Selinda Explorers Camp is located in the private 130,000-hectare Selinda Reserve of northern Botswana, built on the banks of the Selinda Spillway.
Subtly placed under the shade of the riverine forest, the camp’s style is reminiscent of early African explorers’ philosophies and practices. Whiling away afternoons under the canopy of African ebony and Mopane trees, interspersed with walks and canoeing, make this a respite from a traditional safari camp’s typical routine.
The four custom-designed, semi-permanent guest tents offer guests a well-appointed bedroom, covered veranda and private bathroom. All the guest tents are at ground level, on slightly raised platforms.
This Great Plains Conservation Explorer-Collection safari camp is unassuming, light on its footprint but heavy on its experiential luxury. The atmosphere of the camp is one of bush elegance with a relaxed style, complemented by attentive staff, private, professional service and fabulous food.
Selinda Explorers Camp is perfect for individual travellers, couples, families and small groups of up to ten guests sharing.
The camp sits in prime predator habitat. In September, over 9,000 elephants traverse the private Selinda Reserve at the peak of the dry season. There is phenomenal birdlife along the Selinda Spillway’s banks for those looking for some ‘lifers’.
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Selinda Explorers Camp Main AreaCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp Main Area
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Selinda Explorers Camp swimming poolCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp swimming pool
Canoeing the Spillway is a Seasonal Activity Available at Selinda Explorers CampCredit: Great Plains ConservationCanoeing the Spillway is a Seasonal Activity Available at Selinda Explorers Camp
The Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationThe Selinda Spillway drinks stop
Selinda Explorers Camp swimming poolCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp swimming pool
Lions walking along the Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationLions walking along the Selinda Spillway
Elephants drinking from the Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationElephants drinking from the Selinda Spillway
Selinda Explorers Camp BreakfastCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp Breakfast
Selinda Explorers Camp Plunge PoolCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp Plunge Pool
Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Spillway
Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Spillway
Selinda Explorers Camp BreakfastCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp Breakfast
Impala on the Lookout near Selinda Explorers CampCredit: Great Plains ConservationImpala on the Lookout near Selinda Explorers Camp
Relaxing along the Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationRelaxing along the Selinda Spillway
Elephants and the Selinda Spillway from the AirCredit: Great Plains ConservationElephants and the Selinda Spillway from the Air
Canoeing at Selinda Explorers CampCredit: Great Plains ConservationCanoeing at Selinda Explorers Camp
Preparing for Dinner at Selinda Explorers CampCredit: Great Plains ConservationPreparing for Dinner at Selinda Explorers Camp
Elephants Crossing the Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationElephants Crossing the Selinda Spillway
Leopard in the the Selinda ReserveCredit: Great Plains ConservationLeopard in the the Selinda Reserve
Swimming in the Selinda SpillwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationSwimming in the Selinda Spillway
Selinda Explorers Camp Game DriveCredit: Great Plains ConservationSelinda Explorers Camp Game Drive
African Wild Dog in the Selinda ReserveCredit: Great Plains ConservationAfrican Wild Dog in the Selinda Reserve
Birdlife in the Selinda ReserveCredit: Great Plains ConservationBirdlife in the Selinda Reserve
The custom-designed, semi-permanent guest tents provide comfort and style but with a magnificently raw spirit. Each tent offers guests a well-appointed bedroom, covered veranda, private bathroom complete with hot water showers and a flush loo. All the guest tents are at ground level, on slightly raised platforms.
The 2-Bedroom Family canvas tent is custom-designed and sits on a slightly raised platform. It consists of two bedrooms, each with their own separate bathroom, dressing and washbasin areas;
Property Facilities
Bar, Battery Charging Facilities, Eco Friendly, Kiddies Club, Laundry Service (Complimentary), Pool, Private Vehicle Available, Restaurant
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Complimentary Wi-Fi, Dressing Gowns, En-Suite, Fan, Laundry Service (Complimentary), Outside Shower, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Tea / Coffee, Verandah
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Canoeing the Selinda Spillway is one of the most unique experiences in southern Africa. The two person Canadian style canoes are situated in front of the camp for use at anytime. An ideal morning or afternoon trip would be to paddle down the spillway and to then walk back to camp, or be met by a vehicle for a safari drive on your return. Canoeing is seasonal and dependent on water levels in the Selinda Spillway.
One of the core activities at Selinda Explorers Camp is to enjoy a guided walk. It’s also a huge benefit of staying within the conservancies. Walks allow you to appreciate the stunning landscape around us on foot, peacefully, without the noise of engines. Talk to the managers to arrange a good time and location for a walk. Usually early morning or evening is the best time, as the middle of the day is too hot to venture out of the shade. Wear good walking shoes, a hat, and neutral coloured clothing so as not to alarm the wildlife, and take binoculars. Your guide will have water for you.
Selinda Explorers Camp focuses primarily on the traditional safaris of walking and canoeing. Safari drives are offered, both day and night, but are a supplement to other activities as opposed to the emphasis.
Your drives will be planned for you so that you get the most out of your stay. The best times to be out are from first light for the morning drive, and in the soft light in the afternoon continuing until after dark. These are the times when most of the action is likely to happen and the photographic light is at its best.
Please remember that the cars are open and it can be quite chilly in the early mornings and evenings, so take very warm clothing with you on your drives. There are lined ponchos provided in the vehicles if you get cold while out, so just ask your guide to show you where these are if you need them.
A full syllabus of bush craft skills for our young explorers. This is a complimentary program that follows in the footsteps of National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence, Dereck and Beverly Joubert. An extensive pack will be provided to eager children on arrival, so they can learn about animal calls, how to track wildlife, and other facts and figures about the wild. At the end of a child’s stay, he/she will become a Young Explorer and Conservation Ambassador - ready to go out and tell the world about what they have learned and what they too can do to help protect this beautiful environment.
Fly-fishing and rod/reel kit is available for those who want to try their cast at the local fish (except January and February when there is a moratorium on fishing).
Your Stay
4 Nights
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4 Star
Luxury Tented Camp
Spoken Languages: English
No. Rooms: 4
Special Interests: Adventure, Big 5, Birding, Fishing, Flora, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Star Gazing, Wildlife
Duba Explorers Camp | Ng12 Concession
Duba Explorers Camp is tucked away in the northeast corner of the Duba Plains concession, a 33,000-hectare private reserve in the Okavango Delta and surrounded by floodplains, grasslands and pockets of mopane and acacia woodlands. Since the camp was relocated away from its sister camp, Duba Plains, Duba Explorers Camp is now situated on an island under a canopy of mature jackalberry, leadwood and mangosteen trees. The camp consists of five tents of airy canvas on raised decking. Guests wake up to panoramic views of the Delta floodplains and, during the flood season, the water channels link to open water filled with flowering water lilies and tall papyrus. The main area is set under sweeping marquee canvas, on raised decking with an open-concept dining and lounge area. During a stay at Duba Explorers Camp guests can surrounding ecosystem by boat or traditional canoes (mekoro) (when water levels allow), by vehicle or on guided walks. The unique flooding cycles of the Okavango Delta create a mosaic of habitats fostering an incredible diversity of wildlife while the year-round healthy population of elephant, buffalo and lechwe and good hunting terrain attracts predators such as lion, leopard and wild dogs.
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Duba Explorers Camp - Main areaCredit: Great Plains ConservationDuba Explorers Camp - Main area
Guests arrive at Duba Explorers Camp Credit: Great Plains ConservationHelicopter transfer to Duba Explorers Camp
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Waters around Duba Explorers CampCredit: Great Plains ConservationWaters around Duba Explorers Camp
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Guests on the Duba Explorers WalkwayCredit: Great Plains ConservationGuests on the Duba Explorers Walkway
Mekoring at Duba Explorers CampCredit: Great Plains ConservationMekoring at Duba Explorers Camp
Duba Plains ExplorersCredit: Great Plains ConservationDinner setting and fireplace
Healthy Breakfast Credit: Great Plains ConservationHealthy Breakfast
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The intimate camp consists of five explorers-style tents of light airy canvas on slightly raised decking,
each with views of the surrounding floodplain. Each tent has a small desk and private verandah plus ensuite facilities consisting of flush loo, double basins and indoor shower. Fans and careful open-air design maintain comfortable climate for rest and relaxation.
Property Facilities
24-hour Security, Bar, Battery Charging Facilities, Communal Dining, Eco Friendly, Kiddies Club, Laundry Service (Available), Laundry Service (Complimentary), Pool, Private Vehicle Available, Restaurant
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Complimentary Wi-Fi, Dressing Gowns, Electrical Outlets, En-Suite, Fan, Internet Access (Complimentary), Laundry Service (Complimentary), Lounge Area, Mosquito Nets, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower, Tea / Coffee, Verandah
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If you are here for the wildlife then the best way to get up close and personal with the animals is on a drive in customised open Land Cruiser.
Another huge benefit of staying within the conservancies is the ability to appreciate the stunning landscape on foot, peacefully, without the noise of engines. We highly recommend this unforgettable experience. Usually early morning or evening is the best time, as the middle of the day is too hot to venture out of the shade. Wear good walking shoes, a hat, and neutral coloured clothing so as not to alarm the wildlife, and take binoculars. Your guide will have water for you. Walks are led by licensed guides with firearm training.
This is a great activity during mid-day siesta. Make sure you’re with a guide. During January and February there is a moratorium on fishing. Catch-and-release fishing only.
Navigating through the Okavango Delta's network of waterways is an invigorating way to get a sense of the scope of this huge wetland. You’ll undoubtedly have wonderful birding and maybe even some hippo, buffalo and elephant sightings. (Boating is a seasonal activity, typically between June and September but varies seasonally).
We can all recall the freedom of our youth when we were outside all day, making forts, catching tadpoles and climbing trees. We were all explorers of some kind, even if just in our suburban garden.
We explored, we discovered, we might have even gotten lost, but we always retuned the wiser and more enlightened.
Safaris with kids are much the same – a time to stimulate all the senses. Safaris open up a whole new world to us all, but for kids that world is even more enchanting. Exciting new animals are a huge part of a safari experience, but delving deeper into what lies in heart of the land and its people all the while learning and experiencing to the great satisfaction of kids (and parents). Stepping away from everyday life to build a traditional reed hut, or treasure hunting and practicing your newly learnt traditional bush survival skills is an experience we would all cherish. For kids, it is magical.
Your Stay
4 Nights
Fast Facts
4 Star
Luxury Tented Camp
Spoken Languages: English
No. Rooms: 5
Special Interests: Big 5, Birding, Fishing, Flora, Gourmet, Indigenous Culture / Art, Leisure, Nature, Relaxation, Star Gazing, Wildlife