Walking Safari:

On a walking safari through the Delta, you are totally enveloped in nature. You spot amazing things close-up: an insect, animal tracks, big game droppings, swarming termite mounds. These small, unexpected aspects of life often make the biggest impression. If a game drive is like reading a book, a walking safari is like actually becoming a character in that book.

Mokoro Canoe Safari:

This traditional dugout canoe takes you gliding over shallow, clear waters past brilliant water lilies and papyrus grasses to areas inaccessible by boat.

Motorboat Safari:

Motorboat safaris up the Delta takes to closer to nature and far of areas not accessible by foot or vehicle.

Village Life:

Belmond Eagle Island Lodge is positioned close to Xaxaba village. On request, you may visit the village, and you may be invited into a private home to experience aspects of their way of life. This is no tourist attraction, but a community of people who have adapted ancient traditions to modern times.

Barge Cruise:

Take a slow gently cruise down the Delta for sundowners, you might just see a Fish Eagle taking flight or pods of hippos in the distance through an African sunset.

Destination: Moremi Game Reserve

Meals included: Belmond Eagle Island Lodge

Accommodation: Full Board

Private Dining:

With incredible views across the Okavango Delta and delicious food to match, the dining experience at Belmond Eagle Island Lodge is one to remember.

Choose an elegant candle-lit dinner on the private outdoor deck (additional rates apply).

Dining at Belmond Eagle Island Lodge:

Enjoy superb cuisine under cover or in the open air, surrounded by nature and wildlife.

Our chefs will also happily prepare picnics for you to take on a game drive.

Game drives often start early. You will be woken with a light breakfast to enjoy in your tent before setting off on your drive.

Restaurant times:
Early breakfast (served around 6 am)
Light snacks, tea and coffee for the morning activity
Midday meal served between 10h30 and 13h30
Afternoon tea (served around 4 pm)
Drinks and snacks on afternoon activity
Dinner (served around 8 pm)

Barge Cruise:

Take a slow gently cruise down the Delta for sundowners, you might just see a Fish Eagle taking flight or pods of hippos in the distance through an African sunset.

Motorboat Safari:

Motorboat safaris up the Delta takes to closer to nature and far of areas not accessible by foot or vehicle.

Village Life:

Belmond Eagle Island Lodge is positioned close to Xaxaba village. On request, you may visit the village, and you may be invited into a private home to experience aspects of their way of life. This is no tourist attraction, but a community of people who have adapted ancient traditions to modern times.

Bird Watching:

Many people come to Belmond Eagle Island Lodge purely to experience its huge variety of birds. The 400 land and aquatic species drawn to the watery Okavango Delta make for unrivalled bird viewing.

Mokoro Canoe Safari:

This traditional dugout canoe takes you gliding over shallow, clear waters past brilliant water lilies and papyrus grasses to areas inaccessible by boat.

Walking Safari:

On a walking safari through the Delta, you are totally enveloped in nature. You spot amazing things close-up: an insect, animal tracks, big game droppings, swarming termite mounds. These small, unexpected aspects of life often make the biggest impression. If a game drive is like reading a book, a walking safari is like actually becoming a character in that book.

Destination: Moremi Game Reserve

Meals included: Full Board

Accommodation: Belmond Eagle Island Lodge  

Walking Safari:

On a walking safari through the Delta, you are totally enveloped in nature. You spot amazing things close-up: an insect, animal tracks, big game droppings, swarming termite mounds. These small, unexpected aspects of life often make the biggest impression. If a game drive is like reading a book, a walking safari is like actually becoming a character in that book.

Mokoro Canoe Safari:

This traditional dugout canoe takes you gliding over shallow, clear waters past brilliant water lilies and papyrus grasses to areas inaccessible by boat.

Bird Watching:

Many people come to Belmond Eagle Island Lodge purely to experience its huge variety of birds. The 400 land and aquatic species drawn to the watery Okavango Delta make for unrivalled bird viewing.

Village Life:

Belmond Eagle Island Lodge is positioned close to Xaxaba village. On request you may visit the village, and you may be invited into a private home to experience aspects of their way of life. This is no tourist attraction, but a community of people who have adapted ancient traditions to modern times.

Motorboat Safari:

Motorboat safaris up the Delta takes to closer to nature and far of areas not accessible by foot or vehicle.

Barge Cruise:

Take a slow gently cruise down the Delta for sundowners, you might just see a Fish Eagle taking flight or pods of hippos in the distance through an African sunset.

Dining at Belmond Eagle Island Lodge:

Enjoy superb cuisine under cover or in the open air, surrounded by nature and wildlife.

Our chefs will also happily prepare picnics for you to take on a game drive.

Game drives often start early. You will be woken with a light breakfast to enjoy in your tent before setting off on your drive.

Restaurant times:
Early breakfast (served around 6 am)
Light snacks, tea and coffee for the morning activity
Midday meal served between 10h30 and 13h30
Afternoon tea (served around 4 pm)
Drinks and snacks on afternoon activity
Dinner (served around 8 pm)

Destination: Moremi Game Reserve

Meals included: Full Board

Accommodation: Belmond Eagle Island Lodge  

Game Drive:

It’s dark outside as a cup of steaming coffee and a freshly-baked pastry are brought to your tent. The first rays of the sun are sneaking over the horizon as you set out with your guide. As the light intensifies, the scent of wild sage perfumes the air.

Early morning and late afternoon game drives take you out and among Africa’s largest populations of elephants. Big cats are on the prowl, from leopards to lions. Depending on the season, you will also experience the great migrations such as zebra and antelope. Rare sightings might include the endangered wild dog, rock-climbing klipspringers and the elegant roan antelope.

Equally atmospheric and exciting are evening drives, as the shadows lengthen and the sky turns red. Animals and birds emerge from their siesta, and suddenly the bush is alive with sights and sounds.

Game viewing vehicles sit up to only 6 guests, allowing all on board to enjoy the wildlife from a window seat.

Lookout Hide:

Head to our new viewing hide to enjoy a front-row seat of the action as elephants, hyenas and leopards gather at the watering hole for their daily drink.

Bird Watching:

It is a fascinating time to spot birds at Savute as the intermittent Savute Channel, dry for 30 years, is flowing past the camp again. With it has come a host of new bird species. Dry land birds such as bustards and secretary birds have suddenly been joined by more aquatic varieties. Simply sit out on your terrace and watch the show, especially at dawn and sunset, as they come to splash and drink right in front of your eyes.

Keen birders should also take note of the seasons. At certain times of year, you may encounter annual migrations such as flocks of carmine bee-eaters on the move. Some ride on the backs of kori bustards—an amazing sight.

Bushmen Painting and Baobab Trees:

Out in the bush, where rocks rear up among stony hills, you will find a collection of paintings that takes your breath away. These works by Bushmen are thought to be more than 1,500 years old—beautiful images of elephant, giraffe, sable and eland antelope. Normally, these types of painting might be found hidden in caves, but here, unusually, they are out in the wide, open landscape. No one knows what materials the Bushmen used, but the paint is thought to be a mixture of snake venom, blood and plant juices.

After viewing these paintings, continue to the amazing baobab grove—a cathedral-like cluster of 13 giant trees that rival the Bushmen’s paintings in age. Stand among these towering columns at sunset, as the evening light bathes them in a russet glow and wonder at this ancient land.

Star Gazing:

The open skies around Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge make it the perfect place to experience the vast, dark dome of the African night sky. “A jewel box” is how one of our guides describes it, and certainly it is a wealth of riches from the Milky Way to Orion and Venus. Discover how Bushmen used the stars to locate the true south. And, using a powerful telescope, gaze on constellations that visitors from the northern hemisphere may never have seen before, including the Southern Cross.

The Boma:

Gather around the campfire in this circular log hut and exchange your day’s adventures, much as local villagers do in similar buildings throughout Botswana. Flames flicker, and lamps glow as drinks are served; a choir sings traditional songs and invites you to a buffet of African specialities.

Then take a comfortable seat and listen as camp guides recount tales of the bush. Musicians strike up traditional songs, and the evening often ends with everyone on their feet, dancing to rhythms handed down through generations.

Destination: Chobe National Park

Meals included: Full Board

Accommodation: Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge  

Game Drive:

It’s dark outside as a cup of steaming coffee and a freshly-baked pastry is brought to your tent. The first rays of the sun are sneaking over the horizon as you set out with your guide. As the light intensifies, the scent of wild sage perfumes the air.

Early morning and late afternoon game drives take you out and among Africa’s largest populations of elephants. Big cats are on the prowl, from leopards to lions. Depending on the season, you will also experience the great migrations such as zebra and antelope. Rare sightings might include the endangered wild dog, rock-climbing klipspringers and the elegant roan antelope.

Equally atmospheric and exciting are evening drives, as the shadows lengthen and the sky turns red. Animals and birds emerge from their siesta, and suddenly the bush is alive with sights and sounds.

Game viewing vehicles sit up to only 6 guests, allowing all on board to enjoy the wildlife from a window seat.

 Lookout Hide:

Head to our new viewing hide to enjoy a front-row seat of the action as elephants, hyenas and leopards gather at the watering hole for their daily drink.

Bird Watching:

It is a fascinating time to spot birds at Savute as the intermittent Savute Channel, dry for 30 years, is flowing past the camp again. With it has come a host of new bird species. Dry land birds such as bustards and secretary birds have suddenly been joined by more aquatic varieties. Simply sit out on your terrace and watch the show, especially at dawn and sunset, as they come to splash and drink right in front of your eyes.

Keen birders should also take note of the seasons. At certain times of year, you may encounter annual migrations such as flocks of carmine bee-eaters on the move. Some ride on the backs of kori bustards—an amazing sight.

Bushmen Painting and Baobab Trees:

Out in the bush, where rocks rear up among stony hills, you will find a collection of paintings that takes your breath away. These works by Bushmen are thought to be more than 1,500 years old—beautiful images of elephant, giraffe, sable and eland antelope. Normally, these types of painting might be found hidden in caves, but here, unusually, they are out in the wide, open landscape. No one knows what materials the bushmen used, but the paint is thought to be a mixture of snake venom, blood and plant juices.

After viewing these paintings, continue to the amazing baobab grove—a cathedral-like cluster of 13 giant trees that rival the Bushmen’s paintings in age. Stand among these towering columns at sunset, as the evening light bathes them in a russet glow and wonder at this ancient land.

Star Gazing:

The open skies around Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge make it the perfect place to experience the vast, dark dome of the African night sky. “A jewel box” is how one of our guides describes it, and certainly it is a wealth of riches from the Milky Way to Orion and Venus. Discover how Bushmen used the stars to locate the true south. And, using a powerful telescope, gaze on constellations that visitors from the northern hemisphere may never have seen before, including the Southern Cross.

Boma Experience (Place of eating):

A dining experience second to none in a traditional Boma, best translated as a traditional meeting place, where senior tribe/community members would get together for the “Kgotla” or meeting. Typically, traditional food dishes would be served during or after these get-togethers in the Boma.

The Boma had two entrances, one more hidden than the other, to ensure the safe passage of tribe elders or the chief should any threat arise. The Boma offers spectacular vistas of the African night skies, through the silhouettes of Camel Thorn trees and Acacia nigrescens, which have been incorporated into the design.

Dining in the Savute Boma will, without a doubt, bring you closer to nature within the heart of a true bush environment.

Destination: Chobe National Park

Meals included: Full Board

Accommodation: Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge  

Lookout Hide:

Head to our new viewing hide to enjoy a front-row seat of the action as elephants, hyenas and leopards gather at the watering hole for their daily drink.

Bird Watching:

It is a fascinating time to spot birds at Savute as the intermittent Savute Channel, dry for 30 years, is flowing past the camp again. With it has come a host of new bird species. Dry land birds such as bustards and secretary birds have suddenly been joined by more aquatic varieties. Simply sit out on your terrace and watch the show, especially at dawn and sunset, as they come to splash and drink right in front of your eyes.

Keen birders should also take note of the seasons. At certain times of year, you may encounter annual migrations such as flocks of carmine bee-eaters on the move. Some ride on the backs of kori bustards—an amazing sight.

Game Drive:

It’s dark outside as a cup of steaming coffee and a freshly-baked pastry is brought to your tent. The first rays of the sun are sneaking over the horizon as you set out with your guide. As the light intensifies, the scent of wild sage perfumes the air.

Early morning and late afternoon game drives take you out and among Africa’s largest populations of elephants. Big cats are on the prowl, from leopards to lions. Depending on the season, you will also experience the great migrations such as zebra and antelope. Rare sightings might include the endangered wild dog, rock-climbing klipspringers and the elegant roan antelope.

Equally atmospheric and exciting are evening drives, as the shadows lengthen and the sky turns red. Animals and birds emerge from their siesta, and suddenly the bush is alive with sights and sounds.

Game viewing vehicles sit up to only 6 guests, allowing all on board to enjoy the wildlife from a window seat.

Bushmen Painting and Baobab Trees:

Out in the bush, where rocks rear up among stony hills, you will find a collection of paintings that takes your breath away. These works by Bushmen are thought to be more than 1,500 years old—beautiful images of elephant, giraffe, sable and eland antelope. Normally, these types of painting might be found hidden in caves, but here, unusually, they are out in the wide, open landscape. No one knows what materials the Bushmen used, but the paint is thought to be a mixture of snake venom, blood and plant juices.

After viewing these paintings, continue to the amazing baobab grove—a cathedral-like cluster of 13 giant trees that rival the Bushmen’s paintings in age. Stand among these towering columns at sunset, as the evening light bathes them in a russet glow and wonder at this ancient land.

Star Gazing:

The open skies around Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge make it the perfect place to experience the vast, dark dome of the African night sky. “A jewel box” is how one of our guides describes it, and certainly it is a wealth of riches from the Milky Way to Orion and Venus. Discover how Bushmen used the stars to locate the true south. And, using a powerful telescope, gaze on constellations that visitors from the northern hemisphere may never have seen before, including the Southern Cross.

The Boma:

Gather around the campfire in this circular log hut and exchange your day’s adventures, much as local villagers do in similar buildings throughout Botswana. Flames flicker, and lamps glow as drinks are served; a choir sings traditional songs and invites you to a buffet of African specialities.

Then take a comfortable seat and listen as camp guides recount tales of the bush. Musicians strike up traditional songs, and the evening often ends with everyone on their feet, dancing to rhythms handed down through generations.

Main Destination: Chobe National Park

Meals included: Full Board

Accommodation: Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge  

After breakfast, pick up and drop of at the Airport for your departure flight. End of Service!

Meal Plan: Breakfast