&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas offers an adventurous mobile tented camp experience, moving between sites close to the Chobe river within northern Botswana’s Chobe National Park. The style is rustic but comfortable, with five no-frills guest tents and an emphasis on reconnecting with nature while disconnecting from the outside world! A stay at Chobe Under Canvas is about home-cooked meals over an open fire, stargazing, excellent game viewing, boating on the river, and switching off from the digital world. Accommodation is booked on a full-board basis, including three meals daily, soft drinks, house wines, local brand spirits and beers, game drives, and a photographic safari on the Chobe river, subject to a minimum 2-night stay. The camp is closed for part of January and February each year, so please contact the Yellow Zebra team for further details.

Mobile

Chobe National Park, Botswana

Classic

From AU$1,200 – AU$1,604 pp

Min age 12 +

A classic mobile camp that moves between exclusive sites in the northern reaches of Chobe National Park

Open-sided mess tent with dining area, bar, and fire-pit

&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas boaating food

Five Meru-style safari tents, each with an en-suite bathroom and a hot water bucket shower

Game drives and photographic boat cruises for guests staying a minimum of two consecutive nights

&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas exterior tent
Our Yellow Zebra Opinion
  • Great value for quality
If a classic mobile tented camp is your style of property then look no further – Chobe Under Canvas will deliver every time. I love this property, especially due to the quality of &Beyond’s guides and operations as a whole. Just be careful in October, as the tents can get sweltering!
Julian Carter-Manning Director & Founder

Activities

&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas is located in Chobe National Park, which attracts huge wildlife populations in the dry season and is particularly renowned for its large concentrations of elephant and buffalo.

Game drives

Bird watching

Photographic boat cruises

  • Chobe National Park is a stunning area of Botswana, with endless plains, broadleaf woodlands, riverine forests, and, of course, the magnificent Chobe river. Drives from camp take place early in the morning and during the late afternoon. You can’t miss the vast herds of elephant, but there are numerous other species here, not least lion, leopard, buffalo, spotted hyena, hippo, giraffe, blue wildebeest, zebra, and vervet monkey.

    &Beyond Chobe Under Canvas sunset boating

  • Home to over 450 recorded bird species, most of which are indigenous, Chobe National Park offers some incredible sightings, including the broad-tailed paradise whydah, orange-winged pytilia, slaty egret, three-banded courser, white-fronted bee-eater, and marabou stork, to name a few.

    &Beyond Chobe Under Canvas sunset boating

  • Explore the bush from a different perspective, on board a Pangolin Voyager photographic safari river boat. This boat has eight individual 360°-rotating chairs fitted with camera mounts, and the half-day adventure offered by camp promises plenty of opportunities to photograph wildlife on the Chobe river. This activity is available for guests staying at least two consecutive nights at Chobe Under Canvas.

    &Beyond Chobe Under Canvas sunset boating

*This property is unfenced and located in a wildlife area, so large and potentially dangerous animals do pass through. If you opt to stay here, always be alert when walking around the camp and request for a member of staff to escort you if you have any concerns. Any guest is escorted after dark as a matter of course.

Access & Location

&Beyond Chobe Under Canvas offers an adventurous mobile tented camp experience, moving between sites close to the Chobe river within northern Botswana’s Chobe National Park. The style is rustic but comfortable, with five no-frills guest tents and an emphasis on reconnecting with nature while disconnecting from the outside world! A stay at Chobe Under Canvas is about home-cooked meals over an open fire, stargazing, excellent game viewing, boating on the river, and switching off from the digital world. Accommodation is booked on a full-board basis, including three meals daily, soft drinks, house wines, local brand spirits and beers, game drives, and a photographic safari on the Chobe river, subject to a minimum 2-night stay. The camp is closed for part of January and February each year, so please contact the Yellow Zebra team for further details.

*As mentioned above, this is a mobile tented camp and the location will change throughout the year based on the camp’s position. 

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Facilities

All five tents face the open-sided communal mess tent, where guests gather for drinks and delicious meals cooked over an open fire.

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There’s also a well-stocked camp bar, a reference library, and a butler on hand to help with any requests throughout your stay. Please note that there is no Wi-Fi at &Beyond Chobe Under Canvas, so be prepared to disconnect!

Amenities

Accommodation at &Beyond Chobe Under Canvas consists of five Meru-style mobile safari tents, each accommodating a maximum of two guests in either a double or twin beds.

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Designed to bring guests close to nature, interiors are simple and functional without missing any creature comforts required for a thoroughly enjoyable stay. Each tent is fully netted and insect-proof, and also features sealable canvas windows, a hanging closet, a storage trunk, and bedside tables with rechargeable lanterns. Separated by a canvas partition, the en-suite washrooms contain flush toilets, tin basins, and bucket showers, with hot water provided on request. You’ll find a pair of Swarovski Optik CL Companion 8×30 binoculars for use during your stay, as well as a take-home journal with wildlife and bird checklists and maps of the area. Outside on the ground-level veranda, a couple of safari chairs set the scene for an early morning coffee while soaking up the bush setting. Well-trodden paths meander through the safari tents and down to the water, making it easy to get around camp (though unsuitable for wheelchair use). Please be aware that the tents have no electricity, though 12V charging units and USB ports are available in the safari vehicles.

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