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NORTH ISLAND – OKAVANGO
Opened at the end of 2023 to rave reviews, North Island Okavango has already scooped up a few awards. North Island was voted onto Conde Naste The Hot List 2024 Winner for Best New Hotels. Travel + Leisure’s IT List Winner for Best New Hotels 2024 was also won. Together with local partners Nakwa and the Magobagoba Youth Trust, the North Island Team are proud of their success.
LOCATION
The private concession is slightly to the west of the renowned Vumbura and Duba Plains concessions on the northern side of Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
CAMP
The landscape is a pristine wilderness of floodplains and grasslands, lagoons and palm-strewn islands. The diverse habitats support an extraordinary range of wildlife.
- 7 tented suites, including a family room.
- Ensuite bathrooms with indoor & outdoor showers, plus bathtub
- Each with sunken deck and private plunge pool
- Ceiling fans & over-bed air-conditioning system
- Minibar in each room
- The camp is 100% solar-powered
- Outdoor gym
- Wellness spa & treatments available (at an additional cost)
- Small well stocked library
- Wi-Fi: Yes
- Hairdryers available
- Battery charging facilities available in the suites only
- Complimentary laundry service
- Child policy: we welcome children aged 6 years and older
- Disabled access: please enquire with reservation
ACTIVITIES AND WILDLIFE
The area around North Island is famed for its large buffalo herds and the lions that hunt them. The plains are also home to a strong population of cheetah and wild dog, while the woodlands host leopard in high numbers. You’ll also spot elusive and lesser-known predators like caracal, serval and mongoose. Each year approximately 40 000 elephants transit through the area.
Birdlife here is especially noteworthy, with over 350-bird species, including the endangered wattled crane, carmine bee-eaters, secretary birds and the Pel’s fishing-owl.
Jump on board a delta boat to cruise the Okavango waterways, take a catch and release fishing trip or slow the pace with a Mokoro trip. Alternatively take to the skies with a scenic helicopter flight over the Okavango Delta for amazing photographic opportuities.
Experience a trip to the World Heritage Site in Tsodilo Hills, home to more than 4,000 San Bushman paintings. This is probably the most important rock art in Africa.
GIVING BACK
The presence of North Island Okavango camp can have a very positive impact on both conservation and local communities.
The Magobagoba Youth Trust uses proceeds generated from the camp to support educational projects and employment creating opportunities for the youth of nearby villages who live along the northern fringes of the Okavango Delta. This is an important way to not only support the communities whose lives have formed part of this spectacular landscape for hundreds of years, but to also protect the animals whose movements form a critical part in sustaining this rich, yet fragile eco-system.
OPEN YEAR ROUND
APRIL TO OCTOBER IS DRY, WITH HIGH WATER LEVELS IDEAL FOR MOKORO AND BOATING SAFARIS. GAME VIEWING IS EXCEPTIONAL DURING THIS TIME, WITH PLEASANT TEMPERATURES.
OCTOBER TO MARCH IS THE GREEN SEASON, WITH DRAMATIC SKIES AND THE BEST TIME TO SPOT BREEDING ANIMALS AND MIGRANT BIRDS.
THE CAMP WELCOMES CHILDREN AGED 6 YEARS AND OLDER
Call +44 1984 667420 or Email sue@trackssafaris.co.uk
Our expert staff are on-hand, happy to assist with any enquiry you have.
