The Shinde Concession lies on the northern edge of the Okavango Delta.  The concession is predominately permanent delta with two of the concession’s camps focusing on water based activities. The northern part of the concession borders the Kwara Concession and includes a good population of plains game.

The Shinde Concession can be divided into two parts, Camp Okavango and Xugana Island Lodge are water based camps and activities focus on the Okavango Delta, whereas Shinde and Footsteps Camps are situated on the edge of the Okavango Delta and offer a balanced mix of water and land based activities. At the water based camps game is mostly focused on aquatic and semi aquatic species with sightings of red lechwe and hippopotamus being common.

Shinde and Footsteps Camp both benefit from a broader range of species living here including wild dog, lion, leopard and hyena. Good game sightings are to be had in the concession with impala, tsessebe, kudu and giraffe making regular appearances.

Birding-  Once again the diverse habitat of the concession allows for a huge variety of bird species. The Okavango Delta is an important breeding site for the region’s birdlife with thriving colonies of storks, egrets, spoonbills and herons.

Plantlife

A large part of the Shinde Concession is permanent wetlands so here you will be surrounded by reeds and papyrus: quintessential Okavango vegetation.  Papyrus is a dominant feature of the permanent swamps and enjoys the Delta’s crystal clear, nutrient deficient water.  The common reed phragmites forms dense reedbeds in the area and is an important nesting site in heronries because the reedbeds are almost impenetrable to mammalian predators.  Swamp grass miscanthus is another notable feature of the area.

Access

All three camps have their own airstrips and all guest fly into the camps.

Best Months

The camps of Shinde Concession are in a deep-water environment and perhaps best visited in the dry winter months.

Camps: Shinde, Camp Okavango and Xugana Island Lodge