The 16 Best Boutique Hotels in Botswana

No. 03

Quiet Secluded Medalled

Worth the detour

Chobe National Park 2018 $$$$

Savute Elephant Lodge

“Sustainable safari outpost”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Moremi Game Reserve $$$$

Xigera Safari Lodge

“Living gallery outpost”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Okavango Delta 2015 $$$$

Eagle Island Lodge

“Okavango island roost”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Mombo 2018 $$$$

Wilderness Mombo

“Elevated floodplain sanctuary”

Design Luxe Social Secluded

Mombo 2018 $$$$

Little Mombo Camp

“Elevated floodplain camp”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Selinda Reserve 2019 $$$$

Selinda Camp

“Spillway wilderness bolthole”

Luxe Design Local Secluded

Linyanti $$$$

Wilderness DumaTau

“Elephant corridor outpost”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Chitabe Concession 2014 $$$$

Sandibe Okavango Lodge

“Curvilinear pangolin bolthole”

Design Local Luxe Secluded

No. 04

$$$$ Medalled

Worth the splurge

Sitatunga 2023 $$$$

Sitatunga Private Island

“Delta island sanctum”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Mombo 2018 $$$$

Little Mombo Camp

“Elevated floodplain camp”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Mombo 2018 $$$$

Wilderness Mombo

“Elevated floodplain sanctuary”

Design Luxe Social Secluded

Chobe National Park 2018 $$$$

Savute Elephant Lodge

“Sustainable safari outpost”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Chitabe Concession 2025 $$$$

Wilderness Chitabe

“Elevated delta oasis”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Makgadikgadi Pans 2021 $$$$

Jack's Camp

“Vintage campaign camp”

Design Local Classic Secluded

South East Okavango 2024 $$$$

Daunara Safari Camp

“Secluded delta lair”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Selinda Reserve 2019 $$$$

Selinda Camp

“Spillway wilderness bolthole”

Luxe Design Local Secluded

No. 05

Luxe Quiet or secluded

Quiet luxury

Kwedi West 2017 $$$$

Duba Plains Camp

“Vintage campaign refuge”

Luxe Design Resort Secluded

Linyanti 2019 $$$$

Wilderness King's Pool Camp

“Oxbow lagoon lair”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Kalahari 2016 $$$$

The Lodge at Feline Fields

“Open-air desert outpost”

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Every place in Botswana

By region

Okavango Delta

10 hotels

Okavango Delta 10

Central

1 hotel

Makgadikgadi Pans

Elsewhere

5 hotels

Linyanti 3 Chobe National Park Kalahari

Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.

Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.

Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.

Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.

Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.

Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.

Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.

Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.

Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.

Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.

Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.

Botswana

Keep the hotels you like.

Fresh perspective

The local characters

Worth the detour

Worth the splurge

Quiet luxury

By region

Okavango Delta

Central

Elsewhere

All 16 hotels