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Botswana Honeymoon Safaris – Romantic Camps From The Okavango Delta To The Kalahari
Botswana does romance its own way. Instead of beach bars and room-service menus, you get a mokoro gliding through papyrus at first light, elephants drinking below your deck, and a dinner table laid out under a sky thick with stars. Every camp here has something that suits a couple: a secluded suite, a small and quiet camp, a view worth waking up to, or a table set for two under the stars.
The collection covers northern Botswana and reaches into the Kalahari, so a honeymoon can be built around water, land or both:
- Okavango Delta – camps on private concessions, several of them on islands, with mokoro and boat trips onto the channels
- Moremi – Chief's Island and the waterways in and around Moremi Game Reserve
- Khwai – riverside camps bordering Moremi, with night drives and guided walks
- Linyanti – lagoon-side camps in Botswana's far north
- Chobe – Ngoma and Muchenje, on an escarpment above the Chobe River, an easy pairing with Victoria Falls
- Savuti – lodges on the Savuti Channel inside Chobe National Park
- Kalahari – a private concession on the edge of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
What turns a safari into a honeymoon is the detail:
- Private plunge pools on your own deck
- Nights under the stars on sleep-out decks and treehouse beds – see our star beds collection
- Spa treatments between game drives – see our best spas collection
- Outdoor showers and baths open to the bush – see our best baths collection
- Private dinners, bush dinners and sundowners for two
Not every camp offers all of these, so tell us what matters most to you and we'll match the camps to it. Most couples combine two or three areas, pairing a water camp in the Delta with a game-drive camp in Khwai, Linyanti or Savuti, and we'll plan the whole trip around you, as we have since 1999. For inspiration, read our Okavango Delta honeymoon safari guide.
Our Botswana Honeymoon Lodges, Camp By Camp
Chitabe Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Wilderness Chitabe sits on an island in a private concession bordering Moremi Game Reserve. A small, intimate camp with an outdoor shower in every room, plus day and night drives and bush walks.
Dinaka Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
The one to choose for desert rather than water. Dinaka has its own private concession on the northern edge of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and a sleep-out deck where couples can dine and spend the night outside.
Duba Explorers Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Only a handful of open-sided tents share this small island in the Duba Plains private reserve, in the remote north-east of the Delta. Evenings centre on a copper fire pit; days on boating, walks and drives.
Duke's Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Duke's Camp lies in a private concession bordering Moremi Game Reserve. Tents have indoor and outdoor showers and private decks, and days split between game drives, boat trips and mokoro excursions.
Duke's East Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Duke's East is the smaller sister camp to Duke's, beside Moremi Game Reserve. Private decks and outdoor showers make it feel like your own camp, with mokoro, boat trips, drives and helicopter flights.
DumaTau Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Choose DumaTau if a plunge pool of your own matters: every tented suite has one on its deck. The camp overlooks Osprey Lagoon in the Linyanti, where elephant herds come down to drink, with boat trips, walks and drives.
Eagle Island Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Belmond Eagle Island Lodge stands on Xaxaba Island in the Okavango Delta. Ask for the private suite set apart from the tents, with its own heated plunge pool, then explore by mokoro, boat and on foot.
Little Machaba Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Little Machaba is a small, separately run camp in Khwai, overlooking Moremi Game Reserve. Raised tents with private verandahs face the floodplain, with game drives, night drives, walks and short mokoro trips.
Machaba Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Elephants regularly walk past the tents and pool at Machaba, on the Khwai River beside Moremi. Dinner is served by the fire in a bush clearing, and there's a spa menu. Note that the camp also welcomes families.
Mokolwane Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Mokolwane is a small camp in the Xudum concession of the southern Okavango Delta, its tents raised high off the ground. Expect game and night drives, seasonal mokoro and boat trips, and helicopter flights.
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Muchenje looks out over the Chobe River from its escarpment, away from busy Kasane. Thatched cottages, a pool above the floodplain and private dining, with river cruises, walks and mokoro trips when water allows.
Ngoma Safari Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Ngoma suits couples adding Victoria Falls to a Chobe stay. It sits on an escarpment in the Chobe Forest Reserve, beside the national park, and every suite has a plunge pool and full-length windows facing the river.
North Island Okavango
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Pick North Island if the water is the point. It has its own private island at the upstream end of the Delta, where the floods arrive first, and only a few tents. Expect mokoro, boating and helicopter flights.
Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
andBeyond Nxabega sits in an exclusive concession bordering Moremi Game Reserve. Tented suites under ebony trees face the floodplain, each with an open-air shower and private sala, plus mokoro and boat trips.
Sable Alley
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Ask for the honeymoon tent at the far end of the boardwalk: it's set apart from the rest of Sable Alley, with an outdoor shower. The camp is in the Khwai Private Reserve bordering Moremi, with drives and mokoro trips.
Sanctuary Chiefs Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
For Moremi game viewing with a plunge pool on your deck, choose Chief's Camp on Chief's Island. Every bush pavilion has one, and the spa takes care of slow afternoons between game drives.
Savute Elephant Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge sits on the Savuti Channel inside Chobe National Park. A spa tent, a hide over the waterhole and private bush dinners make it an easy fit for couples between game drives.
Savute Safari Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Savute Safari Lodge stands on the Savuti Channel in the remote west of Chobe National Park. Thatched chalets open onto private verandahs, the main deck overlooks a waterhole, and drives visit the Gubatsa Hills rock art.
Stanleys Camp
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Sanctuary Stanley's Camp sits in a private concession in the southern Okavango Delta, bordering Moremi Game Reserve. Raised canvas tents with viewing decks, and a mix of game drives, guided walks and seasonal mokoro trips.
Xigera Safari Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
The night to book at Xigera is in the three-level Baobab Treehouse, with an open-air bed on the top floor. Back at the lodge in Moremi there are two spa treatment rooms and mokoro trails along the waterway.
Xugana Island Lodge
Rates form part of a safari itinerary
Not for couples who want game drives: Xugana has none. It faces the Xugana Lagoon in the northern Delta, and days are mokoro, boat trips, fishing and island walks, with dinner served over the water.
Botswana Honeymoon Lodges: Your Questions Answered
Which Botswana honeymoon lodges have a private plunge pool?
Several do. At Sanctuary Chief's Camp on Chief's Island, every pavilion has a plunge pool on its deck, as does every suite at Wilderness DumaTau in the Linyanti and at Ngoma Safari Lodge above the Chobe River. At Belmond Eagle Island Lodge, ask for the private suite with its own heated plunge pool.
Can we sleep under the stars on a Botswana honeymoon?
Yes. Dinaka, on the northern edge of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, has a sleep-out deck where couples can dine and spend the night under the open sky. At Xigera Safari Lodge in Moremi, the three-level Baobab Treehouse has an open-air bed on its top floor. Our star beds collection has more.
Which honeymoon lodges in Botswana have a spa?
Sanctuary Chief's Camp has its own spa, Xigera Safari Lodge has two treatment rooms, and Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge runs a spa tent. Machaba Camp in Khwai offers a spa menu, and Wilderness DumaTau arranges treatments in camp. For spas across the rest of Botswana, see our best spas collection.
Which honeymoon camps focus on time on the water?
Xugana Island Lodge, on a lagoon in the northern Okavango Delta, offers no game drives at all: just mokoro, boat trips, fishing and island walks. Belmond Eagle Island Lodge is also built around the water, and North Island Okavango sits upstream, where the floodwaters arrive first. Water activities at other camps depend on flood levels.
Which honeymoon lodges overlook the Chobe River?
Ngoma Safari Lodge and Muchenje Safari Lodge both stand on an escarpment above the Chobe River, away from the busier Kasane riverfront. Ngoma lies in the Chobe Forest Reserve, which borders the national park. Both are reached from Kasane, which makes adding Victoria Falls to a Chobe honeymoon straightforward.
Can we have private dinners at these lodges?
Many lodges in the collection can arrange one. Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge offers in-room, private and bush dinners, Muchenje Safari Lodge can set a private table under its poolside pergola, and Machaba Camp serves dinner by the fire in a sandy bush clearing. Tell us it's your honeymoon when we book, and we'll ask each camp to arrange it.
Map of Lodges in and around Botswana
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