Euphorbia Mashatu is the five-star end of the Northern Tuli Game Reserve: eight private villas shaped after the mopane pod, each with its own plunge pool and a deck the lodge calls “the nest” overlooking the ravine below. Vehicles carry four guests rather than the usual six or nine.
Quick facts
- Area
- Eastern Botswana
- Property type
- Safari Villas
- Setting
- Ravine-facing ridge in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve
- Nearest park or reserve
- Northern Tuli Game Reserve
Villas at Euphorbia Mashatu
Eight private villas, each with a private plunge pool and a viewing deck over the reserve and ravine. Two pilot rooms. The property runs on solar with its own water treatment.
Facilities at Euphorbia Mashatu
Private plunge pools, the ravine-facing decks, and fireside dining beneath up-lit euphorbia candelabra trees. Two game drives a day are included.
Who it suits
Photographers and couples who want four guests to a vehicle rather than a full row, and travellers who want Tuli without compromising on comfort.
Location and access
By road via the Pont Drift border with South Africa, or by air into the reserve.
Four guests per vehicle is the specification that matters
Nine seats means someone always has the wrong side and the wrong light. Four means everyone has a window and the guide can reposition for a shot without a negotiation. Among all the things a luxury camp advertises, this is the one that actually changes what you bring home.
Solar and water treatment in a dry reserve
Tuli is arid, and water is the constraint on everything built there. A property running its own treatment and solar is not making an environmental gesture so much as solving the problem that limits camp size in this landscape. It is also why villa numbers stay at eight rather than growing.
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Plan the rest of your trip
Read our guide to the Northern Tuli Game Reserve.
