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Okavango Delta

Okavango Delta

Set in northwest Botswana, where the Okavango River spreads across the Kalahari Desert, this wetland ecosystem features marshy islands and emerald floodplains.

When To GoYear-round
Outposts11
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The ground

Okavango Delta

The place

Set in northwest Botswana, where the Okavango River spreads across the Kalahari Desert, this wetland ecosystem features marshy islands and emerald floodplains.

Culture

Each stay at Jao supports and empowers local farmers with training and access to tourism-driven, sustainable food systems.

Flora & fauna

The Delta is full of papyrus, Sycamore fig trees, and fan palms. Spot vast herds of elephants, curious hippos, elegant herons, and endangered wattled cranes.

When to go

Year-round

Getting here

From Cape Town or Joannesburg, fly into Maun, Botswana. From there, a wildly-scenic, 20-minute private helicopter charter will chopper you into camp.

Photograph from atzaro-okavango-camp, an outpost in this place.

Where to stay

11 outposts here

Mombo Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Mombo Camp

Few camps rival Mombo Camp in Botswana, renowned as the most iconic in Africa, nestled in the renowned Moremi Game Reserve within the Okavango Delta.

Tubu Tree Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Tubu Tree Camp

Staying at Tubu Tree is like staying in a giant treehouse, but don't let the amazing digs steal the main act in the delta floodplains—the wildlife.

Atzaró Okavango Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Atzaró Okavango Camp

Only accessible via helicopter and powered entirely by solar energy, embark on game drives and mokoro canoe trips in the heart of the world’s largest inland delta.

Duba Plains Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Duba Plains Camp

Duba Plains is one of UNCHARTED’s absolute must-see camps. Located on nearly 200,000 acres of undisturbed wilderness area in the Okavango Delta, the wildlife is only one of the reasons we’re so in love with Duba.

Duke's Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Duke's Camp

Pitched on raised wooden decks beneath a canopy of ebony and leadwood trees, the luxurious safari tents offer an unforgettable under-canvas adventure in the midst of this remarkable World Heritage Site.

Jao Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Jao Camp

Jao Camp is a dreamscape where elevated walkways thread through the surrounding forest canopy, and the Okavango Delta’s vast floodplains spill out as far as the eye can see.

Kwetsani Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Kwetsani Camp

Kwetsani Camp was designed by water, accommodating the ebb and flow of the floodplains below. It is one of the most remote camps in the entire Okavango Delta.

Qorokwe Camp
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Qorokwe Camp

Botswana has no shortage of phenomenal luxury camps, but for those with a taste for modern design, Qorokwe Camp is not to be missed!

Sitatunga Island
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Sitatunga Island

Perched high in ebony trees and reachable only by boat or heli, Sitatunga plunges you into a wild Delta world of swamp safaris and rare wildlife.

Vumbura Plains
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Vumbura Plains

In the extreme north of the Okavango Delta you'll find an eco-retreat where extraordinary game viewing is the status quo.

Xigera Lodge
Okavango Delta, Botswana

Xigera Lodge

Remarkably reimagined, the newly reopened Xigera brings out the true explorer in every traveler with the magic of Botswana’s most famous wild space—the Okavango Delta.

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