Chobe Bakwena Lodge
Bakwena Lodge is an intimate, privately owned eco-lodge on the banks of the Chobe River. Built some three years ago after an agonising 13 years of bureaucracy the owners had plenty of time to plan their dream! Bakwena has 15 individual chalets designed and decorated in a manner befitting our environment they offer a cool and comfortable escape. There are two Room Types at Bakwena Lodge. ‘Ten x ‘River-View Chalets’ which are all facing the magnificent Chobe River and Five x ‘Treetop Chalets’ which are elevated 3.5m above the ground with views of the Treetop canopy. They offer an inclusive safari option in an area with some of the finest game viewing to be had. Chobe is well known for its predators and has the home of most of Botswana’s estimated 200 000 elephants. Activities are naturally focused on the land and water based safaris, all based in-house, a host of other activities are also on offer from fishing trips to guided bicycle tours or a sundowner cruise to the meeting place of four countries, (the only one in the world). Bakwenas’ excellent guides will endeavour to make your stay in Chobe a highlight of any safari. The lodges’ eco-credentials include the natural swimming pool filtered entirely by plants, their employment policies, food choices, building methods and a host of otherwise unseen ways in which any negatives to the lodges surroundings or environment are addressed. Bakwena has become a keen supporter of their local school and village tours either on foot or by bicycle are encouraged. Bakwena has at the heart of its ethos the fact that an African safari is so much more than its animals or dramatic landscapes, its people are, they believe the very heart and soul of what makes Africa unique. Chobe and the lodge are host to a huge variety of bird species that can be enjoyed from your private deck, on foot or the comfort of one of their comfortably appointed Game Viewers or boats. Bakwena has set out to be far more than the owners interpretation of what a safari camp should be, this is a place where already multiple guests have returned for a second or third visit to appreciate the lodges warm surrounds and welcome to enjoy the beauty that is Chobe
