Wilderness Savuti

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Wilderness Savuti

Savuti means ‘mystery,’ and the fascination with this wild, unpredictable channel has attracted travellers and explorers for years.

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Wilderness Savuti

With just six tented rooms, the camp promises and intimate and authentic safari.

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Wilderness Savuti

Huge herds of buffalo congregate along the channel here.

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Wilderness Savuti

Savuti's spacious guest tents are well appointed with every creature comfort.

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Wilderness Savuti

Get closer to thrilling wildlife interactions on morning and afternoon game drives, while night drives deliver entirely new nocturnal delights.

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Wilderness Savuti

The Linyanti is famous for its lion pride dynamics.

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Wilderness Savuti

The Savuti area is famous for its amazing elephant sightings.

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Wilderness Savuti

Plains game and predators thrive here, and exploring the length of the Savuti Channel, and its associated woodlands is a highlight of a Savuti safari.

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Wilderness Savuti

The behaviour manifested by mating lions is always fascinating.

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Wilderness Savuti

The Savuti area harbours one of the densest dry-season concentrations of elephant in Africa.

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Wilderness Savuti

To see a mating pair of lions is always a thrill.

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Wilderness Savuti

Leopard making use of a termite mound's vantage point.

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Wilderness Savuti

Prides of lions follow the vast numbers of prey in the area.

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Wilderness Savuti

When the channel is flowing, the cats have to get their feet wet.

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Wilderness Savuti

The camp offers front-row seats to the geological marvel that is the sporadically flowing, then dry, Savuti Channel.

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Wilderness Savuti

From the camp’s expansive thatched main lounge, dining and bar areas, elevated wooden decks extend out over the channel bed.

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Wilderness Savuti

Relive the day's adventures over pre-dinner drinks on the elevated main area deck and its uninterrupted views.

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Wilderness Savuti

The pool invites a refreshing dip during siesta time.

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Wilderness Savuti

Guest rooms are decorated with locally sourced African artefacts that blend seamlessly into the wild environment.

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Wilderness Savuti

The indoor dining area features a screen documenting the 'mysterious' flow of the ephemeral channel.

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Wilderness Savuti

High tea is a feast for all the senses.

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Wilderness Savuti

The food journey at Savuti centres around traditional dishes of Botswana, with fresh produce grown in the communities, and sourced from Maun.

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Wilderness Savuti

Levels permitting, exploring the waters by boat is an activity available at all times of the day.

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Wilderness Savuti

When the water is high enough, safaris reveal pods of hippos, sunbathing crocodiles and wading elephants

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Wilderness Savuti

The camp supplies basic equipment for catch-and-release fishing (except in the January - February breeding season).

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Wilderness Savuti

Morning and afternoon game drives reveal the rich wildlife of the area.

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Wilderness Savuti

A helicopter safari provides a fascinating perspective on this wild landscape and the amazing wildlife.

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Wilderness Savuti

Whether flowing, or in ebb, the Savuti Channel is a key water- and food source for the prolific wildlife here.

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Wilderness Savuti

When the Savuti Channel is dry, the log-pile hide is the ideal spot to while away an afternoon during siesta time observing and photographing elephants up close at the waterhole.

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Weather permitting, a roof-off game drive in the cooler dry season is the very best way to enjoy wildlife viewing.

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Guests should layer up for winter game drives, as the vehicle is open to the cold early morning and evening air.

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A bush stop on a game drive means guests can safely stretch their legs and enjoy a morning coffee, or late afternoon sundowner.

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Wilderness Savuti, situated in the private Linyanti Wildlife Reserve along the Savuti Channel, is famous as a sporadic and unusual watercourse. As part of a natural cycle, the waters of the Savuti either flow strongly – a magnet for thirsty wildlife – or recede to leave behind a rich grassland.

Wilderness Savuti provides front-row seats to amazing wildlife viewing perched high on the channel banks. The camp looks down on a miraculous ribbon of territory where both plains game and predators thrive, and exploring the length of this channel and its associated woodlands is thus a highlight here.

The intimate camp's en-suite accommodation is in six canvas-and-thatch tents (including a family unit). From the camp's thatched dining area, elevated wooden decks extend out over the channel bed, with a small pool, fire deck and wonderful views over the channel.

INSIDER'S TIP: The Zibadianja Hide (currently under refurbishment) offers a sublime daytime excursion, perfectly positioned overlooking the Savuti Channel with sweeping views westward across the iconic Zibadianja Lagoon. From this exceptional vantage point, guests enjoy close-up encounters with Savuti's renowned wildlife, as elephant and other water-dependent species regularly traverse the channel.

Savuti’s tented guest rooms are set on elevated wooden decks overlooking the famed ‘stolen river’ and its ever-changing wildlife parade. Well appointed, with every creature comfort, the rooms are decorated with locally sourced African artefacts that blend seamlessly into the wild environment.

There is one spacious family unit consisting of two bedrooms, each with their own en-suite facilities, separate entrance and a shared outdoor deck.

TYPE:

Accommodation

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

Birding

Nature

Wildlife

PROPERTY FACILITIES:

Bar

Library

Pool

ROOM FACILITIES:

Electrical Outlets

Fan

Internet Access (Complimentary)

Laundry Service (Complimentary)

Lounge Area

Mosquito Nets

Safe

Tea / Coffee

Verandah

AVAILABLE SERVICES:

Credit Card Facilities

Private Vehicle (Available)

ACTIVITIES ON SITE:

Bird Watching

Boating

Catch-and-release Fishing

Game Drives

Game Viewing Hide

Night Drives

Sleep Outs

Walks (Guided)

FRIENDLY:

Children