Featured Lodge

The small safari lodge concept is done better in Africa than anywhere else, and we are fortunate to have visited a fair few on our tours and travels. This month’s featured safari lodge is Elephant Bedroom Camp, located in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.

NOTE: This lodge suffered severe fire damage in September 2021, and is currently closed.

Every now and then we're going to look at our choice of best safari lodges in Africa. This month's is: Ta Shebube Polentswa Lodge, Botswana.

The small safari lodge concept is done better in Africa than anywhere else, and we are fortunate to have visited a fair few on our tours and travels. This month’s featured safari lodge is Polentswa, situated deep in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, on the Botswana side of the Nossob River, in one of the remotest parts of Southern Africa.

Choosing a safari lodge can be an intimidating and somewhat confusing exercise. Plug your search phrase into Google and you’ll probably be rather overwhelmed by the results. And how do you choose? It’s actually a case of too much choice, thereby making it difficult to choose! 'Insider' recommendations can go a long way in helping you make up your mind. Over the years we’ve used a number of lodges in the Greater Kruger National Park, and there are a few that remain firm favorites. Here are 5 that we can thoroughly recommend (though there are many more out there). These are in no particular order, besides geographical location (going north to south).