Five tented suites on a private concession of palm islands and floodplain, famous for the lions that hunt buffalo through the water.
Duba is the camp Dereck and Beverly Joubert chose as their own base, and it is easy to see why. The concession is a patchwork of palm islands and flooded grassland where lions have learned to hunt buffalo through the channels, and big lechwe herds move across the plains around camp.
With five suites it never feels busy. Each one has its own pool, a bath and indoor and outdoor showers, and there is a professional camera and lenses in every room for you to borrow, with your pictures downloaded to take home. Activities cover open-vehicle drives, guided walks, mokoro and boats, water levels permitting.
It is a place for people who will happily sit with one pride for a whole morning. Drinks including champagne and premium spirits are in the rate, as are shared-seat flights from Maun or Kasane on stays of two nights or more. Families who want privacy should look at the separate two-bedroom Duba Plains Suite, which comes with its own vehicle, guide and chef.
One of five suites on raised decks of recycled railway sleepers, with a lounge, a private pool and shaded sala on the veranda, and a bath with indoor and outdoor showers.
A separate two-bedroom tented suite with a wrap-around veranda, two plunge pools, a butler, a private chef, and its own vehicle and guide.
The main area has a dining room, lounge, library, wine cellar and an interactive kitchen, with a raised deck under ebony trees for eating outside. All drinks, premium spirits and champagne included, are part of the rate.
Each suite has its own private pool and shaded sala, which is where most guests spend the hot middle of the day between drives.
Child rates are available on request. For families, we usually suggest the two-bedroom Duba Plains Suite, which has its own guide and vehicle so you can set your own pace.
| Suites | Five, plus the separate two-bedroom Duba Plains Suite |
|---|---|
| Activities | Game drives, guided walks, mokoro and boating (water dependent) |
| Photography | Professional camera and lenses in every suite to borrow |
| Getting there | Shared-seat air transfers from Maun or Kasane, included on stays of two nights or more |
| Rate includes | Meals, activities, laundry and all drinks including champagne |
Duba Concession, northern Okavango Delta, Botswana
A few of the things we plan for guests in Botswana.
A mokoro is a shallow dugout, poled by a guide standing at the stern. You sit at water level among lilies and papyrus, watching for painted reed frogs, malachite kingfishers and hippos to give a wide berth. It works best from a water camp between June and September, when the flood is high. Ask for an early outing, when the channels are glassy.
The eastern edge of the Delta, where Moremi Game Reserve meets the Khwai River, is some of the most reliable predator country in Africa: lion, leopard and wild dog, which often den here mid-year. Camps in the Khwai community area can drive at night and off-road, which Moremi itself does not allow.
In the late dry season, elephants come down to the Chobe River in their hundreds each afternoon to drink, swim and cross to the islands. A small boat out of Kasane puts you at eye level. The park is busy, so we favour private boats, and Victoria Falls is a short drive away.
Three camps and one waterfall: Chief's Island for big game, the Duba Plains for lion and buffalo, the Chobe riverfront for elephants, and two nights above the Zambezi to see Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side.
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