Is this the world's best safari destination? The Mail films a wildly amazing trip to Botswana, with breathtaking helicopter transfers and a camp so luxurious even the animals want to move in! Jess Hamilton stays at Atzaró Okavango, a luxury camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta She arrives at the camp by helicopter and experiences some 'hair-raising' encounters with the local wildlife READ MORE: I'm a travel firm CEO who arranges African private jet safaris - this is the best luxury lodge By JESSICA HAMILTON Published: 10:33, 21 November 2024 | Updated: 10:35, 21 November 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement It's not often an elephant knocks on your door while you're getting ready for dinner. He's just a trunk length away and I'm frozen. As I peer into his pink snout, now tracing a section of netting on my wood-framed safari lodge, I wonder if he's intelligent enough to open the door.
He probably just wants a peek inside my suite. And who can blame him? Because it's extraordinary, along with the rest of the camp that's my home for an all-too-short-while - Atzaró Okavango, which is nestled between the Moremi Game Reserve and the Gomoti Plains in a private concession in Botswana's breathtaking Okavango Delta. The elephant wanders off, denied the chance to inspect my bedroom, accessible by a winding wooden walkway and one of 12 suites and two villas.
Panoramic windows and netting frame the suite's individual rooms, leaving me with nearly 360-degree views and partially exposed.
