Chobe Bakwena
Eco Lodge
Chobe Bakwena
Eco Lodge
Chobe Bakwena
Eco Lodge
Small by design, extraordinary by nature
Chobe Bakwena Eco Lodge sits on the banks of the Chobe River in Kasane, built by owners with years of experience in Botswana's lodge industry and a clear vision of what they wanted to create: something intimate, ecologically responsible and genuinely personal. The result is one of the most consistently praised lodges on the Chobe, recognised by the World Travel Awards in both 2024 and 2025, and run with the kind of warmth that only a family operation with genuine skin in the game can deliver.
The eco-credentials are real rather than aspirational: a swimming pool filtered entirely by plants and gravel, buildings constructed from renewable natural resources and a resident flock of chickens handling pest control with admirable dedication. Chobe National Park is a 25-minute drive from the lodge, and the wildlife viewing inside the park is among the finest in Africa.
Accommodation
Chobe Bakwena offers 15 chalets across four distinct room types, all air-conditioned with indoor and outdoor showers and generous shaded deck areas that make the most of the riverine setting.
The eight riverine chalets sit tucked into the indigenous forest along the waterfront, each sleeping two in a twin or king configuration, waking guests to fish eagle calls and settling them at night to the comforting rhythm of hippo in the river. The honeymoon chalet adds a standalone bath, a private lounge and an expansive deck to the riverine experience, making it one of the most romantic rooms on the Chobe for those celebrating something worth celebrating. The family chalet sleeps two adults and two children (eight years and older) across a king bedroom and a second room with three-quarter twin beds, sharing a generous bathroom and a river-facing deck that becomes the natural base for comparing the day's sightings over dinner.
The five treetop chalets are elevated three metres above ground on stilts, wrapped in a canopy of indigenous trees that creates an atmosphere of extraordinary seclusion and dappled light. For anyone who ever harboured a childhood ambition to live in a tree house, and most people have, these rooms deliver on that fantasy with considerably more comfort than the original version.
Accommodation
Chobe Bakwena offers 15 chalets across four distinct room types, all air-conditioned with indoor and outdoor showers and generous shaded deck areas that make the most of the riverine setting.
The eight riverine chalets sit tucked into the indigenous forest along the waterfront, each sleeping two in a twin or king configuration, waking guests to fish eagle calls and settling them at night to the comforting rhythm of hippo in the river. The honeymoon chalet adds a standalone bath, a private lounge and an expansive deck to the riverine experience, making it one of the most romantic rooms on the Chobe for those celebrating something worth celebrating. The family chalet sleeps two adults and two children (eight years and older) across a king bedroom and a second room with three-quarter twin beds, sharing a generous bathroom and a river-facing deck that becomes the natural base for comparing the day's sightings over dinner.
The five treetop chalets are elevated three metres above ground on stilts, wrapped in a canopy of indigenous trees that creates an atmosphere of extraordinary seclusion and dappled light. For anyone who ever harboured a childhood ambition to live in a tree house, and most people have, these rooms deliver on that fantasy with considerably more comfort than the original version.
Accommodation
Chobe Bakwena offers 15 chalets across four distinct room types, all air-conditioned with indoor and outdoor showers and generous shaded deck areas that make the most of the riverine setting.
The eight riverine chalets sit tucked into the indigenous forest along the waterfront, each sleeping two in a twin or king configuration, waking guests to fish eagle calls and settling them at night to the comforting rhythm of hippo in the river. The honeymoon chalet adds a standalone bath, a private lounge and an expansive deck to the riverine experience, making it one of the most romantic rooms on the Chobe for those celebrating something worth celebrating. The family chalet sleeps two adults and two children (eight years and older) across a king bedroom and a second room with three-quarter twin beds, sharing a generous bathroom and a river-facing deck that becomes the natural base for comparing the day's sightings over dinner.
The five treetop chalets are elevated three metres above ground on stilts, wrapped in a canopy of indigenous trees that creates an atmosphere of extraordinary seclusion and dappled light. For anyone who ever harboured a childhood ambition to live in a tree house, and most people have, these rooms deliver on that fantasy with considerably more comfort than the original version.
Experiences
Chobe Bakwena's position on the river and its proximity to Chobe National Park make it a natural base for exploring one of Botswana's most wildlife-rich and scenically dramatic destinations. Every experience here can be booked as a standalone or woven into a broader Botswana itinerary with the Nxai Travel team.
Game drives
Chobe National Park is among the finest game drive destinations in Africa, with elephant concentrations that regularly number in the hundreds along the river frontage, lion, leopard, buffalo, painted wolves (African wild dogs) and an extraordinary density of plains game moving through a landscape that shifts from riverine forest to open floodplain to mopane woodland across a relatively compact area. Bakwena's guides bring the kind of knowledge and genuine enthusiasm that turns a good sighting into a memorable story, and the open vehicle access to the park allows for the kind of close, immersive encounter that defines the best of Chobe.
Talk to the Nxai Travel team to discuss which experience or combination of experiences is right for you.
Experiences
Chobe Bakwena's position on the river and its proximity to Chobe National Park make it a natural base for exploring one of Botswana's most wildlife-rich and scenically dramatic destinations. Every experience here can be booked as a standalone or woven into a broader Botswana itinerary with the Nxai Travel team.
Game drives
Chobe National Park is among the finest game drive destinations in Africa, with elephant concentrations that regularly number in the hundreds along the river frontage, lion, leopard, buffalo, painted wolves (African wild dogs) and an extraordinary density of plains game moving through a landscape that shifts from riverine forest to open floodplain to mopane woodland across a relatively compact area. Bakwena's guides bring the kind of knowledge and genuine enthusiasm that turns a good sighting into a memorable story, and the open vehicle access to the park allows for the kind of close, immersive encounter that defines the best of Chobe.
Talk to the Nxai Travel team to discuss which experience or combination of experiences is right for you.
Experiences
Chobe Bakwena's position on the river and its proximity to Chobe National Park make it a natural base for exploring one of Botswana's most wildlife-rich and scenically dramatic destinations. Every experience here can be booked as a standalone or woven into a broader Botswana itinerary with the Nxai Travel team.
Game drives
Chobe National Park is among the finest game drive destinations in Africa, with elephant concentrations that regularly number in the hundreds along the river frontage, lion, leopard, buffalo, painted wolves (African wild dogs) and an extraordinary density of plains game moving through a landscape that shifts from riverine forest to open floodplain to mopane woodland across a relatively compact area. Bakwena's guides bring the kind of knowledge and genuine enthusiasm that turns a good sighting into a memorable story, and the open vehicle access to the park allows for the kind of close, immersive encounter that defines the best of Chobe.
Talk to the Nxai Travel team to discuss which experience or combination of experiences is right for you.
