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Vumbura Plains Camp enquiries and reservations: vumburaplans@madbookings.com
Vumbura Plains CampVumbura Plains Camp is a luxury camp situated in a private concession in the extreme north of the Okavango Delta. The concession, which is leased from the neighbouring community, includes a wide variety of habitats, diverse wildlife and an enormous traversing area of 60,000 hectares. AccommodationVumbura Plains Camp comprises two separate seven-roomed satellite
camps, each with its own raised dining, lounge and bar area tucked
beneath a canopy of cool, shady, indigenous trees . Magnificent
vistas across the Okavango Delta floodplains are a feature. A star-gazing
deck with comfortable cushions protrudes into the floodplain, a
place to gaze upwards, or a convivial camp fire setting. |
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Vumbura Plains Camp is unlike any safari camp you will have seen before.
Each large, luxurious room is raised off the ground on wooden decks and
each comprises a bedroom, lounge, shower and full en-suite bathroom. Outdoor
showers are standard. It is open on three sides, and the billowing curtains
between the various areas create the sense of a yacht floating through
the floodplains.
Each room also has a plunge pool and 'sala' - a comfortable area to lie and relax, watching the waving grasses of the floodplain.
What makes the Vumbura concession so unique is its position on the extreme north of the Okavango Delta. This position encompasses such a wide variety of habitats and species that it has representatives of just about every animal that occurs in the Okavango biome.
Activities
Vumbura Plains Camp offers both land and water activities, principally nature viewing in varied habitats in open 4x4 vehicles, nature walks, mokoro trips and boat excursions. Whilst exploring the spectacular ecology of this area, one can enjoy close-up viewing of lion, leopard, elephant, cheetah and buffalo along with all the plains game.
Birding around Vumbura Plains Camp is incredible - with both variety and prolific numbers. The Vumbura area is possibly the only area in the Okavango Delta where one can see red lechwe (an animal that inhabits the fringes of the waterways) and sable antelope (an animal that prefers the dry countryside) on the same game drive.
How to get there
Vumbura plains is approximately 20 minutes' drive from the nearest airstrip,
although the length of the transfer will always depend on what you see
on the way. Accessible by: Fly-and-Transfer
Email Vumbura Plains Camp enquiries and reservations: vumburaplans@madbookings.com
