Vumbura Plains

Highlights

The reserve offers an enormous traversing area of close on 130 000 acres.
Excellent wildlife experience in a remote and private part of the Okavango.
Day and Night Game Drives.
Birding is great with large varieties and quantities.
Experienced, trained and accredited guides.

Camp Description

Great multi-activity camp.
Views of floodplain from tents.
Vumbura Plains Camp is broken down into two smaller camps each comprising fourteen beds, as follows:

Vumbura Plains South
- 6 x twin bedded tents.
- 1 x honeymoon tent.
Vumbura Plains North
- 4 x twin bedded tents.
- 1 x honeymoon tent.
- 2 x family tents.
Each camp sleeps 14 guests totaling 28 guests.
Both camps and all 14 tents are on decks and connected by raised walkways.
Canvas tents under thatch with en-suite facilities including 2 basins on a vanity.
Evening fire sides in traditional Kgotla/boma.
Plunge pool at each tent.
Indoor & outdoor shower for each room.
Sala at each tent.

Game Viewing

Vumbura Plains has both the wetland and savannah species of wildlife - Red Lechwe, Waterbuck, Hippos, Crocodiles, as well as Sable, Kudu, Wildebeest and Tsessebe, who roam the open plains. On game drives we often see more Sable than we do Impala. Herds of Buffalo and Elephant occur here, along with the predators - Lion, Leopard, Wild Dog and Cheetah. Guests who enjoy their birding will love the combination of all the Okavango water "specials" with acacia and dry woodland species.

Elephant are found all year round but peak roughly from May till late Oct. Lion are seen regularly and it is a good area for Leopard and Wild Dogs. Plains game is good year round but peaks in the dry months. Excellent birding especially Carmine Bee-Eaters in summer.

Wildlife Activities

The Vumbura Reserve offers both land and water activities in a park that has a wonderful variety of habitats and a great diversity of wildlife. The reserve offers an enormous traversing area of close on 130 000 acres. The main activity at Vumbura Plains is game viewing in wonderful and varied countryside. Open 4x4 Land Rovers allow close proximity to animals in the savannah and forested areas. The Vumbura area is possibly the only area in the Okavango where one can see Red Lechwe (an animal that inhabits the fringes of the waterways) and a Sable antelope (an animal that enjoys the dry countryside) on the same game drive. Add in Lion, Leopard, Elephant, cheetah and Buffalo along with all the plains animals and one has an excellent all round wildlife experience in a remote and private part of the Okavango. Birding too is great with large varieties and quantities. Walks, mokoros and boating give Vumbura's guests the opportunity to enjoy Africa from a different perspective.

Game drives.
Night drives.
Walking safaris.
Mokoro excursions.
2 boats.

How to Get there

ExpertBotswana can arrange flights to Botswana from Johannesburg or Cape Town into Maun or Kasane, where most safaris start and end. Transfers from Maun/Kasane are done by light aircraft into the camps Inter-camp transfers are done by light aircraft, road, boat or mekoro.

Child Policy

Children over the age of 8 years are welcome.

Electricity

Camp has 220v generator powered electricity run in kitchen and main areas when guests are not in camp.
When guests return from daily activities.
Video battery can be charged when guests on game drives. Hence bring spare battery and charging unit.