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Zarafa Camp

A tiny, richly appointed tented camp on the private Selinda Reserve, four tents under old leadwood trees beside a lagoon, in some of Botswana’s finest big-game country.

Four tents, a whole reserve
Selinda Reserve · Botswana 18° 35′ S  /  23° 32′ E
Satopia Travel presents A cinematic travel experience In partnership with Great Plains Conservation
The Camp

Four tents under the leadwoods, and a reserve almost to yourselves.

Zarafa sits under ancient leadwood trees beside a lagoon on the private Selinda Reserve, the corridor linking the Okavango and the Linyanti. It has just four vast tents, so the reserve’s big game is shared with almost no one.

The tents are old-safari romance brought up to date, copper, canvas, campaign furniture, private decks and plunge pools, and each comes with its own photographic kit. This is Great Plains conservation at its most intimate.

Overview Selinda · Botswana
Setting
A four-tent camp on the private Selinda Reserve, Botswana
Accommodation
Vast canvas tents under leadwoods, with plunge pools
Exclusive use
Tents taken together, or the camp exclusively
Getting there
Via Maun or Kasane, then a light flight to Selinda
The stay
Stay 3 nights or more, and we plan your whole experience
Satopia experience
Tailor-made for you: drives, boats and photography, arranged end to end
Under the leadwoods · 4:5
Enquire

Every experience begins with a single click. Tell us when and with who and we'll design a world around you.

Guests From 2 to 20 guests
2
Nights Minimum 3 nights stay
3
WhatsApp Email Satopia reservations
The Camp

Four tents on a huge private reserve: the game outnumbers the guests many times over.

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01 Accommodation

Four vast tents, old romance made modern.

Each tent is enormous, canvas and copper, campaign desks and leather, a private deck and plunge pool over the lagoon, and its own photographic gear. Only four, so the camp is intimate by design.

Held together they take a family or party; the camp of four can be taken exclusively with ease.

Tents
Four in all
Sleeps
On confirmation
Outside
Plunge pools & the lagoon
Use
Tents, or the whole camp
Under the leadwoods · 4:5
02 Culinary

Bush dining, and a table by the lagoon.

The kitchen cooks generous, seasonal safari fare on the deck, in the boma, or at a table set by the water as elephants drink at dusk.

Sundowners on the lagoon are the ritual; your designer arranges the bush breakfasts and private dinners.

The table
The deck & the boma
By the water
Private dining, on request
By the lagoon · 4:5
03 Experiences

Drives, boats, and photography on Selinda.

Selinda is prime big-game country: lion, wild dog, buffalo and huge elephant herds. Explore by game drive, by boat on the spillway when it flows, and on foot with expert guides.

Zarafa is built for photographers, with hides, gear and guides who know the light; your designer paces the days to the wildlife.

On the reserve
Drives · boats · walks
Built for
Wildlife photography
Drives & photography · 4:5
04 Wellness

A plunge pool, a deck, and the bush for the rest.

Each tent’s plunge pool and deck carry the hot hours; a massage can be arranged in your tent.

The deeper restoration is the intimacy and the wild, four tents, a vast reserve, and the sounds of the bush at night.

At your tent
Plunge pool & deck
On request
A massage in your tent
Bush calm · 4:5
05 Service

A camp team, and one designer over the whole stay.

Zarafa’s guides are among Botswana’s best, and with only four tents the ratio of team to guest is high; Great Plains conservation underpins it all.

Behind them sits your Satopia travel designer, who holds the tents, times the light flights and stays one call away throughout.

At the camp
Expert Botswanan guides
Behind it
One Satopia travel designer
Quiet hospitality · 4:5
06 Setting

The Selinda: Botswana’s wild corridor.

The Selinda Reserve links the Okavango and the Linyanti, a private corridor of channels, plains and woodland with some of Africa’s densest game and fewest beds.

Zarafa keeps four tents on it, and conservation at the heart of the model.

Around you
Channels, plains & woodland
Reached by
Light flight only
The wild corridor · 4:5
Moments

The camp, in motion.

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Image slot A tent under an old leadwood.
Image slot Wild dogs on the hunt.
Image slot A table by the lagoon at dusk.
Image slot A plunge pool as elephants drink.
Plan your Experience

What's the forecast?

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.

When to go
Best · May – October · the dry season, concentrated game; green season Nov to March
31°
Jan
31°
Feb
31°
Mar
30°
Apr
28°
May
26°
Jun
26°
Jul
29°
Aug
33°
Sep
34°
Oct
32°
Nov
31°
Dec
Rainfall Driest July · wettest January
Dry season · ideal Green season · lush & warm Rainfall trend
For a gathering

Four tents, held whole.

A whole private camp for a milestone safari, game to yourselves.

For photographers

Built for the lens.

Hides, gear and guides who chase the light, on a big-game reserve.

For two

Intimate wilderness.

A vast tent with a plunge pool over the lagoon, and a reserve almost empty.

For families

Big game, close.

Drives, boats and walks with expert guides, from an intimate camp.

Plan your journey

How far is it from you?

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™

You choose the place.
We'll do all the planning.

We hold the relationship with Zarafa 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.

What we secure

The right tents, under the leadwoods, matched to your party and the season. The access a direct booking rarely reaches.

What we arrange

Every day composed by one travel designer: the drives and the boats, the photography and the light flights, present when wanted, unseen when not.

People we bring to you, on request
Expert guides & trackers
Photographic guides
Camp hosts
Massage therapists
Childminders
Conservation hosts
Satopia Insider

A few things worth knowing.

Drawn from recent guests.

Allow time to settle before first game drive

Zarafa sits deep in the Selinda Reserve, so factor in the transfer time and a little rest before heading out. Ask your designer to schedule an afternoon arrival so you can unpack, take in the tent and be ready for a dawn drive the next day. This spacing helps you absorb the scale of the wilderness rather than rushing straight into it.

Prioritise the lion pride sightings with your guide

The reserve’s resident lion pride is the sighting people remember longest, so make this a priority when briefing your guide on arrival. Mention any interest in photography, as the terrain here suits wildlife photographers particularly well. A good guide will also work in leopard sightings, so ask early and let them shape the drives around your interests.

Extend your stay

Want to stay a little longer?
We'll plan that too.

Botswana and the falls pair naturally. A few we would join to the camp, each arranged as one seamless experience.

Image slotThe Okavango · 9:16
The Delta

The Okavango Delta

Add a water-based camp in the Delta for a different rhythm.

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Image slotVictoria Falls · 9:16
The river

Victoria Falls

The great falls and the Zambezi, an easy flight to end the trip.

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Image slotCape Town · 9:16
The way home

Cape Town & the winelands

A few city and vineyard days on the way home.

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Enquire · The Privé Collection 2026

Every experience begins with a conversation.

Tell us who is coming and your dates. We will shape the rest around you. Nothing is booked yet, and we reply within a day.

01

When would you like to come?

Choose one or more months, or tell us you're flexible on dates.

Ideal season · May to October

02

What's the occasion?

Choose any that apply.

03

An indicative budget?

An estimate of your budget for the whole stay helps us plan your experience. Below is an estimated nightly rate, excluding experience budget, to help you plan.

04

Who shall we reply to?

Included in your experience
  • All meals
  • Scheduled activities
  • Laundry
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks incl. premium spirits and champagne
  • Return light-aircraft transfers
Arranged separately
  • Private safari drives/guide on request
  • Spa treatments

Zarafa 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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