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Light aircraft from Maun (~30 min) or other Delta hops to Chitabe Airstrip, then ~40–60 min game-drive transfer to camp, private charters welcome.
Guests often single out Tent 3 for its outlook, end-of-row tents for the quietest, widest views, and those nearer the main area for the shortest stroll at siesta—there isn’t a bad tent here, it’s about choosing view versus proximity.
Communal, convivial and sense-of-place: breakfasts after drive, fresh salads and bakes at lunch, boma nights dedicated to Botswana favourites, and plated dinners on the deck with private set-ups on request; simple, generous Wilderness hospitality rather than fuss.
Neutral layers for cool dawns and warm middays, a light windproof for night drives, soft-soled shoes for raised walkways, a dust buff and polarised sunglasses, a beanbag or clamp for lenses, and a soft duffel to respect light-aircraft limits.
Ask for the Behind-the-Scenes sustainability tour between drives, plan one long dusk drive when elephants and buffalo roll in off the woodlands, and—if rotors are running—book a 30–45 minute heli flip for that bird’s-eye sweep of channels before your next game drive.
Chitabe supports Wild Entrust Africa’s large-predator work and funds aerial wildlife surveys in northern Botswana, alongside backing wild dog and leopard research; on the ground, the camp runs 100% on solar with thermodynamic hot water, uses steel frameworks and pre-disturbed pads to minimise footprint, shares profits with staff, and contributes to Shorobe and Maun community projects - guests can even tour the systems that power it all.
