WhereOverlooking a lagoon in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, northern Botswana
TypeTented safari camp
LevelUltimateSimply the best. Stay in some of the most incredible and exclusive properties.
Price guide££££

DumaTau means roar of the lion, which is not marketing: the camp sits in prime lion hunting ground in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve. The area is also known for its very large elephant population, and a good deal of both can be watched from camp without getting into a vehicle at all.

Game drives are the main activity across this private reserve, with night drives under spotlight and nature walks each showing you a different side of it. When the water is high enough you can go out by boat and fish, though it is catch and release.

For photographers this is a particularly good camp. There is a hide, there are viewing platforms, and simply sitting patiently on your own deck or the main deck tends to pay off.

The camp is raised on wooden decks over the lagoon, the canvas rooms under thatch. The lounge and dining area is large and open-sided with views over the water, filled with old safari furniture, wooden chests, vintage lamps and local pieces. Tea, coffee and snacks run all day, many meals are served outside on the dining deck, and the firepit sits on its own circular deck for drinks afterwards. The pool and sundeck are tucked away out of sight.

Your suite is a spacious canvas-roofed structure with mesh windows and sliding doors running the full width, so the light and the view come in. The canvas walls are hung with reproductions of old maps. Easy chairs, a writing desk, ample storage, tall fans, and a private deck over the river. The bathroom is fully plumbed with twin copper basins and separate cubicles for shower and toilet.

Drinks on the pontoon before dinner are the thing people remember.

The rooms

Tented rooms

Ten rooms including two for families, raised on decks with canvas under thatch. Bed with mosquito net, reading lights, freestanding and ceiling fans, writing desk, armchairs, safe, tea, coffee and drinking water. Mesh windows and full-width sliding doors onto a private deck over the river. En suite with twin copper basins and separate shower and toilet cubicles.

Good to know

  • 10 guest tents
  • 2 family tents
  • Open all year
  • Children aged 6 and over welcome
  • Families with children aged 6 to 12 need to book private activities
  • Boat trips and fishing are seasonal, depending on water levels
Why we are happy to send you here. Wilderness Safaris is a front runner in conservation and ecotourism, working to conserve wilderness and wildlife alongside local communities. Their camps run on a light footprint with careful handling of water, waste and power, and they are behind Children in the Wilderness and the Wilderness Wildlife Trust. Every booking we take also plants trees in deforested parts of Africa through The Travel Forest, and supports the Tribes Foundation.

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