Zarafa is a four-suite camp on the Selinda Reserve, looking out over the Zibadianja Lagoon at the head of the Savute Channel. Each tented suite runs to more than 100 square metres with a private deck, plunge pool and outdoor shower, and the camp is solar-powered and built partly from recycled materials. Activities are morning and late-afternoon photographic game drives in open vehicles, guided nature walks, pontoon and sundowner cruises on the lagoon, and seasonal catch-and-release fishing; there is a spa and an outdoor gym. Leopard, lion, cheetah, elephant, wild dog, roan and sable are recorded on the reserve. Operated by Great Plains Conservation; a Relais & Châteaux member.
What sets it apart
Four suites on a lagoon at the head of the Savute Channel, with a pontoon for water-level game viewing.
Who it suits
Very small camp; photography; lagoon cruises; leopard and wild dog.
The essentials
| Country | Botswana |
| Where | Selinda Reserve, overlooking Zibadianja Lagoon, northern Botswana |
| Property type | tented camp (large tented suites) |
| Rooms | 4 tented suites |
What it costs
Zarafa Camp publishes its own rates. Published on the official site: "From $2,250 per person sharing per night", per https://greatplainsconservation.com/zarafa-luxury-safari-camp-in-botswana/, as listed September 2026.
Rates move by season and are almost always quoted per person per night sharing, so read the property's own page before you budget.
About the photographs
The pictures on this page are stock photographs of African bush and desert country, chosen to suggest the kind of landscape you find around the Linyanti and Selinda country, Botswana. They are not photographs of this property, and we cannot verify where any of them was taken — a stock library records the photographer, not the place. We use them rather than borrow the property's own marketing images, which would imply we had been there. For pictures of the rooms, see the property's own site.