She arrives at the camp by helicopter and experiences some 'hair-raising' encounters with the local wildlife 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 to the elements. At one end of my suite, named 'Francolin', lies a private deck and plunge pool, and at the other, there's an outdoor shower and copper bathtub. Inside is a king-sized four-poster bed, a sprawling living room, a sunken bath and a shower.
Pinch me. Jess Hamilton checks in to Atzaró Okavango, a five-star luxury camp in Botswana's breathtaking Okavango Delta Jess arrives at sunset after a 'thrilling' helicopter transfer from Maun Airport to the doorstep of the camp Jess is .
