" where you may take your siesta out of doors listening to the voices of birds and enjoying a view of the floodplain (if you can keep your eyes open).
Raised walkways connect the rooms to lounge, bar and plunge pool and to Jao's unique feature-a salon offering a wide range of massage therapies.
Jao is on the outer edge of the Moremi Reserve.
Water activities are emphasized, but there are fine game drives in the dry season.
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Photograph by Michael Poliza |
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Abu Camp
Set in an ancient, riverine forest the 6 custom designed tents of Abu Camp offer perhaps the ultimate in exclusivity.
Each tent has its own deck overlooking a lagoon teeming with bird and animal life.
The lounge and dining area are on platforms that wind around old ebony and sycamore fig trees.
Most remarkably Abu is host to a family of 8 elephants with which you may interact, walking with them in the bush, coming to know intimately each of these vastly intelligent giants.
This is a magical experience that for many visitors has changed and enriched their entire view of the animal world.
As if this feature of Abu were not enough, game viewing by both land and water are excellent.
Across the lagoon Abu Private Villa will accommodate four guests or a family with children.
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Photograph by Wilderness Safaris |
Classic Camps
Little Vumbura
Located on an island in the Vumbura Private Reserve, this intimate camp offers every kind of African game viewing, although drives in 4x4 vehicles are restricted during periods of high water.
Guided walks on the larger islands allow one to listen to the innumerable soft voices of Africa and draw strength from its silences.
After such a day the pleasures of the camp-its good food and convivial gathering-are welcome, as are its six tented rooms, each with en suite bathrooms and our usual soft beds.
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Photograph by Colin Bell |
Xigera Camp
Lovely, tranquil Xigera lies in the heart of a riverine forest on permanent water.
You will view its abundant wildlife from dugout canoes, on guided walks, and, water level permitting, on game drives through the Moremi Reserve.
Xigera's 10 comfortable tented rooms and lounge area are reached by crossing a bridge beneath which a long sand trap records each night the passage of the camp's four-footed visitors.
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Tubu Tree
Tubu Tree Camp accommodates guests in five comfortable tents on raised platforms each with its own small deck, en suite bathroom and outdoor shower.
You may enjoy both land and water wildlife viewing and can expect to see a diverse crowd, including elephant, zebra, giraffe, lion, wildebeest, kudu, red lechwe, leopard and bushbuck to name only a few.
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Seba Camp
The 5 tented rooms of this new camp in the heart of the Okavango Delta overlook a lagoon full of birds and animals.
At night you will hear the roars of an exceptionally large pride of lion out on the floodplain, and on a game drive you will almost certainly see them.
But Seba has as well a very special feature.
It is a base for research into elephant behavior and a centre for wildlife film making.
Guests have the chance to talk with wildlife scientists and satisfy their curiosity in the camp's excellent reference library.
This is a unique travel experience.
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Jacana Camp
Jacana is a true water camp offering mokoro and walking safaris all year around.
Herds of beautiful red lechwe and even the shy sitatunga antelope can be seen as your boat slips along banks of papyrus and pushes aside the crowds of water lilies.
This is a bird lover's paradise, but even the big game is never far away.
5 Traditional meru style tents have en suite bathrooms that are enclosed but open to the sky.
The cozy pub and lounge include an area where you may sit by an open fire under the stars.
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Photograph by Phillip Gain |
Kwetsani
On a remote island in the Delta Kwetsani Camp is surrounded by palm, mangosteen and fig trees.
Under this shady canopy Its five spacious "tree house" chalets are raised on stilts permitting wonderful views of the animals on the floodplain below.
Game viewing is tremendously various but always fascinating whether from a dugout canoe or an open Land Rover.
In winter when the flood waters literally lap at the door you will be taken by boat to vehicles waiting on another island and from there to the amazing sights of a successful game drive.
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Chitabe Camp
Chitabe is located on one of the most beautiful islands in the Delta.
Bordered on three sides by the Moremi Reserve the area is host to an astonishing assortment of wildlife.
You will see many of the big predators and their prey during a day time game drive.
At night you will glimpse the secret lives of nocturnal animals such as civet, serval, pangolin, porcupine and aardwolf.
8 spacious East African style tents with en suite bathrooms welcome you at the end of a thrilling day.
The camp owners, Dave Hamman and Helen Heldring are authors of an acclaimed book on the wild dogs of the area and Chitabe lies within a 3000 sq. km wild dog study area.
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Photograph by Michael Poliza |
Photograph by Phil Gain |
Chitabe Trails
Like its sister camp, Chitabe Trails is near the border of the Moremi Reserve in an area of great habitat diversity.
As at Chitabe the 5 large, comfortable tents are on raised platforms, as are the lounge and dining area.
There are 2 family tents with adjoining rooms and a full sized swimming pool.
Day and night game drives are the chief activity, but viewing does not end when you climb out of your Land Rover.
The camp overlooks a waterhole where elephants and many plains animals come to drink during the day.
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Duba Plains
Remote and intimate, the camp at Duba Plains accommodates a maximum of 12 guests.
Its 6 roomy tents are shaded by tall ebony, fig and mangosteen trees.
From the swimming pool you will have a wonderful view of the floodplain with its super-abundant wildlife, including many spectacular birds like the Slaty Egret and Wattled Crane.
The area is known for huge herds of buffalo and attendant lion prides.
Grisly kill scenes are a common feature of game drives at Duba.
The concession is part of the Okavango Community Trust, which trains local people to protect and administer this region as a photographic safari preserve.
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