Elephant Valley Lodge

Overview

Location: Botswana–>Chobe
Accommodation Type: Lodge

Good For: Solo, Couple/Romantic, Family |

Elephant Valley Lodge is a luxury safari camp located along the north western border of Botswana in the magnificent wilderness of the Kasane Forest Reserve. The Lodge is tucked away in the forests of the Lesoma Valley, just 20 kilometres from Kasane and the entrance to Chobe National Park. Its location is in close proximity to the Okavango Delta, the Victoria Falls, and the Chobe National Park, affording guests the opportunity to visit these spectacular attractions. The unique lodge location, overlooking a busy waterhole, provides guests with game viewing throughout the day and night.

Home to largest number of wild elephants in the world, the area provides a restful backdrop for this exclusive game viewing lodge. The Elephant Valley Lodge is protected from wildlife by a boundary fence around the camp perimeter, and complimentary transfers to the lodge from Victoria Falls, Kasane and Livingstone are provided for guests.

Accommodation

The Lodge boasts 20 comfortable, tastefully decorated ‘meru styled’ tents with wooden floors. Each tent is furnished with two three-quarter beds and has an en-suite bathroom. The tents are spaced throughout the grounds, with some overlooking the waterhole.

Wildlife

The area offers abundant and diverse wildlife, and is renowned for its huge herds of elephant. Also present are kudu, sable, puku, lechwe, buffalo, hyena, waterbuck, reedbuck, crocodiles, and hippo. The abundant game supports a healthy population of predators, including lion, leopard, wild dog and cheetah.

The birding in this area is excellent, offering over 450 species, including the African Fish Eagle, red and yellow billed hornbills, Spotted Eagle Owls and Pel’s Fishing Owl.

More Info

Children
•​ Children are welcome at Elephant Valley Lodge.
•​ Children under the age of 12 are permitted on safari at the sole discretion of the manager or guide.
• ​Children under the age of 6 are not permitted on safari
• ​Children under the age of 12 years – 50% of the per person sharing rate when sharing with two adults

Directions

• Elephant Valley Lodge is situated in the Lesoma Valley which lies in the heart of the Kasane Forest Reserve.

• The reserve is adjacent to the Chobe National Park.

• BY AIR:

• There are numerous ways in which the lodge can be reached, they include daily flights into Livingstone, Victoria Falls or Kasane.

• Transfers are available from both Livingstone and Victoria Falls and these are provided by numerous transfer companies.

• The transfer time is approximately 1 hour from either airport and will bring guests to either Kazungula crossing in the case of Livingstone or the Botswana – Zimbabwe border post in the case of Victoria Falls.

• At the Kazungula crossing (border between Zambia and Botswana) a short boat trip will ferry guests to the Botswana side where an Elephant Valley lodge game viewer will be waiting to meet guests.

GPS:  -17.8528 (latitude) 25.2434 (longitude)