Chitabe Lediba Camp
(Okavango Delta - Botswana)
Chitabe Lediba Camp - A Botswana Safari Lodge
Chitabe Lediba is a very comfortable five-roomed tented camp
in an enormous concession that borders the Moremi Game Reserve. The area is
situated within a varied habitat of seasonally flooded grasslands, wooded acacia
islands and a number of lagoons. The diversity of habitat enables guests to see
a wide variety of wildlife.
Accommodation consists of five spacious and luxuriously
appointed East African style tents that have en-suite facilities with flush
toilets, and a shower and basin with hot and cold running water. Each room also
has an outdoor shower, which overlooks the floodplain. Each room is on a raised
deck and has an outdoor shower. The room interiors are of the same standard as
its sister camp, Chitabe.
There is a dining area, lounge and pool. The camp overlooks a waterhole, where
Elephants and plains game often come down to drink during the day. Activities
consist of game walks, and day and night game drives in open 4x4 vehicles,
accompanied by an experienced guide.
Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Reedbuck, Buffalo, Impala,
Zebra and Hippo are among the major game attractions of the area. Wild Dogs are
resident in the area and can be sighted - depending on the time of the year.
Access into this area is only by aircraft.
The Chitabe Concession is 28,000 hectares of pristine Okavango wilderness.
It borders the well known Moremi Game Reserve and is nestled between two main
river systems, the Gomoti to east and the Santantadibe to the west. What makes
Chitabe unique to some of the other areas in the Okavango Delta is that it
contains such a variety of habitats within close proximity. A finger of
perennial swamps extends into the Chitabe reserve, which is inundated by water
throughout the year. The area is also dominated by seasonally flooded areas
which transform 56% of the concession from dry floodplains into a lush oasis,
when the annual flood waters meander through. This variety of habitat, which
ranges from the classic Okavango scenery with Illala Palms dotting the
landscape, to open savannahs and acacia woodlands, gives rise to a surprising
diversity of species, which allows Chitabe to offer guests a wide variety of
game viewing and birding experiences
Chitabe is well known for its predator concentrations of cheetah, lion, leopard
and wild dog and because we can offer night-drives, seeing the elusive nocturnal
animals such as aardvark and pangolin is a treat.
The Chitabe camps can offer guests not only a wonderful game viewing experience
in well-equipped game drive vehicles, but we encourage walking as well. Our
guides are all trained and accredited to take walks and our guests can put their
feet on the ground and get a real feel for Africa. Chitabe also has two elevated
hides located in the reserve, where guests can experience a "sleep-out" under
the stars in full comfort and safety.
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