Savute Under Canvas Chobe Botswana

Savute, a remote and wild corner of Chobe National Park, stretches from the park’s northern boundaries to the Linyanti River. The area’s main feature is the mysterious Savute Channel, which flows and dries up seemingly unrelated to the rainfall. Dry and arid for almost 30 years, animals in the area were sustained by artificial waterholes.

With the Savute Channel flowing again in recent years, the region has undergone a startling transformation, reverting to its natural lush and marshy state. Large numbers of wildlife have been attracted to this rejuvenated wilderness haven.

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The semi-mobile tented camps of Savute Under Canvas are carefully positioned at exclusive wilderness campsites in the expansive Savute corner of Chobe National Park, offering exceptional game viewing opportunities. Booked on a nightly basis, each of the five comfortable tents has a double bed, as well as an ensuite bathroom, separate w.c and steaming hot bucket shower, with water delivered on request.

The guest areas comprise comfortable tents for dining, meeting for a pre-dinner drink or just whiling the time away between game drives. Welcoming camp staff serve delicious meals cooked over the glowing coals.

Accommodation at Savute Under Canvas Chobe

Safari Tents

Chobe under Canvas is equipped with 5 en-suite safari tents that can accommodate 10 people at a time. Each Safari tent has an en-suite bathrooms with flush toilet and steaming hot bucket shower. Twin beds have been placed in each tent but are convertible into double beds. Come an experience dining beneath open skies and easy access from Victoria Falls; ideal opportunity to create a cross-border itinerary.

The campsites are not fenced off and it is requested that guests be extremely vigilant at all times. Guests are accompanied at all times when walking around the lodge at night.

Botswana has hot, wet summers from October to April. Winters (from May to September) are dry and cool and nights can be chilly. Rainfall occurs from October or November until March.

Activities

Morning and afternoon game drives. Game drives include beautiful views over the river, with very high densities of elephant, buffalo and hippo, as well as enormous crocodiles, lions, fish eagles, water monitors and black-backed jackal

Where is Savute Under Canvas?

Situated in Savute, a remote and wild corner of Chobe National Park which stretches from the park’s northern boundaries to the Linyanti River.

Camps move to a different site every five or six days. This is a true African experience, with campsites in remote areas where guests can expect to see few other people or vehicles.