Elephant Valley Lodge
Tented camp over a valley waterhole · Lesoma Valley, inland on the outskirts of Kasane · Elephant Valley Lodge (reservations through Anthology)
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Ownership unconfirmed
A 20-tent camp overlooking the Lesoma Valley on the outskirts of Kasane, inland from the river and outside the park. Eight tents look over the valley and its waterhole, and twelve sit in the forest. Activities are daily 4x4 game drives and boat cruises in the park, plus Victoria Falls day trips. Reservations run through Anthology, the same South African office that handles Chobe Marina Lodge; who owns the lodge is not stated. Choose a valley tent if the waterhole is the point, for about US$20 a night more on the reseller's rates. Note the reseller's rule that children under six cannot join drives or cruises.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Waterhole views from the valley tents
- Two activities a day in the reseller's package
- Inland setting, away from the town riverfront
- Kasane airport transfers included
Cons
- Under-6s cannot join drives or cruises, per the reseller
- Park fees and bed levy extra
- Ownership not published
- Not on the river
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Elephant Valley 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 Elephant Valley Lodge
From $475 pppn (reseller rate). No rate on the lodge's own pages. Reseller chobe.com, 2026, per person sharing per night: forest tent US$475 (January to April), US$662 (May to October), US$519 (November and December); valley tent US$495, US$692 and US$539. Includes all meals, drinks during activities, two activities a day and Kasane airport transfers; park fees and the bed levy are excluded.
Full board. Meals are included; drinks, activities and park fees are not.
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 Elephant Valley Lodge
Where is Elephant Valley Lodge?
Inland, on the outskirts of Kasane, overlooking the Lesoma Valley; the lodge calls itself a tented camp on the outskirts of Kasane. It is outside the park and away from the river, so every drive and cruise starts with a road transfer.
Is Elephant Valley Lodge good for families?
chobe.com, a reseller, says children under six are not permitted on game drives or cruises and those 6 to 12 join at the guide's discretion. The lodge's own pages publish no child policy.
What does Elephant Valley Lodge cost?
The lodge publishes no rate. chobe.com lists 2026 rates from US$475 per person sharing in a forest tent from January to April up to US$692 in a valley tent from May to October, with meals, two activities a day and airport transfers, excluding park fees.