The remote Linyanti Concession protects a 480-square-mile mosaic of dry mopane woodland, lush marshland and seasonal floodplain tucked up again the Namibian border. Hemmed in to the northwest by the forest-fringed Linyanti River, it forms part of a vast contiguous unfenced ecosystem with the more southerly Okavango Delta (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and easterly Chobe National Park. As such, it is one of Botswana’s most exclusive and rewarding off-the-beaten-track safari destinations, traversed exclusively by a select group of camps.

Discover the Linyanti Concession

For those seeking a truly exclusive safari experience, Linyanti epitomizes Botswana’s high cost, low impact ecotourism model, with just four small, intimate luxury camps scattered across the entire concession.

Expertly guided game drives offer exceptional wildlife viewing. Four of the Big Five are present, the exception being rhino, and elephants are particularly numerous in the dry winter months of May to Oct. Resident carnivores include lion, leopard, cheetah, African hunting dog, brown hyena, spotted hyena, side-striped jackal, black-backed jackal and bat-eared fox. A varied assortment of antelopes and other ungulates is present too.

The exceptional birdlife includes more than 400 species. Raptors and aquatic birds are particularly well represented, as are several other species with a localized distribution in southern Africa.  A long list of specials includes Pel’s fishing owl, coppery-tailed coucal, rufous-bellied heron, slaty egret, Schalow’s turaco, swamp boubou and brown firefinch.

Night drives offer a great chance of seeing nocturnal wildlife such as genet, serval, aardwolf, lesser bushbaby and the oddball springhare.