Okavango Delta, Botswana, mid-November. Anyone stayed at Xakanaxa, Duba Explorers, or Splash?

Hi everyone, it’s gonna be my first time in Botswana. I’ll be at Pangolin Chobe during the second week of November. Solo trip, and thinking about extending on 4 more nights in the Delta right after before flying home. Photography and the overall safari experience is the main point of the trip. I will be bringing 200-600, 70-200 and probably 24-70 lenses with me.

Got prices from 3 camps. All for 4 nights. All for the same mid November dates.

* Camp Xakanaxa (Desert & Delta, in Moremi Game Reserve): solid reputation, but it's a national park so no night drives, no off-road, and no AC

* Duba Explorers (Great Plains, private Duba concession): small, max 10 guests, seems to have AC in rooms, private concession so night drives and off-road are allowed.

* Splash Camp (Kwando, Kwara concession): bigger camp, also private concession.

Cost-wise Xakanaxa is the cheapest of the three, Duba's a notch up from there but looks nicer, and Splash is the priciest, though the gap isn't massive.

Anyone actually stayed at any of these and want to share how it went, especially from a photography angle? Also genuinely curious if 13-17 November is even a good time to be in the Delta at all, water levels, heat, bugs, whatever matters.

And if there's some other camp/lodge that I'm not even considering that I should be, happy to hear it.

Thanks in advance for your guidance!

Posted Sep 18, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

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