Gunn’s Camp P Bag 033, Maun Tel: +267 686 4436 Fax: +267 686 0040 Email: reservations@gunns-camp.com www.gunns-camp.com
Overlooking the legendary Chiefs Island and bordering the Moremi Game Reserve, Gunn’s Camp is one of the last few remaining luxury, vintage safari camps. This small and intimate camp is located on the same Ntswi Island as its sister property Moremi Crossing. The camp has recently been transformed by an extensive refurbishment programme that culminated with six brand new, large, luxury vintage-style safari tents. Each tent has its own private and spacious lounge as well as an expansive veranda where private romantic surprise dinners are served. All tents are discreetly set within the densely treed island thus ensuring privacy and tranquillity. The accommodation area is connected to the main camp via raised wooden walkway crossing the wetlands and magically lit by a series of fairylike lanterns. Guests have access to the elevated bar, lounge, dining room and swimming pool. Activities on offer are half or full day mokoro trips with game walks, bush walks with picnic lunch, wilderness camping, sunset motorboat cruises and fishing.
Haina Kalahari Lodge Private Bag BO 48, Maun Tel: +27 683 0238/9 Fax: +27 86 590 5619 Skype: Ngwesiboat Email: reservations@hainakalaharilodge.com www.hainakalaharilodge.com
Haina Kalahari Lodge is located on the northern border of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The setting of the lodge is classically African, relaxed and informal. The Main Boma consists of a lounge, dining room and bar area decorated in wood and thatch. A swimming pool, sun deck, well-appointed bar and an expansive boma eating area are among the facilities available to visitors. The sundeck is a popular spot for social activities and for exchanging accounts of the various sightings of birds and animals seen during the day. The lodge accommodates up to 20 guests in tented accommodation that are all private with their own decks. Activities on offer include game drives, quad bike safaris and an unforgettable experience with the local bushmen people. Mobile overnight and day trip safaris are also offered into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Jacana Camp
Jacana Camp just west of Moremi Game Reserve is owned and operated by Ngamiland Adventure Safaris. It is set in an area densely populated with the beautiful red lechwe, sitatunga and wattled cranes. It is a true water camp on a small island surrounded by water for most of the year. Accommodation is in five Meru-style tents each on raised wooden platforms with decks featuring entrancing views over the lagoon and floodplains. The en-suite bathroom is enclosed but roofless. The main dining area is on an elevated wooden deck between two enormous sycamore fig trees, and surrounded by dense wild date palms. Downstairs, there is a cosy pub and lounge, with a large viewing deck, an open area to sit around a fire and view the stars and a small plunge pool. Jacana offers mekoro, fishing and boating all year round as well as game drives.
PO Box 124, Gweta Tel: +267 621 2220 Fax: +267 621 2458 Email: gwetalodge@info.bw
Set in the village of Gweta, 200 km from Maun and 100 km from Nata, Gweta Lodge is a gateway to the pans and a rare oasis in the desert. Set around the central pool, the lodge offers a high-class restaurant, relaxing lounge, excellent accommodation options and a range of activities and safaris to suite people of all ages. The lodge offers a relaxed atmosphere to our guests giving them the experience of Botswana wilderness and opportunities for game viewing, using several locations and camps in the area, including one set in 3,840 sq km of wilderness around one of the only waterholes to be pumped from bore-holes all year round. Based within easy reach of the Makgadikgadi Pans, the lodge is ideally situated to take advantage of a gateway into the heart of the wilderness. It offers a vast range of excursions, activities and opportunities to guests and local communities. Gweta Lodge also has a strict environmental and conservation policy.
Island Safari Lodge PO Box 116, Maun Tel: +267 686 0300 Fax: +267 686 2932 Email: enquire@africansecrets.net www.africansecrets.net
Despite many changes over the years, the spirit and character that defined Island Safari Lodge, as conceptualised and built by Tony Graham in 1973, still exists today. For over 30 years the lodge has maintained its legendary status in Maun and return guests take as much pride in the renovations and refurbishments as the owners and management do – all in an attempt to keep facilities up to date with modern standards while retaining decades worth of irreplaceable charm. The meandering Thamalakane River forms a picturesque pastoral vista to the 12 cottagestyle thatch chalets nestled under a lofty canopy of ancient trees.
Jack’s Camp Postnet Suite 290, Private Bag X31 Saxonwold 2132 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 447 1605 Fax: +27 11 447 6905 Email: res1@unchartedafrica.com www.unchartedafrica.com
Jack’s Camp is an oasis of style and comfort in the middle of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert. An authentic, 1940’s style tented safari camp, which houses a private museum, shop, drinks tent and pool pavilion. Spectacular vistas, creative surprises, expert guiding, old-world safari styling and superb cuisine all come together to create an experience that is completely different to any other. Activities vary, combining wildlife with culture, history, archaeology and geology. Activities on offer all year round include: interacting with incredibly friendly habituated meerkats, walking with bushmen guides, game drives to experience unique desert wildlife, Chapman’s Baobab - one of the oldest and biggest trees in Africa, birding and night drives. Dry season activities: 16 April-31 October - Quad bike across the saltpans Wet season activities: 1 November-15 April - Zebra and wildebeest migration
CAMPS & LODGES
1 Mathiba Road, Private Bag 014, Maun Tel +267 686 0086 Fax +267 686 0632 Email: enquiry@wilderness.co.bw www.wilderness-safaris.com
Gweta Lodge
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