Xigera Safari Lodge
Xigera Safari Lodge is located just outside the borders of the Moremi Game Reserve within the Okavango Delta. It is a classic water based camp and a bird lovers paradise. Guests can avail of a full range of safari activities year round.
Xigera Safari Lodge Introduction
Xigera Safari Lodge is situated on an island in the centre of the beautiful Okavango Delta. The camp offers permanent water all year round and offers guests an authentic water wilderness experience. The camp is remote and private,. surrounded with permanent water flood plains, small islands covered with palm trees and many elusive game can be found here.
Accommodation is in 12 raised luxury suites, all with en-suite facilities and an outdoors showers. Each tent has fantastic views of the surrounding Okavango Delta. The lounge, bar and dining areas overlook a permanent water channel. Dinners are also around a boma camp fire under the stars. On the hot summer afternoons the plunge pool provides welcome relief from the heat!
- Permanent water all year round.
- Enjoy a true Delta experience while you sit back in a mokoro.
- A paradise for avid birdwatchers.
- Xigera also boasts the highest density of the rare and elusive sitatunga antelope found anywhere in the Okavango Delta.
- Best place to spot the elusive sitatunga antelope
Xigera Safari Lodge Game Viewing and Activities
Xigera offers excellent birding. Pel's Fishing Owl, Wattled Crane, African Skimmers, Slaty Egret, Rufousbellied Heron, Swamp Boubou and a host of eagles, vultures and raptors will keep the bird enthusiast fully occupied. The rare Sitatunga antelope are at their highest density in the Okavango in the Xigera area. The wooden foot bridge, which connects this island to the next, is often used by Lion and Leopard to move between islands. When water levels permit, game drives are available. During a high flood, driving is possible from late September to April. The quiet waterways offer perfect mokoro opportunities. Boating is also available as well as guided nature walks.
