Savute Elephant Camp
Savuti Marsh - Chobe National Park, Botswana
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SAVUTE ELEPHANT CAMP - SAVUTI
MARSH, CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA
Savute Elephant Camp is dramatically different
from Orient-Express Safaris' other camps (Khwai
River Lodge and Eagle
Island Camp). It is located on the Savute Channel in Chobe
National Park, which is in the rugged, semi-arid wilderness region
of far northern Botswana. And it is a tented camp, recently under thatch,
in true African style.
The area is known for its exciting game viewing and birding. This area
also presents you with the rare opportunity to view rock paintings drawn
by the early Bushmen, who once inhabited the region. As this camp is situated in the Chobe National Park, park regulations
prohibit night drives and walking.
Savute personifies the eternal contrast
of Africa. Where Orient Express' other two camps celebrate water and
lush vegetation, Savute is an objective lesson
in aridity. Rain in this dry place is rare and water is precious. Situated
on the Savute Channel, which is an eccentric waterway that fluctuates
between being bone-dry or
flooding, the whole ethos of Savute
Elephant Camp is commiserate with its inhabitants and environment,
although the camp has not seen water flowing in the channel since 1983.
You find yourself in harmony with
a unique timeless place, removed from city life. In Savute, you realize
that precious little has changed on
these dry plains since time began. And the realization dawns that you
are fortunate and privileged to be in one of the last corners of the
planet governed by nature.
Savute Elephant Camp is owned and
operated by Orient Express Safaris.
Accommodation 
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Savute offers 12 twin-bedded
luxury canvas tents, recently placed under thatch, that are perfectly
suited
to the desert air and feature lavishly appointed
en-suite bathrooms and dressing areas. The
tents also have private viewing decks and comfortable outdoor lounges
overlooking the Channel.
Facilities include: 'His
and hers' vanity unit, private viewing decks, electric heaters, air
conditioning, hair dryers, electric overhead fan (24 hour use), 110v/220v
plugs for electric razor, facilities for charging video cameras,
and 24-hour DC battery lighting in the guest rooms.
The Camp's Facilities include:
• Heated swimming pool - built slightly into the riverbed
• Private outdoor leisure area
•
Satellite phones on request
• Telescopes
• Laundry
• Curio shops with toiletries, video and 35mm film, safari wear, local
art and craft objects
• Reference library of books and videos, audio-visual facilities
• VHF radio communications plus 24 hour emergency facilities
• Environmental flora and fauna check lists, talks and lectures
• Viewing
decks
• Covered dining room and lounge area
• Fully stocked bar
• Camp fire and seating area
Meals include:
Early breakfast (served around 6am)
Light brunch (served around 11am)
Light snacks, tea and coffee on morning activity
Afternoon tea (served around 4pm)
Drinks and snacks on afternoon activity
Dinner (served around 8pm)
Activities
Savute Elephant Camp
offers game viewing activities in the morning and late afternoons. These
activities
take
place on a safari viewing vehicle, designed for
your comfort and safety. Activities are restricted to set regulations
as the camp is within a national park.
Activities include:
• Morning and afternoon game drives
• Bird and wild animal viewing from all the decks and the swimming pool
surround, all overlooking the purpose-built water hole
• Visits to view Bushman rock paintings
Services on request and subject
to surcharge:
• Company environmental manager
• Private guides and vehicles, on request
• Specialized guides and speakers
• Game flights; fixed-wing and helicopter (see below)
• Exclusivity of the camp (subject to availability)
Additional activities:
• Scenic game viewing
flights: Breathtaking flights
in a Cessna 206 can be arranged.
• Helicopter flights: These flights are taken in a Bell Jet Ranger and can
be arranged on request.
• Additional activities are available either by pre-arrangement or on arrival
at the camp.
Wildlife
The opportunities to view game and
the astonishing bird life of this area are unsurpassed. The
camp's Rangers
are almost telepathic in their ability to find game. They will point
to what appears to be an empty horizon. From the emptiness, magnificent
creatures will appear, as if conjured by some unearthly magic.
Every day, in the early morning and evening,
your professional Ranger will guide your four-wheel drive safari vehicle
to within close viewing
range of impassively grazing herds of Impala, Tsessebe, Giraffe and
Zebra as well as within close focus range of the powerful predators:
Lion,
Leopard and Cheetah. You are also likely to see plenty of
Wildebeest, Warthog, Kudu, Black-backed Jackals, Steenbok, Bat-eared
Foxes, vultures, hornbills and eagles.
In Savute, one animal reigns supreme.
Savute is the place to see the earth's largest land creatures in their
full glory. Elephants
are numerous
and very big in Savute.
When the rain comes in December, this
arid region changes completely and the once dry plains sustain, for
a short period, herds of migrating
Zebra in their thousands. In their trail are the opportunist predators
such as Lions and Hyenas. It is truly a spectacle to behold. More than
anywhere else, here at Savute
you sense the essence of Africa.
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