Pangolin Voyager
Photographic houseboat · Houseboat based on the Namibian bank, opposite the park; boarded from Kasane · Pangolin Photo Safaris
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Safari company
Pangolin Photo Safaris' houseboat, based on the Namibian side of the Chobe with the park as the opposite bank. The current boat is new, built in Windhoek to replace the original Pangolin Voyager bought in 2015, and Pangolin describes it as the first solar-powered all-aluminium houseboat on the continent. It has five identical cabins, cruises at around 4 to 5 km/h and has an eight-seat photo boat alongside. Guests make a short crossing from Kasane to board. Like the Pangolin Chobe Hotel, it is sold in photographic packages from March to November, and &Beyond's Chobe Under Canvas uses it for its included river safari.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Built for photographers, with a photo boat alongside
- Only five cabins
- Solar-powered, per Pangolin
- Sleep on the river opposite the park
Cons
- Packages only; no nightly rate
- Runs March to November only
- No contact details or child policy on the pages read
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Boat trips
Read from Pangolin Voyager'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 Pangolin Voyager
Packages from $5,495 (7 days). Sold only in packages: Pangolin's 7-day 'Best of the Chobe' photographic safari costs from US$5,495 per person sharing and runs from March to November. No nightly rate is published.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
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 Pangolin Voyager
Where is the Pangolin Voyager based?
On the Namibian side of the Chobe River, with the national park as the opposite bank. Pangolin's guests make a short crossing from Kasane to board.
Can you book a night on the Pangolin Voyager?
The pages read show it sold in packages, such as the seven-day Best of the Chobe from US$5,495 per person, March to November. Ask Pangolin Photo Safaris about shorter stays.
Is the Pangolin Voyager a new boat?
Yes. Pangolin says the new Pangolin Voyager replaces the original it bought in 2015 and was built in Windhoek.