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SANCTUARY RETREATS


THE BIG 5


In partnership with Rhino Conservation Botswana, Sanctuary Retreats is working to reintroduce the endangered black and white rhino to Botswana. Formerly abundant, the rhino was hunted to extinction in Botswana in the 1990s. The Botswana Rhino Reintroduction Project is seeking to bring them back into their native environment, with the help of local military, police, customs and immigration. This means that guests of Sanctuary Retreats in Botswana have the opportunity to see all of the big 5.


PLUNGE INTO LUXURY: Each room at the recently renovated Chief’s Camp has its own outdoor pool


the flood or when the plains are dry, you’re destined for a one-off adventure. On the first evening, we had a rare


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Prices at Sanctuary’s Chief’s Camp start from £675 per person per night, based on two people sharing for a three-night stay, with meals and drinks included, game activities, transfers and park fees. 01242 546609 SANCTUARYRETREATS.COM


sighting of a pack of hyenas, complete with tiny cubs. To watch them frolicking around a termite mound as the sun slipped below the skyline revealed a tender creature seemingly undeserving of its grisly reputation. But TT did not stop there. Expertly tracing animal tracks across the plains, he led us to a pride of female lions with nine- month-old cubs. Looking at these big cats I knew I was in the presence of something truly wild; yet between one another, they appeared playful as kittens. Next on TT’s agenda was to spot a leopard and, sure enough, he delivered – tracking a lone female to a remote corner of the Moremi Game Reserve. To the uninitiated, it was near impossible to spot the beautiful creature camouflaged in the long grass. But TT saw her from miles away and pointed her out as she slinked into the sunset.


Not to be outdone, when I moved to 48 — aspire june 2016


Baines’ Camp – Sanctuary’s stilted lodge of five rooms, a short drive away – my second guide Lena, led me to a yet another pride of lions. This time, three females were on a hunt and we also encountered a leopard cub lazing in a tree, with her wide-eyed mother standing watchfully by. The experience of these guides is the byproduct of a local, community-led conservation project; TT and Lena grew up in the Delta and were employed to use their local knowledge as guides. Baines’ and Stanley’s camps are part of a 260,000- acre private concession, known as NG32, which the Botswana government assigned to six local villages in an effort to turn them away from hunting and toward tourism. The six villages lease the land to Sanctuary Retreats, requiring them to hire a percentage of their staff from the local community in return. Chief’s Camp has its own dedicated team of staff, but the expert local knowledge is sure to be the same, allowing the Chief of the Okavango Delta to rule once again.


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