Tubu Tree Camp

Each safari tent is open-plan, with a modest, elegant atmosphere. Relax on the large, comfy bed whilst looking out through sliding doors onto your own private decking and the stunning vista beyond. Mosquito netting is provided hung around the bed, and each tent includes a desk. En-suite bathrooms come complete with an indoor and an outdoor shower and amenities include a yoga mat and some dumbbells. Guests can relax on their decking after an afternoons excursions with a tea or coffee from the included tea and coffee station and absorb the breathtaking view.

2 family tents are available at Tubu Camp, these are two adjoining tents with a large, shared lounge and decking area overlooking the stunning delta. Each tent has a separate ensuite bathroom, complete with indoor and outdoor showers.

Tubu Camp offers a large, communal dining area which is simply, but elegantly decorated with chandeliers and a large candelabra. Guests can eat dinner with a view of the glorious floodplains at sunset, basked in golden sunlight. There is a handmade bar, constructed from a sausage tree where guests can enjoy a pre or post dinner cocktail, relaxing into the atmosphere of the Okavango Delta.

Both day and night game drives are available at Tubu Camp, with a professional guide this is a perfect way to explore the floodplains and spot many species of wildlife in their natural habitat, including lion, leopard, elephant and giraffes to name a few.

Boat excursions are offered seasonally, jet down the crystal clear waterways keeping an eye out for Nile crocodiles or hippos. Mokoro excursions are also available seasonally, this is a more traditional way to explore the waterways and by gliding at a slower pace you may see reed frogs, or spotted-neck otters. See if you can catch a tiger, cat or Tilapia fish with an afternoon spent catch-and-release fishing, available seasonally.

Explore the surrounding grasslands on foot, following an experience guide. Follow animal tracks and see the animals at eye level, there is no better way to feel at the heart of the delta than to be present within nature.

Sleeping out under the stars can be arranged for guests. Enjoy the powerful experience of gazing at the start-filled sky, unpolluted by light.

For a once in a lifetime view of the Okavango Delta, take to the skies in a helicopter trip and view the delta from the air, with uninterrupted, breathtaking views. Chose to fly at either sunrise or sunset for the best photograph opportunities with the sunlights golden rays flooding the scene.

Wilderness Safaris partner properties all work under the sustainability ethos of conservation, culture, commerce and community. Pack for a Purpose is one of the community projects that Wilderness Safaris has partnered with, it is “a non-profit organisation that provides travellers with up-to-date information about required supplies for community-based projects.”

Wilderness Safaris created their own Trust in 2003, this is an independent entity that fund-raises for money to be put into various conservation projects. This engages with projects which can be beyond the scope of the areas in which Wilderness Safaris operate, ensuring that “conservation is a driving force in reaching more people, wildlife and places.

“The Jao Concession, where Tubu Tree Camp is located, and the University of Botswana have created a committee hoping to “encourage better engagement between local communities and the Jao Concession, specifically regarding curbing poaching and over-fishing.”

Tubu Camp is powered by a hybrid system, which only needs to operate for 8 hours a day instead of 24 hours. To ensure waste water is clean before being allowed back into the environment the water is treated in an Above Ground Sewage Plant. This camp has very strict in-house environmental standards, “so only approved eco-friendly detergents and chemicals are used.”

One of Wilderness Safaris aims is if their camps ever needed to be moved they could do so without leaving an imprint on the land, so all their camps are designed with this in mind.

Both the black and white rhino were declared locally extinct in Botswana in the early 1990s. Since then, Wilderness Safaris have partnered with the Botswana government and other NGOs to reintroduce and establish healthy, breeding populations of black and white rhino in the Okavango Delta. Wilderness Safaris helped to restore these rhinos to the wild “in the largest cross-border move ever completed.”

This is an educational programme created by Wilderness Safaris which aims to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders by teaching them life skills and environmental issues. This programme aims to “create a network of learning sanctuaries that uplifts and cares for our children and conserves the planet.”

Since 2012, plastic bottled water has been reduced. All guests of Wilderness Safari camps are given their own reusable water bottles to reduce the use of plastic bottles.