Adventurous value. No compromise on the wilderness.
Fully-serviced mobile camping in private campsites inside Moremi, Khwai, Chobe and the Central Kalahari, from USD 250 per person per day.
The same ground. A different bed.
A private campsite inside Moremi is still inside Moremi. The lion have no idea what you paid, and sunrise over the floodplain looks the same from a canvas tent as it does from a suite with a plunge pool.
What you give up here is thread count, air conditioning and somewhere to swim. What you keep is a private vehicle, one guide for the whole trip, campsites nobody else can book while you are in them, and a fire to sit at once the light has gone.
The planning and the guiding are the same as on the most expensive journey we sell, and so is the number you call if something goes wrong at midnight.
Journeys in the Kalahari Collection
Every journey below is a private departure and can begin any day of the year. Open one for the day-by-day plan — and treat each as a starting point we expect to rewrite around you.
Indicative from-rates are per person per day, excluding international flights, and vary by season. Compare all four collections, or ask a Travel Designer for a quotation against your dates.
What a mobile camp actually is.
Walk-in canvas, real beds
Tents you can stand up in, with proper bedrolls rather than camping mats, and a private bush toilet and hot bucket shower at each site.
Your own vehicle and crew
A private 4×4 Land Cruiser, a professional guide and a cook who travel with you for the whole journey. Nobody else joins.
Private campsites
Sites inside the reserves that are booked exclusively for your party. No fences, no neighbours, and no other vehicles at your sightings.
Mobile camping, answered honestly.
What is the difference between participation and fully-serviced camping?
On a participation safari guests help pitch tents and wash up; on a fully-serviced safari a crew does all of it and you do nothing but travel. We quote both. Most guests choose fully-serviced, and almost nobody regrets it after a 5.30 a.m. start.
How comfortable is it, honestly?
More than people expect and less than a lodge. Walk-in canvas tents you can stand up in, proper bedrolls rather than camping mats, a hot bucket shower filled on request, a chemical toilet in its own tent, and meals cooked over the fire that are better than they have any right to be. There is no electricity beyond charging points off the vehicle, and no Wi-Fi.
Is it safe to camp unfenced?
Yes, with rules. Your guide sleeps in camp, the fire is managed, and you do not walk between tents at night without calling for an escort. Animals move through camp — that is the point of an unfenced private campsite — and the crew are experienced at managing it. Every departure carries emergency evacuation cover. Our guide to safety on a Botswana safari covers the rest.
Do we drive the whole way?
Yes, in a private 4×4 Land Cruiser with your guide. Botswana’s distances are real, and some of the drives are long. That is the trade for the price — and the drives themselves are game viewing, not transit.
Can families do this?
Often yes, and it can be the trip of a childhood. We would generally want children to be eight or older, comfortable with early starts and long drives, and we will say honestly if we think a lodge-based trip would suit your family better.
Camping, or a camp bed with a roof?
Tell us how you like to travel and we will tell you honestly which collection suits you — including when the answer is a different one.