Sable Alley sits on a lily-covered lagoon in the Khwai Private Reserve, the 200,000-hectare concession wedged between Moremi Game Reserve to the south and Chobe National Park to the east. That position is the whole argument: floodplain, mopane, riverine woodland and river in one concession, with private-reserve driving rules on all of it.
Quick facts
- Area
- Okavango Delta
- Property type
- Safari Camp
- Setting
- Lily-covered lagoon in the Khwai Private Reserve (former NG18)
- Nearest park or reserve
- Moremi Game Reserve
Tents at Sable Alley
Twelve tents — nine twin, one honeymoon and two family — taking about twenty-four guests. Rooms have indoor and outdoor showers. Power is solar.
Facilities at Sable Alley
A swimming pool, wellness and spa treatments, Wi-Fi, outdoor dining, a fire pit, bar and lounge, and an underground photographic hide at a waterhole.
Who it suits
Photographers, because of the sunken hide, and travellers who want one camp that can reach several habitats. Children are accepted from six years.
Location and access
Fly-in by light aircraft from Maun to the reserve airstrip, then a game drive to camp. Road transfers and self-drive access are possible.
How we checked this listing
Tent counts, reserve size and boundaries, the hide, and the child policy come from the Natural Selection operator page for this camp. We have not stayed here.
An underground hide is worth a night on its own
Eye-level photography at a waterhole is a completely different image from anything you can take from a vehicle, and very few Botswana camps have a permanent sunken hide. If you are carrying a long lens, build a day around sitting in it rather than treating it as an add-on between drives.
Khwai Private Reserve versus the Khwai community area
Two different things share the name. The community area along the Khwai River is public-access land that self-drivers use, busy in season and with its own campsites. The Khwai Private Reserve is a leased concession with capped bed numbers and no through traffic. Both are good; they are not the same experience, and the price difference reflects it.
Booking this property
Sable Alley sells through the operator and through safari agents rather than as a nightly-rate hotel room.
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What we publish, and what we do not
We publish no nightly rate, no live availability, no star rating and no review score of our own. Those move with season and occupancy, and a figure copied once is a figure that goes stale. What we publish is what the property is, where it sits, who it suits and how you reach it.
Plan the rest of your trip
Read our guide to Khwai, to Moremi Game Reserve, or to Chobe National Park on the other boundary.
