Eagle Island Camp
Eagle Island Camp is a luxury lodge nestled within the Okavango Delta on Xaxaba Island, overlooking the Xaxaba Lagoon. The lodge has 11 air-conditioned safari tents and an exclusive luxury suite for those looking for supreme privacy. The Fish Eagle Bar at Eagle Island Camp was voted one of the most romantic bars in the world by the New York Times. The area surrounding Eagle Island Camp offers exceptional wildlife and bird sightings all year round. A special treat is the scenic helicopter flight over the Okavango Delta, which is included in your stay.
Highlights
- Boat-based game viewing, bush walks and game drives by vehicle
- 45-minute helicopter game-viewing flight included
- Luxury air-conditioned tents with private deck, hammock and easy chairs
- World-renowned Fish Eagle bar
- Naturally Wild spa
- Off-site cocktail and dinner venues
- Romantic excursions, mokoro (dugout canoe) trips, fishing
- Private honeymoon suite
- Heated swimming pool
Luxury Safari Tents
Belmond Eagle Island Camp in the Okavango Delta offers 12 spacious en-suite safari-style tents, each raised on a wooden platform and shaded by a traditional African thatched roof, with great views from the private deck. Every room has a fully stocked mini bar as well as a hairdryer, shaving mirror and a his-and-hers vanity unit. Air conditioning, overhead fans and electric heaters feature in every room as well as an internal telephone to reception and other tents. For those who are looking for the ultimate safari experience, Eagle Island Camp offers the luxurious honeymoon suite. It features all the standard features of the safari tents as well as a heated private plunge pool, outside bathroom with bath tub and a large deck for private dining and excellent game viewing.
Exceptional Game-Viewing Area
The area around Eagle Island Camp offers superb game- and bird-viewing opportunities. All game-viewing activities on the island are conducted by professional safari guides. Guided game and bird walks can be arranged as well as exploring the waterways by motorised boats, mokoro (dugout canoe) or in the 14-seater sundowner cruiser. Game drives in open 4x4 vehicles are conducted between October and March, when water levels are low enough. Enjoy a spectacular aerial view of the Okavango during a private helicopter flight, which is included in your stay. The lodge also now offers a hot-air balloon activity, departing from Kadizora Camp, operational from May to November.
Well-Appointed Camp
The public areas have been fully rebuilt to include a stylish dining area with a pizza oven, a lounge area with an artisan-style bar, a library, a separate campfire area and the popular Fish Eagle bar which is located directly on the water. Local artisans and materials were used throughout the renovations.
Getting There
Eagle Island Camp can be reached by light aircraft transfer from Maun or Kasane. It is one of the most luxurious safari camps in the Okavango Delta, and with the helicopter flight included offers great value for money. Eagle Island Camp can best be combined with Khwai River Lodge and Savute Elephant Camp, its sister camps that offer the same high standards in accommodation and game viewing.
Our Take on Eagle Island Camp
If you're looking for an exceptional safari experience with top-notch luxury and superb service, Belmond Eagle Island Camp is easy to recommend. We'd be happy to give you a detailed proposal on a fly-in safari, taking in some of its sister lodges, for a varied, exceptional safari experience in one of the most pristine, game-rich areas of Africa.
Includes
- Accommodation
- All meals
- All drinks (including premium-brand drinks but excluding imported champagne)
- Two game activities
- 45-minute helicopter trip (per stay)
- Laundry service
Excludes
- Transport to lodge
- Personal travel insurance
- Curios
- All items of a personal nature
- Gratuities
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Okavango Delta
There are few wild places on Earth that offer the same unique combination of spectacular wildlife, beautiful scenery, palm-fringed waterways, remote islands and vast unspoilt wilderness as Botswana's Okavango Delta. The Okavango swamps are formed by the annual flooding of the Okavango River, which opens into a vast life-giving oasis in Botswana's desert. The delta attracts huge numbers of wildlife due to the permanent water available here.
