Botswana

Almost everything on this page is about water. Six of the fourteen camps sit in the Okavango and Moremi: on Xugana Lagoon, where a river that never reaches the sea ends; on a private island at Nxamaseri, one of the oldest lodges in the Delta; on the Khwai River at Xakanaxa; on remote Nxaragha Island; inside the Moremi Game Reserve itself; and on the Gomoti River in the south-eastern corner of Moremi.

Two more are inside Chobe National Park: Chobe Game Lodge, with its private jetty and viewing decks, and Nogatsaa Pans, deep in the park with hides over the clay pans and a safari in the old style. Leroo La Tau stands on the Boteti River, the lifeline of the Makgadikgadi Pans and a link in Botswana's zebra migration. And a long way to the southeast is Saleda Lodge at Lipadi, five king bedrooms and a pool table under the stars. Two Natural Selection camps complete the fourteen: Tawana, eight suites that opened in 2024 on the Gomoti River in the south-eastern corner of Moremi Game Reserve, and Jack's Camp, nine tents in a 1940s style on the edge of the Makgadikgadi salt pans.

The other three, Sanctuary Chiefs Camp, Kadizora and Thakadu, we have let speak for themselves below. Fourteen is not many. That is the point: each is here because we would send you there, and the line beneath each name is the reason why.