Chobe Bakwena Lodge
Boutique chalet lodge with treetop chalets · Chobe River east of Kasane, towards Kazungula · Chobe Bakwena Lodge (owner-run)
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Outside the gate
Owner-run
An intimate, privately owned lodge on the Chobe River east of Kasane, which the owning family bought in 2000 as a bare football pitch and replanted as riverine woodland. Fifteen chalets: ten river-view units and five treetop units raised 3.5 metres off the ground. Everything is in-house and in the price: two activities a day in the park (a game drive and a boat cruise), park fees, meals, local drinks, laundry and transfers to Kasane airport or the Zambian and Zimbabwean borders. Walkabouts, cycle tours and a sundowner cruise to the point where four countries meet complete the list. Children must be eight or older.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Owner-run, with every activity in-house
- Park fees and drinks included in the rate
- Treetop chalets raised off the ground
- Lower nightly rate for stays of three nights or more
Cons
- No children under 8
- Top-end price for a lodge outside the park
- Kazungula bridge toll not included on transfers
- Exact village not named on the site
What's here
- Family rooms
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Guided walks
Read from Chobe Bakwena Lodge's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Chobe National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryP270 a day for non-residents, roughly $20 at P13.5 to the dollar.
- $20per person, per day
- VehicleP115 a day for a foreign-registered vehicle, roughly $9 (P30 for a Botswana-registered or hired car).
- $9per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $147 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Chobe National ParkRates at Chobe Bakwena Lodge
From $644 pppn. 2026 rates on the lodge's own site, per person sharing per night: January to April and November to December US$653 for two nights or US$644 for three or more; May to October US$766 for two nights or US$749 for three or more; singles US$1,040 or US$1,026 in May to October. 'Rates are fully inclusive': accommodation, all meals, laundry, wine, beer, cider, soft drinks, levies and taxes, two activities per full day (a game drive and a boat cruise in the park), Chobe park fees, and transfers to Kasane airport and the borders; the Kazungula bridge toll is excluded. 2027: US$718 or US$708 in the low months, US$843 or US$824 from May to October.
All inclusive. The rate covers meals, drinks, activities and the transfers named below. Park fees are charged separately.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 4 October 2026, per person per night sharing, from each property's own website or rate sheet where one is published. Desert & Delta, Belmond, &Beyond, Bush Ways, Machaba and several Kasane lodges publish none, so those figures come from two resellers, chobe.com and the Siyabona network (safari.co.za), and are marked as a reseller rate; the houseboat and Ichingo figures from chobe.com are in South African rand. SKL's campsite table is undated. Kwando Safaris, African Bush Camps and several smaller lodges publish no rates at all. Park entry is P270 per non-resident per day for a private visitor and P190 on an operator's activity, and many Kasane packages leave it out, so check what your rate includes.
Questions about Chobe Bakwena Lodge
What does Chobe Bakwena cost?
In 2026, US$644 to US$653 per person sharing per night from January to April and in November and December, and US$749 to US$766 from May to October, the lower figure in each case for stays of three nights or more. The rate covers meals, local drinks, two activities a day, park fees and transfers.
Is Chobe Bakwena good for families?
For older children only. The family chalet sleeps two adults and two children aged 8 and over, and the booking form asks for children aged 8 to 11. chobe.com says all ages, but the lodge's own figure is 8 and over.
Is Chobe Bakwena inside Chobe National Park?
No. It is on the Chobe River east of Kasane, outside the park. Its game drives and boat cruises go into the park, and the park fees for those are included in the rate.