A classic tented camp on a private island in the northern Okavango, in floodplains famous for their epic lion-and-buffalo encounters, run to Great Plains’ conservation standard.
Duba sits on a private island in the far north of the Okavango, a world of palm islands and floodplains that flood and drain with the seasons, made famous by the filmed battles of its lion prides and buffalo herds.
Explorers Camp keeps the classic safari spirit, canvas tents, campaign style, unfenced wilderness, with the comfort and guiding you expect and a conservation model behind it.
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Tents are canvas and campaign furniture on raised decks among the palms, comfortable and characterful rather than showy, open to the sounds of the floodplain.
Held together they suit a family or party; the small camp can be taken exclusively for a private stay.
The kitchen cooks hearty, seasonal safari food on the deck, in the boma, or at a table set out under the palms as the floodplain settles for the night.
Sundowners on the plains are the ritual; your designer arranges the bush breakfasts.
Game drives and, when the water is up, boats explore the floodplains for the lion prides and buffalo herds that made Duba famous, plus leopard, elephant and rich birdlife.
This is predator country of the highest order; your designer paces the days to the water and the wildlife.
Tents have decks and, in the main camp, a pool for the hot hours; a massage can be arranged in your tent.
The restoration is the wild itself, unfenced, alive, and close.
Duba’s guides know the prides individually, and Great Plains conservation underpins the camp.
Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the tents, times the light flights and stays one call away throughout.
This far corner of the Delta is palm islands and seasonal floodplains, remote and game-rich, with a private concession keeping it wild and uncrowded.
Duba puts a classic camp at its heart, and conservation behind it.
Everything here is to help you picture it. Your travel designer handles the arranging: the flights, the cars, the guides, the tents held for you alone.
Storied lion-and-buffalo country from a classic, intimate camp.
Drives, water and walks with expert guides, unfenced and alive.
Canvas, campfire and the floodplain at dawn.
A small classic camp taken exclusively for a milestone safari.
Choose where you would set out from. We'll estimate the flight and how much the time change is likely to ask of you.
The Satopia Advantage™
We hold the relationship with Duba and Great Plains, so we can hold your tents together on your dates, or take the camp exclusively. From there a single travel designer composes every day around you. You simply arrive.
The right tents, on the island, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.
Every day composed by one travel designer: the drives and the water, the walks and the light flights, present when wanted, unseen when not.
Drawn from recent guests.
Tents back onto a lively stretch of bush where baboons have learned to investigate zipped tents, so keep flaps fully secured and ask camp staff how they manage this before leaving anything valuable inside. It rarely detracts from the stay, but a little vigilance on arrival saves a nuisance later. Staff are quick to help if it happens.
The game drives here are the real headline, with guides skilled at reading tracks and spotting predators others would miss. Extended outings offer plenty of time to track wildlife across the varied landscape, while sundowners in the bush provide a quiet stillness at dusk that people remember longest. Big cat sightings are common but never guaranteed, so come open to whatever the bush offers.
Botswana and the falls pair naturally. A few we would join to the camp, each arranged as one seamless experience.
Add a water-based camp for mokoro and channels.
Add to your enquiryThe great falls and the Zambezi, an easy flight to end the trip.
Add to your enquiryA few city and vineyard days on the way home.
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Ideal season · May to October
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Duba Explorers Camp is priced by the tent, by night and by season, all-inclusive. The figures shown are indicative. Once we check live availability we confirm an exact, all-in quote for your dates, and nothing is booked and no payment taken until you approve it in writing. A deposit then secures your dates, with the balance due before arrival. The full booking terms, cancellation policy and any security deposit are set out in your confirmation.
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