Thebe River Safaris
Budget lodge rooms and campsite · Kasane town, President Avenue · Thebe River Safaris (founding family)
Budget
Outside the gate
Owner-run
A family company that started in 1994 with a single Land Cruiser and now runs a lodge, campsite and restaurant on President Avenue in the centre of Kasane, outside the park. The founder's sons run it with him. Rooms are twin rooms and a family room around a courtyard; the campsite has two communal ablution blocks. From here the company sells game drives, boat cruises, longer mobile safaris and Victoria Falls day trips, with three-hour drives in the morning, at midday and in the afternoon. No rates are published, so ask. The same family has opened Jackalberry Chobe, a fully inclusive tented camp on the river.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Family-run since 1994
- Rooms and campsite in town, close to shops and fuel
- Restaurant on site
- Game drives at three times of day
Cons
- No rates published
- Room count and campsite size not published
- No child policy published
What's here
- Restaurant
- Family rooms
- Campsite
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Thebe River Safaris'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 Thebe River Safaris
Rates on request. No room or camping rates are published on the pages read, and the activities page asks you to contact the company for prices.
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 Thebe River Safaris
Can you camp at Thebe River Safaris?
Yes. Thebe River Safaris has a campsite with two communal ablution blocks alongside its rooms in Kasane. Rates are not published, so contact reservations@theberiversafaris.com.
Is Thebe River Safaris good for families?
There is a family room, but we found no published child policy, so ask about children's rates and minimum ages on activities when you book.
What activities does Thebe River Safaris run?
Game drives in the morning, at midday and in the afternoon, each about three hours, plus boat cruises, mobile safaris and Victoria Falls day trips. The company asks you to contact it for prices.