Botswana

Mababe

Discover a unique pulse and energy on the plains of Botswana, with a visceral safari unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.


As wild as it gets

Imagine a place where you can witness lion kills every day, perhaps even multiple times a day. A place where you can fly over the same buffalo herd for a solid ten minutes, the spectacle stretching the breadth of the horizon. Where you’ll be dazzled by the zebra  migration, creating a world of black and white. A place where you will stay at the only lodge in 50,000 hectares. Now stop imagining. Welcome to Mababe.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Mababe at a glance

The Mababe Depression marsh fills in the summer season, creating a wetland of some 2,600 hectares. This progressively disappears in the dry season, although never completely, with permanent water feeding nutrient-rich grasslands, welcoming great herds. Here it’s not uncommon to see vast buffalo herds, tsessebe in their hundreds, and large prides of lions following in their wake.

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THINGS TO DO

Mababe experiences

Go on a game drive by day or night, following lions as they push buffalo to the waterline. Spend hours at the sunken hide, eye-to-toe with a breeding herd of elephants. Take a walk, quiet as a field mouse, as you spot some of Africa’s rarest birds.

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Explore our camp in Mababe

In the plains of Botswana lies Mababe, an incredibly productive region which isn't visited by many. Mababe is situated in this remote and wild place, where predators follow in the wake of abundant wildlife herds.

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JOURNAL

Mababe featured stories

Mababe may be new to the Wilderness collection, but set as it is between Wilderness’ exceptional safari areas in the Linyanti and Okavango Delta regions of Botswana, it already has its fair share of stories.
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New camp opening in Botswana’s Mababe area

Vast, remote and teeming with game, Mababe is an exceptional Botswana safari destination.

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Wilderness blogger

04.04.2023

Close encounters in Botswana’s wildest regions

From the iconic Okavango Delta to the remote Mababe to the teeming Linyanti, see Botswana’s wildlife...

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Lauren Dold

06.06.2023

Solo: The End of an Era?

It has been more than two months without a sighting of Solo, the lone wild dog who became famous for...

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Graham Simmonds

21.02.2014

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When we say we’re there every step of the way, we mean it, literally. From planning the perfect circuit, to private inter-camp transfers on Wilderness Air, and easing you through Customs. We’re with you on the ground, at your side, 24-7, from start to finish. Ready to take the road less travelled? Contact our Travel Designers to plan an unforgettable journey.