REVIEWS


TULUDI Okavango Delta, Botswana


LOCATION: Tuludi is set within the southern region of Khwai Private Reserve, a 200,000-hectare concession that borders both Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe National Park. Here, the Okavango Delta’s rivers, waterways >n` yoo`«l>inà Llii` inÌo ëÀ>Ülin} stretches of dry woodland, concealing Û>ÃÌ >n` Û>Àii` yoÀ> >n` v>Õn>° hÜ>i Private Reserve features its own airstrip, making it accessible via light aircraft from Maun and Kasane airports, and any other camp in northern Botswana.


FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Tuludi feels like the new kid on the block – partly because it is (unveiled in July 2019, the property only managed a few months of operation before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold) and partly because its Instagram- worthy interiors offer a fresh take on the traditional safari camp offering. Indeed, Tuludi is proof that style and substance needn’t be mutually exclusive; that you can be chic and sophisticated even while deep in the wild.


THE FACTS: Tuludi is one of the newest camps from Africa specialist Natural Selection, which owns and runs the property. The brand – known for iÌà oÌÃÜ>n> y>}Ãhi«] >Vk½Ã >m« q operates 25 lodges across Botswana, South Africa and Namibia, and has four


camps in Khwai Private Reserve (no other brand operates here). Intimate and exclusive, Tuludi features seven standalone tented rooms scattered among a grove of leafy leadwood trees, encompassing six twins and doubles and one family suite. Each room is connected by a network of wooden boardwalks. The property is unfenced, so guides escort you at night. The main camp is set over a series of wooden and canvas stilted structures; the centrepiece is the bar – adorned with a beautiful bird mural – and restaurant area at the front of the property, where a stunning open-air veranda overlooks the delta yoo`«l>inà Lo>ÃÌin} ÃÕnkin Ãi>Ìin} >n` > }loÜin} wÀi«iÌ in Ìhi iÛinin}ð +ÕiÀkÞ features include a treehouse library, set four metres above the ground in the tree branches, complete with a slide. There’s also a swimming pool and camp shop. Guests should prepare to be well fed: hearty breakfasts are enjoyed before sunrise, followed by a coffee and pastry stop in the bush. Three-course lunches and dinners are feasts for the senses – and washed down with generous helpings of Okavango Delta gin.


IDEAL FOR: Design-forward clients who don’t want to compromise on style while on safari. The property will also appeal to those who value


their space: the exclusive nature of the lodge means that even at full occupancy there is only 16 guests in camp, and only three cars are allowed out in the reserve at any one time.


EXPLORE: Visitors can spend their days enjoying morning, afternoon and evening game drives. There’s also the option of walking safaris and, subject to water levels, boat trips and mokoro excursions, where guests will track the waterways of the delta on traditional wooden dug-out canoes. In dry season, between April and October, and at an extra cost,


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CREDIT: Teagan Cunniffe; Natural Selection


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