Jack’s Camp

Jack’s Camp – One of Africa’s most iconic camps

Named after an adventurer who stumbled upon the site in the 1960s, award-winning Jack’s Camp sits in the shade of palms amid a giant salt lake which dried up thousands of years ago. The award-winning camp pays homage to its past, adorned in vintage 1940’s style campaign furniture.

Located adjacent to Botswana’s astounding Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, the vast pans offer a unique desert experience in the dry season, offering otherworldly lunar terrain to explore. The landscape is home to several fascinating desert species including brown hyena, porcupine, aardwolf and aardvark. Other wildlife you may see include black-maned Kalahari lion, honey badgers, jackals or bat eared fox. After the rains, the ecosystem transforms into watery grasslands, attracting huge herds of zebra and wildebeest. For several months, the landscape teems with game. During this green season, guests can bear witness to Southern Africa’s last remaining mass mammal migration of zebra.

The central hub of the camp, the expansive and gorgeous mess tent houses a grand dining table, lounge room, museum, antique pool table and bar – set within a large chest. Throughout the mess tent, guests can find beautiful campaign furniture and cabinets filled with fascinating artefacts, old maps and fossils. Not far from the main area, there is a separate tent that houses a sensational indoor pool, surrounded by elegant sun loungers.

Jack’s Camp (and sister property San Camp) is home to several authentic and special safari experiences few other camps can match. A 3-night stay complements a greater Botswana safari, and some activities are only available during the dry season. Aside from morning and afternoon game drives in search of unique desert-adapted wildlife such as brown hyena and aardwolf, guests can also enjoy walks with the local Zu’/hoasi Bushmen, quad biking through the ancient salt pans or visit Chapman’s Baobab – an ancient fallen tree and a national monument of Botswana. A highlight of a stay at Jack’s Camp is a visit to see the habituated meerkats.

Persian Tea Tent

If Jack’s Camp wasn’t already unique enough in its design, décor and overall splendour, then the glorious Persian Tea Tent adds a final element to this remarkable camp. The iconic tea tent is a place where guests can sink into one of the countless cushions scattered across the floor and enjoy a relaxing afternoon tea in style. Afternoon tea in the Tea Tent is a highlight of every stay at Jack’s Camp; where there are always a variety of mouth-watering treats on offer.

Jacks Camp Persian Tea Tent
Jacks Camp Guest Tent Twin Beds

Unique and elegant guest tents

One of Africa’s most unique camps, Jack’s Camp has just 9 beautiful guest tents reminiscent of a classic 1940’s East African safari camp. The spacious tented rooms feature raised-four poster beds, a peaceful lounge area and gorgeous ensuite bathrooms. The rooms are decorated with rich Persian and North African rugs, mahogany campaign furniture, brass fittings and still feature the iconic green canvas and rich muslin-draped walls. The ensuite bathrooms feature both indoor and outdoor showers and huge brass basins, while the enormous outdoor deck boasts a private plunge pool and multiple soft deck chairs. At night, the romantic tents are lit with paraffin lanterns.

Visit a habituated “mob” of meerkats

One of the highlights when visiting Jack’s Camp is an excursion to see the nearby habituated meerkats. Members of the mongoose family, these small, fascinating creatures live in groups (called a mob or gang) typically around 20 individuals in number. The meerkats are almost always in the presence of a ranger, which is why they have become accustomed to humans. Guests can sit and watch them as they go about their daily lives, searching for food or standing on their hind legs keeping an eye out for unsavoury characters. The curious meerkats have been known to even sit on top of guests heads to get a better vantage point!

Accommodation Details

Best Botswana Safaris

Accommodation in the Kalahari

Below are some of our preferred tented camps in the Kalahari region. Please contact us to tailor accommodation options to suit the style of your trip and your budget.

Jack’s Camp

Award-winning Jack’s Camp sits in the shade of palms amid a giant salt lake which dried up millennia ago, beside Botswana's otherworldly Makgadikgadi Pans National Park.

San Camp

San Camp is a collection of romantic white tents which sit like a mirage beneath a scattering of lofty palms at the edge of a vast, glittering saltpan.

Camp Kalahari

Comfortable, laid-back Camp Kalahari sits at the very edge of the remote Makgadikgadi Saltpans, offering travellers a unique desert safari experience.

Meno a Kwena

About halfway between the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta, Meno a Kwena offers a diversity of safari experiences from a very scenic, secluded setting.

Kalahari Plains Camp

In an exceptionally remote section of the immense Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Kalahari Plains Camp overlooks an enormous white salt pan.

Leroo La Tau

Welcoming Leroo La Tau sits on a cliff beside the Boteti River, an important source of water to many birds and animals especially during Botswana's dry season.

Dinaka

Occupying an exclusive piece of land in the central Kalahari Game Reserve, Dinaka is home to species including the black-maned Kalahari lion and brown Hyena

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