Mashatu Tent Camp
Tucked beneath the shade of enormous trees in Botswana's Mashatu Game Reserve, Mashatu Tent Camp is an eco-safari tented camp that overlooks a waterhole and offers an intimate and authentic safari experience with a maximum of only six guests per vehicle on game drives.
Highlights
- Eco-friendly tented safari camp run on solar power
- Eight spacious tents
- Intimate, fully immersive one-on-one bush experience
- Overlooks a waterhole
- No children under the age of 12 years old
- Complimentary WiFi
- Maximum of six guests per safari vehicle
- Option of a guided game walk and game drive or two guided game drives per night's stay
- 60-minute flight from Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg
- Diverse landscapes and some of the best predator viewing in Botswana
Mashatu Tent Camp is a classic eco-safari tented camp in the northern reaches of Botswana's Mashatu Game Reserve, which has one of the largest herds of wild elephants on a private reserve in Africa and is famous for excellent predator viewing.
Private safari tents
Eight private eco-safari tents are mounted on raised concrete platforms beneath the branches of towering trees. The tents, which are accessible via winding walkways, are spacious and comfortable and boast solar-powered electrical points, fans, an outdoor patio and private outdoor ensuite bathrooms with a flush toilet and a shower.
Main camp
Mashatu Tent Camp's main guest area consists of an open-sided thatched gazebo where guests can relax and drink in the sights and sounds of the surrounding bush and where breakfast and lunch are served, a floodlit waterhole-facing traditional boma where campfire dinners are served at night and a plunge pool. Guests can cool off by the plunge pool between game drives during the day or watch animals come to drink at the waterhole from the comfort of a sturdy, shaded double-story hide.
Game viewing activities at Mashatu
Botswana's Mashatu Game Reserve is home to over 350 different bird species, one of the largest herds of wild elephants on private land in Africa, and the eight rivers that traverse the reserve ensure excellent predator viewing with daily sightings of leopard, lion and cheetah.
To ensure an intimate and authentic safari experience, game drives are conducted in open safari vehicles with a maximum of six guests per vehicle. For wildlife enthusiasts who want to explore Mashatu's diverse landscapes and experience its animals from a different perspective, mountain biking, horseback riding and walking safaris are available. Keen wildlife photographers can also book specialist tours to underground, waterhole-facing photographic hides with a professional photographer.
Getting there
By road - It takes 7 hours to reach Pont's Drift border crossing (open from 08h00 to 16h00) from Johannesburg by road. You will leave your car at the border and the lodge will pick you up. Alternatively, there are scheduled flights to Polokwane Airport (PTG) in South Africa. From there, it's a 2-hour road transfer.
By air - Limpopo Valley Air Taxi offers a daily charter flight from Lanseria, Johannesburg. There are also twice-weekly flights from Maun in Botswana and Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa.
Our take on Mashatu Tent Camp
Eco-friendly Mashatu Tent Camp is the perfect choice for safari enthusiasts looking for an intimate, fully immersive one-on-one bush experience. Tucked away in the remote northern reaches of Mashatu Game Reserve, a marvellous private wildlife reserve few tourists know about, Mashatu Tent Camp's professional and friendly staff will ensure you'll want to return soon.
Includes
- Accommodation and all meals
- Beverages (soft drinks, tea, coffee, local wines, spirits and beers)
- Refreshments on game drives/walks
- WiFi
- Laundry
- Option of a guided game walk and game drive or two guided game drives per night's stay
- Transfers within Mashatu Game Reserve (to and from Limpopo Valley Airfield / Pont Drift Border Post / Platjan Border Posts / Mathathane Village parking facility)
- Vehicle parking and car wash at Mathathane Village / Limpopo Valley Airfield
- Cable car transfers across the Limpopo River at Pont Drift Border Post
- Mashatu conservation levy
- Government bed levy
Excludes
- All adventure activities offered in Mashatu Game Reserve (cycling safaris, ad hoc walking safaris, horse safaris, photographic hides and tuition, community visits and night drives)
- Premium imported champagne, cognacs, wines and spirits
- WalkMashatu full-day walking safaris
- PhotoMashatu photographic vehicle, lens and body hire
- Road transfers/flights provided by Mashatu Connect
- Limpopo Valley International Airfield passenger taxes and landing fees
- Items of a personal nature
- Gratuities
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