Savute Safari Lodge desert and delta

Fantastic location! Great, friendly staff. Beautiful rooms, outstanding meals. The guides are amazing. We had "KT." He knew the area like the back of his hand. He found lots of game to observe and photograph. He drove to find the best angles for photos. He gave a smooth and predictable ride even with the challenging roads and trails Highly recommended!

We had a great time at Savute Safari Lodge at Chobe National Park in Botswana. Our guide, Conrad, was very impressive in his knowledge of wildlife and plants in the area. He was very patient with all of our questions and made our trip memorable. We saw so much wildlife including many lions, hippos, giraffes, wildebeest and so many others. We especially enjoyed the trip to the baobab trees and to the Bushman paintings. We came away from our time at Savute with a lot of memories and an appreciation for Africa cultures.

This is a newly renovated camp and is beautiful with view of a watering hole to watch the wildlife. Having visited other locations of this company, the staff did not pay attention to details the way the other locations did. It seemed like they were working on needed training while we were there and the staff took over the main table in the lounge most of the days and early evenings. The family cabin 7A-B is next to the pool and especially unit B will hear the filter all day as well as anyone on the deck, less private and unit B does not have the outdoor shower like other cabins. Cabin six is on the kitchen side and also can get noisy with kitchen prep. Overall, a nice stay and a beautiful facility. We saw great wildlife.

I want to be clear that I am writing this review not of the entire camp, but to relay one unfortunate incident. |While staying for three days at this camp, my sandals were stolen from my room. They were very utilitarian sandals, Tevas, so had little value but were necessary for my travels. I informed management of the theft as soon as I discovered it on my second day there. The manager said she would speak to the housekeeper. When I returned later that day, the sandals had reappeared. The manager asked me if I had found them in my room and then told me that the housekeeper took them to clean them, thinking for some reason that that was what I wanted. Not true, but not wanting to make a scene I just thanked her for their return. Let me be clear--I did not want them cleaned and did not put them in the laundry basket. I was grateful to get them back but I would have appreciated a heartfelt apology from the manager. None came.|I conveyed this incident to my travel agency and my agent contacted Desert and Delta for a response. Their response was beyond disappointing. Rather than a full throated apology, I got a letter of blame and shame. They said that I had put the sandals in the laundry basket (most definitely not true) and the housekeeper cleaned them for me. They then said that no one would do such a crime as their jobs mean so much to them and their communities that they would never do such a thing to jeopardize their employment. Ergo, I must be lying? |The experience itself was irritating, but then to have management lie to cover up what should have been just an unfortunate incident is really crummy.|This was the third camp owned by Desert and Delta that I have stayed at. Two on this visit and once before at Moremi. While I enjoyed my experiences at all camps aside from this incident, being treated so callously by their management makes me want to never book with them again.

I took two of my adult daughters and their partners. The accommodations were absolutely lovely with a high staff to guest ratio. Our guide Kenny was a lot of fun, very knowledgeable and a true professional at tracking. We saw so many animals, got up close, and still felt safe under his guidance. The food was magnificent, better than I have experienced at many high end European and US restaurants. Food and beverages were offered so frequently, I felt like we were being fattened for the lions at times. It was simply wonderful and I highly recommend. I would go back in a heartbeat!

Wonderful! My only complaint was one day was so hot I could not get cool, but it is a tented camp, so I can only expect fans. Nights were better. Guides and staff were amazing, Lynn was a great guide and had a wonderful sense of humor. Amazed how knowledgeable all the guides have been. Very enjoyable and fun!

The room is beautiful, well maintained with comfortable bed and spacious size.||I love the wood floor and the layout of the room.||The staff team made every effort to make us feel comfortable and to be safe. Appreciate it!

This place is newly renovated and is therefore super fresh! The rooms have new and nice furniture with both an outdoor and an indoor shower. The porch (on at least room 5 and 6) has great views over the water hole, where we saw giraffes, lions, elephants and impalas. We were visiting during rain season, so if you are there during dry, I guess you can see even more! The food is ok, but dinner could have been better. Unfortunately we had a group of 15, staying in the same time. With a group that big they take over everything. If they go to the bar, there is no room for anyone else. If they stay by the pool, there is no room for anyone else. That made our stay not so great. |There is no wifi in the dining room, so if you have a kid or just a sick partner in the room, they can’t communicate with you while you are at dinner. And as no one is allowed to go out by themselves in the dark, that person is stuck in the room. |I also left a dress for laundry. It came back with holes….no one said anything. It was a new dress, I had just worn it once. The manager apologies after I pointed it out. But nothing was done. The manager said he had written the HQ about advise….really…