One of the best known water based concessions, the Xaxaba Concession lies in the permanent delta and borders the famous Chief’s Island region of the Moremi Game Reserve. The area changes hugely with the floods as three quarters of the area is seasonally inundated.

Animals
This is an exclusively water-based area and so tracking game is not a feature of visiting the area. There is a lot of game here however and you will see antelope such as lechwe, tsessebe, reedbuck and kudu (but not roan or sable) when out on a walking safari as well as zebra and giraffe. From the water you will have a good view of hippopotamus and crocodile. Leopard are common because the riverside forest is their preferred habitat but they are always difficult to see wherever they are because they rely on surprise and concealment.

Birdlife
This is a paradise for birders. This is the kingdom of giant, malachite and pied kingfishers and also saddle billed storks, as well as lapwings and knob-billed ducks. When the summer begins, migrants such as paradise flycatchers and carmine bee-eaters.

Plantlife
There are small areas of permanent swamp with clumps of bulrushes and papyrus. Riparian forest around the Boro river is the dominant characteristic of the area which includes leadwood, jackalberry, fevertree and sausage tree and also notably huge strangler figs which can envelop and smother their host tree. Sedge and grasses are found on the floodplains, especially ‘silver spike’ grass.

Access: By light aircraft

Best Months: All year round

Camps

Eagle Island Lodge | Gunn’s Camp | Moremi Crossing