Savute Safari Lodge
Timber chalets on the channel · Savute Channel, Savute section · Desert & Delta Safaris (Chobe Holdings)
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Safari company
A 24-bed lodge of timber chalets on the Savute Channel, built by Desert & Delta Safaris on the site of the old Lloyd's Camp, which its parent company Chobe Holdings bought in 1998. Game drives cover the Savute Marsh, and the lodge runs trips to the San rock paintings at the Gubatsa Hills. Its best feature for photographers is a sunken bench at the waterhole. Expect simplicity: solar power with generator back-up, fans and no air conditioning in the rooms, and no wifi apart from a guest laptop in the library. Children from six are accepted, and one of the 12 chalets is a family chalet.
Pros and cons
Pros
- A sunken photographic bench at the waterhole
- Rock-art excursions to the Gubatsa Hills
- A family chalet; children from six
- Solar power with generator back-up
Cons
- No rates from the operator; figures come from resellers
- No wifi and no air conditioning in rooms
- Closed for two weeks around February each year
- Children under six not accepted
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Family rooms
- Solar or 24h power
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
Read from Savute 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 Savute Safari Lodge
From $690 pppn (reseller rate). Desert & Delta publishes no rates. Reseller chobe.com, read 4 October 2026, per person sharing per night: 2026 US$690 (6 to 31 January and 15 February to 31 March), US$990 (April), US$1,290 (1 May to 31 October), US$990 (November and December); lodge closed 1 to 14 February 2026. 2027: US$740 low, US$1,080 in April and in November and December, US$1,410 from 1 May to 31 October; closed 25 January to 8 February 2027. The Siyabona network quotes the same figures as fully inclusive of accommodation, all meals and select drinks. A single supplement may apply.
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 Savute Safari Lodge
Is Savute Safari Lodge inside Chobe National Park?
Yes. Desert & Delta's own history page places the lodge on the Savute Channel in the Chobe National Park, and the lodge page sets it in the park's western reaches. It is one of several lodges inside the park, in the Savute section away from the riverfront.
Does Savute Safari Lodge have wifi?
No. The lodge page says there is no wifi, apart from a guest laptop in the library. Rooms have fans and no air conditioning, and power comes from solar with generator back-up.
Is Savute Safari Lodge good for families?
Children from six years old are accepted, on Desert & Delta's own page, and one of the 12 chalets is a family chalet. Families with younger children can look at Chobe Game Lodge, which the same operator says accepts all ages.