Senyati Safari Camp
Self-catering chalets and campsites at a waterhole · Kasane Forest, inland near Kazungula and Lesoma · Senyati Safari Camp (owner-run)
Budget
Outside the gate
Owner-run
An owner-run camp in the Kasane Forest, next to the park but inland and away from the river, built between 2008 and 2010 around a floodlit waterhole. Its draw is the Senyati Elephant Bunker, an underground hide at the water's edge. There are 20 campsites, each with its own ablution block, eight self-catering chalets (four of them family chalets) and a glamping unit. Everything is self-catering, so stock up in Kasane. The camp also arranges game drives, day tours, tiger fishing, Victoria Falls trips and helicopter flights. Choose it for the waterhole and the independence; skip it if you want to be on the river.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Underground hide at a floodlit waterhole
- A private ablution block with every campsite
- Children under 12 camp at half price
- Four family chalets
Cons
- No 2026 rates published
- Inland, not on the river
- Self-catering only
What's here
- Family rooms
- Campsite
- Self-catering
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Fishing
Read from Senyati Safari Camp'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 Senyati Safari Camp
Rates on request. Campsites are charged per person per night and children under 12 pay half price, but the amount is not shown on the pages read; a 2024 glamping offer is out of date. Ask for 2026 chalet and camping rates.
Self-catering. You cook. Nothing else is included unless the entry says so.
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 Senyati Safari Camp
Can you camp at Senyati?
Yes. Senyati has 20 campsites, each with its own ablution block, charged per person per night with children under 12 at half price. The 2026 amount is not shown on its pages, so ask senyatisafaricamp@gmail.com.
What is the Senyati Elephant Bunker?
An underground hide at the camp's floodlit waterhole, where you watch elephants drinking from ground level. It is part of the camp, which sits in the Kasane Forest next to the park.
Is Senyati Safari Camp good for families?
Four of the eight chalets are family chalets, and children under 12 pay half price at the campsites. No minimum age is stated.