Zarafa Camp

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GENERAL INFORMATION

• Ideal for the Chobe experience without the crowds – Zarafa has only 4 guest rooms
• Zarafa Camp is where extreme green meets extreme luxury
• Zarafa Camp is located in the Selinda Reserve, 320,000 acres private reserve which has only a total of three small camps, and an incredible 20,000 acres per guest room 
• One of Africa's most endangered predators, the Wild Dog, is resident in the Selinda area and is one of the best areas anywhere for elephant, lion and leopard

Zarafa Camp is one of Africa’s newest camps. It is also small, with only four guest suites and is located under forest of trees with arguably the most beautiful views in all of Botswana – and is located in an area with superb wildlife concentrations.  Zarafa is at the cutting edge where appropriate luxury meets total green.  The entire camp has been carefully designed to ensure that guests enjoy the atmosphere and luxuries of a great tented camp, while at the same time ensuring that the emissions and ecological footprint is the smallest possible. All the 220 volt electricity (available 24/7) is generated by the sun, the 4x4 game viewing vehicles are run on a blend of recycled cooking oil. All the beautiful hardwoods that make up the camp are manufactured from reworked 100 year old teak railways sleepers.

Zarafa is located within the Selinda Reserve, a 320,000 acre private reserve that connects the Okavango Delta with the Linyanti/Kwando waterways close to the eastern boundary of Chobe National Park. The Reserve follows the Selinda Spillway, a channel that can become a river in years of high floods to connect the Okavango to the waterways in the Chobe region some 100km away. Zarafa Camp is located in the eastern sector of the Selinda Reserve and close to the attractive waterways that fringe Zibadianja Lagoon. The experience at Zarafa is small and personal, where only a maximum of eight guests at any one time can experience a big game safari in the finest African tradition.

Activities on offer at Zarafa include game drives in open 4x4 vehicles, as well as night drives with spotlights. Bush walks with an armed ranger are a specialty. The camp also offers superb bush breakfasts and dinners. At certain times of the year when water levels are high, guests may enjoy boating and fishing on the lagoon.  

ROOMS

Zarafa Camp has only 4 tents, each with one of the most beautiful views possible from anywhere within the tent. Each of the large, comfortable tented suites has its own plunge pool, lounge, ensuite bathroom with copper baths and indoor and outdoor showers

DINING

Guests enjoy wholesome cuisine in the raised thatched dining area overlooking the waterways of the Zibadianja Lagoon. Hardly a moment goes by when the lagoon is not attracting elephants, hippos or other wildlife and superb birdlife.  Meals are generally enjoyed on Zarafa’s cool and shaded open air dining deck.

FACILITIES

• Swimming Pool
• Gift Shop
• Laundry Service
• Game Drives
• Walking Safaris
• Boat Cruise
• Children over the age of 8 years are welcome
• Night game drives
• Airstrip