Ngoma Safari Lodge
Volcanic-rock lodge on a plateau · Chobe Forest Reserve, west of the Kasane to Ngoma road · Machaba Safaris
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Safari company
Machaba Safaris' lodge in the Chobe Forest Reserve, on a plateau above the Chobe floodplain on the western side of the transit road between Kasane and the Ngoma border post. It is built in contemporary style from volcanic rock and, on reseller figures, is the most expensive of the forest-reserve lodges. Activities are game drives and river cruises, the cruises marked with an asterisk on Machaba's own page, so ask what conditions apply. The reseller's rate includes a community levy and park fees. Children under ten are accepted only if you take the whole lodge. It closes from early January to late March.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Distinctive volcanic-rock architecture
- Floodplain views from the plateau
- Community levy and park fees in the reseller's rate
- Whole-lodge bookings possible for families
Cons
- No children under 10 unless you book the whole lodge
- Closed from January to late March
- Suite count not published
- Rates come from a reseller
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Ngoma Safari 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 Ngoma Safari Lodge
From $768 pppn (reseller rate). Machaba's page shows no rate. Reseller chobe.com, 2026, suite, per person sharing per night: US$768 (29 to 31 March), US$932 (April, November and December), US$1,365 (1 May to 31 October); closed 5 January to 28 March 2026. Includes all meals, local drinks, two activities a day, Kasane transfers, the community levy and park fees.
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 Ngoma Safari Lodge
Is Ngoma Safari Lodge inside Chobe National Park?
No. Machaba places it in the Chobe Forest Reserve, west of the transit road between Kasane and the Ngoma border, outside the park. Some page titles say otherwise.
Is Ngoma Safari Lodge good for families?
chobe.com, a reseller, says children 10 and older are welcome unless you reserve the entire lodge. Machaba's own page publishes no child policy.
When is Ngoma Safari Lodge closed?
chobe.com shows it closed from 5 January to 28 March 2026. Peak rates apply from May to October.