Nxamaseri Island Lodge
Okavango Delta Panhandle
Nxamaseri Island Lodge is located in the winding waterways of the Okavango Panhandle. The camp shows a different side of Botswana, with a strong cultural focus and a proximity to Tsodilo Hills, a World Heritage Site and sacred place of the San people. The permanent water surrounding camp ensures a birding paradise and multiple water activities including mokoro rides and angling for tigerfish.
What We Love
Wildlife
Nxamaseri Island Lodge offers exceptional birding year-round, with peak viewing from September to February before the new flood water arrives. The various habits, including waterways, woodland and riverine ensure a huge variation of bird species and some megafauna including elephant and hippo.
Experience
Activities are mainly water based, with mokoro (dug out canoe) rides, fishing, motorised boat trips including trips to uninhabited smaller islands for walks and exploring. A trip to Tsodilo Hills is highly recommended. Similar in reverence to Uluru/Ayers Rock to the San of Southern Africa, Tsodilo Hills hosts over 4,000 rock art paintings.
Impact
Nearly all of the staff, guides and management of Nxamaseri grew up in two villages very close to camp, ensuring the local community is benefiting from tourism. The new Tsodilo Hills seep out has been created in partnership with the San community, creating jobs and financial opportunity for the often marginalised San.
About Nxamaseri Island Lodge
Nxamaseri Island Lodge is an intimate retreat offering five double/twin chalets, a honeymoon chalet, a triple chalet, and a two-bedroom family chalet, each with en-suite bathrooms. The thatched, tented chalets are tucked into indigenous forest, providing both seclusion and a private viewing deck. A range of activities is available, including mokoro rides, angling for tigerfish, and birdwatching in this water-rich environment. One highlight is the opportunity to sleep out at the culturally significant Tsodilo Hills, a rare and special experience in Botswana. The lodge’s unique setting makes it a haven for nature lovers and those seeking adventure.
- 8 chalets including a triple and family
- Wifi in chalets only
- Children of 6 years and over
- Swimming pool
- Tiger fishing
- Tsodilo Hills sleep out experience
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We choose our local partners, safari camps and guides based on their ability to offer incredible experiences and their commitment to people, the planet, and wildlife. We’ve worked with many of them for years.
- Every holiday we create aligns with our purpose to support conservation through the power of travel
- We measure the carbon cost of each trip and invest in projects that remove emissions and celebrate the wild
- 30% of profits are donated to charities, supporting conservation, communities and biodiversity.