Nogatsaa Pans Chobe Lodge
Tented lodge on a pan · Nogatsaa, on Kwikamba Pan, about 80 km from Kasane · Ghoha Hills (Dream Hotels & Resorts)
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Inside the park
Safari company
The one lodge in the park's remote Nogatsaa area, built on the edge of Kwikamba Pan about 80 km from Kasane, with 12 tents on raised platforms. It belongs to the same group as Ghoha Hills; the South African company Dream Hotels & Resorts lists both among its hotels, though the lodge's site does not say whether Dream owns or only manages them. Game drives run morning and afternoon, including along the Ngwezumba river bed, with stargazing, sundowners and a spa. For the fly-in guest it is a short hop: a light aircraft from Kasane and eight minutes by road. The rains close it from January to March.
Pros and cons
Pros
- The lowest published 2026 lodge rate inside the park
- Park fees included in the published rate
- Two family tents and no minimum age
- Short flight and eight-minute transfer from Kasane
Cons
- Closed January to March for the rains
- No river or boating; this is pan country
- Families with children under 12 must book a private vehicle
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- Spa or massage
- Laundry
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Birding
Read from Nogatsaa Pans Chobe 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 Nogatsaa Pans Chobe Lodge
From $607 pppn. 2026 rack rates per person sharing per night on the operator's own rate page: US$607 in shoulder season (1 April to 30 June and 1 to 30 November) and green season (December), US$827 at peak (1 July to 31 October). The lodge is closed for the rains from 1 January to 31 March 2026. Rates include accommodation, all meals, local drinks, laundry, game drives, airstrip transfers and 'government taxes, levies and park fees as currently legislated'.
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 Nogatsaa Pans Chobe Lodge
Is Nogatsaa Pans inside Chobe National Park?
Yes. The operator places it on the edge of Kwikamba Pan in the Nogatsaa area of Chobe National Park, in the eastern part of the park about 80 km from Kasane. It is the only lodge in this interior section.
Is Nogatsaa Pans good for families?
There is no minimum age, and two of the 12 tents are family tents. The operator charges 10 percent of the adult rate for children up to 2, 50 percent for 3 to 11 and 75 percent for 12 to 15, and asks families with children under 12 to book a private vehicle.
When is Nogatsaa Pans open?
From April to December. The 2026 rate page says the lodge is closed for the rainy season from 1 January to 31 March. Peak rates apply from July to October.