Standard Twin/Double Tent(s) (5 rooms)
Family Accommodation (1 room)
TYPE:
Accommodation
NO. ROOMS:
ROOM TYPES
6
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
TAGS:
Private concession
Includes: meals, local drinks, activities, park fees, laundry and signal WiFi faible ou instable
Excludes: premium drinks
Activities: day & night game drives and guided walking on request as an optional activity
Savuti Camp is situated on the Savute channel in an isolated part of the private Linyanti Concession, ‘downstream’ from the Zibadjanja Lagoon, the source of the Savute. The channel is very much dependant on yearly flood levels and rainfall. When in flow, it becomes a deep waterway with lots of splashing hippos and water birds, turning into a productive ribbon of grassland that attracts a wide variety of herbivores when not in flow.
This intimate camp's accommodation is in seven large walk-in tents with en-suite facilities; each tent is raised off the ground and faces across the Savute Channel. From the camp's thatched dining area and pub, a plunge pool and large viewing area extend outwards on raised wooden decks towards the channel.
Activities are day and night open game drives, nature walks with an armed guide (on request/within safety restrictions), and several well-positioned hides for safe, up-close animal viewing.
Game concentrations in the area are high, particularly in the winter dry season, and apart from abundant plains game, species such as roan and sable antelope, southern giraffe, lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal and wild dog may also be encountered. The birding is awesome at any time of year but best in summer.
Activities are focused on game drives. During periods of high water levels, water activities may be possible but not guaranteed. An opportunity to spend a night outdoors on a Star Bed, with the grandeur of the southern skies twinkling overhead, may also be arranged (weather permitting). It is recommended to pre-book to avoid disappointment.
Airstrip Transfer Time: 30-40 minutes
Please note that between April and October the sand can get very thick and in this case the transfer will take a bit longer.
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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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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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The Linyanti is famous for its lion pride dynamics.
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The Savuti area is famous for its amazing elephant sightings.
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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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The behaviour manifested by mating lions is always fascinating.
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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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Leopard making use of a termite mound's vantage point.
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Prides of lions follow the vast numbers of prey in the area.
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When the channel is flowing, the cats have to get their feet wet.
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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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The pool invites a refreshing dip during siesta time.
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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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High tea is a feast for all the senses.
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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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Levels permitting, exploring the waters by boat is an activity available at all times of the day.
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When the water is high enough, safaris reveal pods of hippos, sunbathing crocodiles and wading elephants
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The camp supplies basic equipment for catch-and-release fishing (except in the January - February breeding season).
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Morning and afternoon game drives reveal the rich wildlife of the area.
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A helicopter safari provides a fascinating perspective on this wild landscape and the amazing wildlife.
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Whether flowing, or in ebb, the Savuti Channel is a key water- and food source for the prolific wildlife here.
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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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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.
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