Kadizora Camp lies in a scenic corner of the northern Okavango offering a range of land and water activities. With the option of standard or luxury tents, as well as a private two-bedroomed villa, Kadizora is able to appeal to a range of travellers – all benefitting from the same good game viewing experience. A good value camp in a lovely and game lively private concession.

Kadizora Camp is part of Africa Wild Lodges Group and is located in the private NG12 concession, on the seasonal floodplain between the Selinda Spillway and the Vumbura River. The camp consists of eight luxury and three standard tents which have either twin beds or a conversion to a double bed. Kadizora has now also opened their deluxe family villa, an exclusive use two-bedroomed tent providing private activities, ideal for families or small groups of friends. Each tent also boasts en suite bathrooms and an outdoor decking where guests can sit and admire the landscape from the quiet of their own room. They are well furnished in a classic safari style and have Persian style rugs and crewel work cushions and armchairs. The bedroom tents are positioned to provide seclusion and privacy whilst also offering fabulous views over the majesty of the floodplain.

The main area of Kadizora Camp is an attractive and atmospheric pole and canvas open sided tent construction. There is a decked area for dining (which alternatively might take place in the dining room on cooler evenings) and a central sandy area where guests may relax around the camp fire after dinner enjoying a drink and the sounds of the Delta night.

Game drives are a good way to explore the area. You will drive through mopane forest, floodplains and semi-desert and should view a plethora of game: lion, leopard and cheetah as well as giraffe, zebra and many antelope including, when the flood arrives in February to late September, the water specialist lechwe and of course hippo and crocodile. Birdwatching is particularly good during the flood season.

Kadizora Camp further offers bush walking which allows a completely different experience of the bush. You will observe plants and smaller insects and creatures which you simply cannot see when on a conventional game drive. The guides will also bring alive the details of animals’ tracks and spoor and the uses of plants for traditional remedies.

In terms of water activities, the camp offers mokoro (dugout canoe) trips, enabling guests to glide through the papyrus-lined channels from a vantage point of sitting mere inches above the clear waters of the Delta. The expert polers will ensure a safe route through the maze-like waterways. You can also take motorboat trips and will see pods of hippo and pre-historic crocodiles sunning themselves or floating below the waterline with their eyes alert above the surface. Clients should note that water activities may not be available all year round but due to the concession’s position in the North of the Delta means there is a good chance of being able to enjoy these activities throughout most of the year.

Guests are also able to fish with spinners from a boat during the fishing season where barbel, bream or pike might be part of the catch. The Kadizora Camp cooks will happily prepare what you catch and it can be served to you for that day’s meal.

Kadizora Camp is also able to arrange trips to visit the Gunotsuga community, enabling you to experience and understand the human side of life in rural Botswana including seeing a traditional village.

Finally, guests can take a night game drive. Nocturnal hunters such as lion and leopard might be seen hunting and there is a higher probability of this at night. Hippos leave the river and graze the grasses and smaller animals such as bush babies and aardvarks also become more active after sunset. You will hear new and unaccustomed sounds and find yourself immersed in a world completely different from your daylight Delta.