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Okavango Delta, Botswana

Vumbura Plains Camp

We love the Vumbura concession as we feel it has some of the best land and water combination terrain.

Vumbura Plains is a stunning property with a very modern design. This feel is not for everyone but we loved it. Our main complaint with the 'Premier Camp' circuit can be clientele. While they make Africa extremely luxurious these days, let's not forget this is nature and we are in the bush.

The private plunge pools in each room are perfect for couples and honeymooners. There are 2 family rooms which are expensive but lovely space for families.  — Mango's view

Vumbura Plains (pronounced Voombera) Camp is a luxury camp situated to the north of Mombo, in a private concession bordering the Moremi Game Reserve in the extreme north of the Okavango Delta. 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 to 130,000 acres.

Vumbura Plains overlooks a vast, attractive floodplain and the rooms are built under the shade of cool and shady trees. Vumbura Plains consists of 14 bedded camps linked by raised boardwalks and each has its own dining, lounge and bar area. All of the luxury rooms are raised off the ground on wooden platforms with walkways connecting them to the main living areas. Each room has a large, very comfortable bedroom, a lounge, a "sala" and ensuite facilities with a shower, a flush toilet and an outdoor shower under the stars. The main dining, lounge and pub area is also raised off the ground and tucked beneath a canopy of shady, indigenous trees with a wonderful vista across the floodplains. Each room has its own plunge pool.

The main activity at Vumbura Plains is game viewing in wonderful and varied countryside. Open 4 x 4 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.

Includes: All meals, drinks (except premium wines & champagne and premium liqueurs & spirits), 2 daily safari activities.