Wilderness Chitabe

Wilderness Chitabe reopened in 2025 after a full rebuild that doubled the size of its eight guest suites while cutting the camp's footprint: insulated canvas walls and stretch-tent roofs keep interiors cool without heavy air conditioning, backed by evaporative coolers roughly 90% more efficient than standard units, all running on solar power. The camp sits on a private 22,000-hectare concession bordering Moremi Game Reserve, where the Gomoti and Santantadibe channels meet a mosaic of floodplain, woodland and open grassland. Suites stand on elevated steel platforms with wood, leather and wool interiors, and photographs by co-owner Dave Hamman on the walls.

Chitabe's peninsula setting draws an unusually dense mix of predators year-round: lion prides, packs of African wild dogs, leopard and cheetah move through the concession, tracked in part through a wild dog database the camp has kept since 1997. Guides lead game drives, walking safaris and, water levels permitting, mokoro trips through the floodplains, with scenic helicopter flights available for an aerial view of the Delta's channels. The camp was among the first in the Delta to stop burning waste and switch to trucking it out instead, now standard practice across the region.