Jack's Camp: Information from the owner
General information
- Type
- Safari Lodge
- No. of rooms
- 10
- Check-in time
- 14:00
- Check-out time
- 10:00
Facilities at Jack's Camp
- Property facilities
- Battery Charging Facilities, Eco Friendly, Internet Access (Complimentary), Laundry Service (Complimentary), Library, Pool, Private Vehicle Available, Spa
- Room facilities
- Air Conditioning, Balcony / Deck, Complimentary Wi-Fi, Electrical Outlets, En-Suite, Fridge, Laundry Service (Complimentary), Lounge Area, Mini Bar, Mosquito Nets, Outside Shower, Plunge Pool, Pure Cotton Linen, Safe, Shower
- Activities on site
- Bird Watching, Cycling, Game Drives, Game Viewing, High Tea, Night Drives, Quad Biking, Safaris, Sleep Outs
- Nearby activities
- Helicopter Scenic Flights, Horse Riding
- Languages
- English
Room types at Jack's Camp
Jack's Camp Double Tent
The 2 double tents are made up of 1 x extra length king sized bed which includes an overhead cooling system. As you walk into your 135sqm tent, you will be greeted by a beautiful lounge area, which leads out to your own private plunge pool. All tents include private indoor & outdoor showers, charging points and all tents offer 24 hour solar-powered electricity
Max: 2 adults
Children of all ages welcome
Jack's Camp Twin Tent
All 7 twin tents are made up of 2 x extra length queen sized beds which include an overhead cooling system. As you walk into your 135sqm tent, you will be greeted by a beautiful lounge area, which leads out to your own private plunge pool. All tents include private indoor & outdoor showers, charging points and all tents offer 24 hour solar-powered electricity
Max: 2 adults
Children of all ages welcome
Activities at Jack's Camp
Fallen Baobab
A visit to the Fallen Baobab - one of the three largest and oldest trees in Africa and reputedly the campsite of Livingstone and Selous.
Fat Bikes
Grab a fat bike and peddle around the Makgadikgadi
Pans. This is a really fun activity for
the whole family, and an ideal way to get some
exercise. These bikes can easily cruise over the
desert terrain, taking you along 4x4 tracks and
around the crusty salt flats. Keep a look out
for sightings of wildlife, while breathing in the
beautiful scenery, alongside the desert silence.
Game Drives at Jack's Camp
Take game drives and night drives in custom built 4x4s to spot the unique desert wildlife that inhabit the pans, like the elusive brown hyena or Kalahari lion. Your experienced safari guide will help you discover a desert landscape, pulsating with life. Complete with bush picnics, morning coffees and chilled drinks.
Jack's Camp Bushman Walk
Discover the secrets of the pans with the Zu/’hoasi Bushmen on a fascinating bush walk. See this ancient desert landscape through their eyes. These skilled hunter gatherers will show you how to survive, using their extraordinary tracking skills to uncover a smorgasbord of culinary delights... from bulbs, to scorpions, to berries. Spending time with them is a very rare privilege.
Jack's Camp Horse Riding
Saddle up to explore this wild, unspoilt area in the same way many of the earliest explorers, hunters
and missionaries did – on horseback! You’ll embark on an adventurous outride (for all level riders). This is an exhilarating way to spot wildlife, cantering along the crusty salt flats and following the animal
highways that bring life to the Makgadikgadi Pans.
This is an additional cost.
Jack's Camp Quad Biking
This is pure desert adventure! Take an exhilarating
quad bike across the salt-crusted pans
(all pan activity is weather permitting). You’ll
feel total freedom as you trek across this vast
and ancient landscape, discovering so much
about the remnants of this once super lake. Weather permitting)
Meet the Meerkats at Jack's Camp
Get up close and personal with our families of meerkats. Leaving camp as the sun begins to rise you will accompany these inquisitive members of the mongoose family as they set off in search of their breakfast. Walk amongst them (you're not allowed to touch or feed them) and if you take a seat you might be lucky enough to be mistaken for a termite mound, where you'll be used as a look out point for predators.
Scenic Helicopter Flights
This really is an unforgettable experience.
Enjoy a helicopter flight over the Makgadikgadi
Pans, doors off (or on), to take in the vastness
of this desert landscape. You’ll go in search of
the zebra and flamingo migrations (if timed
correctly), get dropped on an island of baobabs
for lunch, do a bit of sunset sky surfing as you
follow the palm tree linings and tell all your
friends about it all when you get home.
At an additional cost.
Zebra and Wildebeest Migration - Green Season
Witness the second largest migration in Africa.
A stonking spectacle of black and white stripes
as approximately 30,000 zebra and wildebeest
migrate across the Makgadikgadi Pans, followed
closely by stalking predators, waiting for the rich
pickings of tired hooves. This is a wildlife explosion
and an experience not to be missed!
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