Best Okavango Delta safari lodges - Tips by Howard Hillman

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Best lodges and camps
in the Okavango Delta area

Each delivers a luxury experience. My listings are alphabetical.

Chief's Camp
On Chief's Island. 12 tents.
Chitabe Camp
On an island. 8 tents.
Eagle Island Camp
On Xaxaba Island. 12 tents.
Khwai River Lodge
Overlooks river. 15 tents.
Jao Camp
On an island. 8 tents.
Mombo Camp
On private island Mombo. 9 tents.
Nxabega Okavango Safari Camp
Borders Moremi Game Resv. 9 tents.
Sandibe Safari Lodge
Okavango Delta. 8 cottages.

Government policies

Virtually all safari lodges and camps in the Okavango Delta and other Botswana areas are upmarket, by design.

Goals

The Botswana government desires to preserve and protect its vulnerable wildlife environments. At the same, it needs to maximize long-term safari tourism income for the benefit of its citizens.

Solution

The government is limiting tourism lodges and camps mainly to those geared for upscale tourists (Bhutan also uses this approach).

As a direct result

Nearly all the lodges and camps in Botswana are high quality with correspondingly high rates.