A famously quirky eco-camp on the Okavango Panhandle — a floating river 'throne', a caged swim in the river, and birdlife everywhere. The relaxed finale.
Ngepi Camp · Gallery
River huts
The cage pool
Mokoro
The channels
Breakfast
Dinner
Tue
Fast
Pot (steaks)
Wed
Fast
Pot (risotto)
Thu
German
Chicken pot
By Day
Morning TBC
Afternoon TBC
Evening TBC
Wildlife You May See
Red Lechwe
A water-loving antelope built for splashing across floodplains.
Red Lechwe (Kobus leche) (45580604142).jpg, by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sitatunga
A shy swamp antelope with splayed hooves for soft, marshy ground.
Sitatunga (28044942796).jpg, by Susanne Nilsson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hippopotamus
You'll fall asleep to their grunting just beyond the tents.
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Nijlpaard), RP-T-1914-17-203.jpg, by Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
African Jacana
Walks on lily pads with absurdly long toes — the 'Jesus bird'.
African Jacana, Gambia (12591082294).jpg, by gisela gerson lohman-braun, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Sighting Log Ngepi · add your own photos after the trip
Day 1
Tue, 4 Aug
Day 2
Wed, 5 Aug
Day 3
Thu, 6 Aug
Day 4
Fri, 7 Aug
Getting There
Zambezi Mubala Tented Camp Ngepi
295 km
3 h 30 min
B8 west back to Divundu — long straight tar run through the strip