A hippo yawning in water at sunset, Botswana. Photo: Pexels (free licence).
What are the best alternatives to Desert & Delta Safaris for a luxury safari?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 2 November 2026
These are the companies with camps of their own in northern Botswana, the Okavango, Moremi, Khwai and Chobe, read from their own websites and set beside Desert & Delta Safaris on the same facts.
Desert & Delta Safaris on the same facts
Desert & Delta Safaris is set out here on the same facts as the cards below, from its own website, so any alternative can be read against it.
- Camps: Camp Okavango: Nxaragha Island, Okavango Delta.
- Children: Camp Moremi 6-11 years 50%, 12-15 years 75%, 16+ adult rate.
- Reviews: Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 96 reviews, read 20 October 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Desert & Delta Safaris for a luxury safari?
Each card below sets out a northern Botswana camp owner on the same facts as Desert & Delta Safaris, its camps and private guide terms, so the alternatives can be compared line by line.
African Bush Camps
- Best for
- Multi-camp trips across Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Botswana: Atzaró Okavango Camp, Khwai Leadwood, Khwai Lediba, Linyanti Bush Camp, Ebony, Expeditions, Legodimo (Linyanti Reserve).
- Countries
- Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe ('our heartlands').
- Reviews
- SafariBookings: 5.0 out of 5 from 12 reviews; Google: 4.4 out of 5 from 24 reviews, read 19 and 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- africanbushcamps.com
African Horseback Safaris
- Best for
- Horse riding safaris in the Okavango Delta
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Guests have 450,000 acres of the Okavango Delta to explore.
- Countries
- Botswana (Macatoo Camp, Okavango Delta).
- Rates
- Lowest published rate GBP 625 pppns (Standard season, 2025); highest GBP 1035 pppns (Peak season 15 Jun-14 Oct, 2026), sharing.
- Children
- 50% discount for non-riding children under 12.
- Reviews
- SafariBookings: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, read 2 November 2026.
Bush Ways Safaris
- Best for
- Small-group camping and lodge trips in Botswana
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Chobe Elephant Camp: Chobe National Park area.
- Countries
- Botswana (Sango, Chobe Elephant Camp, Mababe, Khwai Guest House, Deception Valley Lodge, The Dune Camp, Boteti River Camp) and Zimbabwe (Pioneers Victoria Falls, Batonka Guest Lodge).
- Reviews
- Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 53 reviews, read 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- www.bushways.com
Dulini
- Best for
- Sabi Sand lodges with Botswana and Zambia
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Dulini Daunara is in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
- Countries
- South Africa, Botswana and Zambia.
- Enquire
- www.dulini.com
Ker & Downey Botswana
- Best for
- Private Okavango concessions since 1968
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Shinde and Shinde Footsteps: Shinde Private Concession, northern Okavango Delta.
- Countries
- Botswana and Zambia.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 58 reviews; Trustpilot: 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review, read 19 and 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- www.kerdowneybotswana.com
Letaka Safaris
- Best for
- Mobile and set-departure Botswana safaris
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Moremi Game Reserve (Xakanaxa), Mababe River Private Reserve (exclusive campsite on the Khwai River), Khwai, Savuti and Chobe National Park, Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Blooming Desert departures), Chobe River at Kasane.
- Countries
- Botswana.
- Children
- Minimum age 12 on scheduled departures; minimum 5 years on tailor-made private safaris, with a family tent sleeping 4.
- Private guide
- Privately guided safaris are offered: tailor-made private departure or a scheduled departure blocked off for you.
- Reviews
- SafariBookings: 4.9 out of 5 from 23 reviews; Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 58 reviews; Trustpilot: 3.7 out of 5 from 1 review, read 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- www.letakasafaris.com
Machaba Safaris
- Best for
- Small camps in Botswana and Zimbabwe
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Botswana: Machaba Camp and Little Machaba (Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta)
- Countries
- Botswana and Zimbabwe.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 84 reviews, read 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- machabasafaris.com
Natural Selection
- Best for
- Wild camps in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Okavango: Mokolwane Plains in the NG29 private concession (200,000 ha, only two camps)
- Countries
- Camps in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
- Reviews
- Google: 5 out of 5 from 4 reviews, read 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- naturalselection.travel
Sanctuary Retreats
- Best for
- Lodges, camps and riverboats in six countries
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Baines' Lodge, Chief's Camp and Stanley's Camp (Okavango Delta, Botswana)
- Countries
- Safari lodges and camps in six countries: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
- Enquire
- www.sanctuaryretreats.com
Singita
- Best for
- Lodges and villas across five countries
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Botswana: Okavango Delta (Elela, Elela Four-Bedroom Camp).
- Enquire
- singita.com
Under One Botswana Sky
- Best for
- A Chobe riverfront lodge in Kasane
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Chobe Safari Lodge: on the bank of the Chobe River in Kasane, neighbouring Chobe National Park.
- Countries
- Botswana.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 15 reviews, read 20 October 2026.
- Enquire
- www.underonebotswanasky.com
Wilderness
- Best for
- Camps across eight African countries
- Camps in northern Botswana
- Botswana: Mombo, Little Mombo, Vumbura Plains, Little Vumbura, Chitabe, Chitabe Lediba, Qorokwe (Okavango Delta)
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 71 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.8 out of 5 from 146 reviews, read 19 and 20 October 2026.
What do they charge per person per night?
1 of the 12 camp owners on this page publish a rate per person per night; the rest do not state it on their own websites. Each line is the company's own figure as its website gives it. Companies with camps in several countries are left out of this list and their cards, because their published figure can be for a camp elsewhere.
- African Horseback Safaris: Lowest published rate GBP 625 pppns (Standard season, 2025); highest GBP 1035 pppns (Peak season 15 Jun-14 Oct, 2026), sharing.
What age limits do they set for children?
2 of the 12 camp owners on this page publish a child policy; the rest do not state it on their own websites. Companies with camps in several countries are left out here, because their policy can differ from camp to camp.
- African Horseback Safaris: 50% discount for non-riding children under 12.
- Letaka Safaris: Minimum age 12 on scheduled departures; minimum 5 years on tailor-made private safaris, with a family tent sleeping 4.
Which offer a private guide and vehicle?
1 of the 12 camp owners on this page offer a private guide or vehicle; the rest do not state it on their own websites. Companies with camps in several countries are left out here, because their terms can differ from camp to camp.
- Letaka Safaris: Privately guided safaris are offered: tailor-made private departure or a scheduled departure blocked off for you.
Alternatives to Desert & Delta Safaris: the questions people ask
Which have their own aircraft or air service?
1 of the 12 does: Wilderness. Each one's own website says so.
Which publish a conservation model?
10 of the 12 do: African Bush Camps, African Horseback Safaris, Bush Ways Safaris, Dulini, Ker & Downey Botswana, Letaka Safaris, Natural Selection, Sanctuary Retreats, Singita and Wilderness. Each one's own website says so.
Which publish a deposit?
7 of the 12 do: African Bush Camps, African Horseback Safaris, Bush Ways Safaris, Ker & Downey Botswana, Letaka Safaris, Machaba Safaris and Natural Selection. Each one's own website says so.
Which have guest reviews on Google, SafariBookings or Trustpilot?
9 of the 12 do: African Bush Camps, African Horseback Safaris, Bush Ways Safaris, Ker & Downey Botswana, Letaka Safaris, Machaba Safaris, Natural Selection, Under One Botswana Sky and Wilderness. Each platform's rating and count are on the card, never added together.
Which of these companies have all their camps in one country?
3 of the 12: African Horseback Safaris, Letaka Safaris and Under One Botswana Sky. The others run camps in more than one country, so their cards leave out rates and child policies on pages about one place.
Can I book these camps through Uncompromised Travel?
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell safaris. Each card has the company's own enquiry link; you can also book through a safari planner.
Where can I check these facts myself?
Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, under Sources, with the date they were read.
How were these camp owners chosen?
Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel safari camp owners table and its own website names, in one sentence about its own camps, a camp of its own in northern Botswana, the area where Desert & Delta Safaris has its camps (a camp the site places only near or beside it, or a sentence about drives or partnerships, does not count). A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
How current are these facts?
Each company's website was read on 19 and 20 October and 2 November 2026. Rates, child policies and reviews change, so confirm them with the camp before you book.
Is any company on this page paying to be here?
No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be listed.
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Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: facts each camp owner published on its own website, read on 19 and 20 October and 2 November 2026, with reviews per platform (Google, SafariBookings and Trustpilot), from the Uncompromised Travel safari camp owners table. Companies whose websites would not open are not on this page. Cards are in alphabetical order. Photos are stock images from Pexels and do not show any company's camp. How this site earns · How we work.