Sub-Saharan Tented Camps: A Working Map of the Continent’s Best

A luxury canvas safari tent in Africa at sunset with the warm orange light of the African sky behind it, a herd of elephants visible in the middle distance crossing a dry riverbed and acacia trees in silhouette.

The first tented camp I stayed at, on the Linyanti floodplain in northern Botswana in 2014, was an honest object lesson in what the format actually delivers. The « tent » was a permanent canvas-walled structure with a hardwood deck, fully plumbed bathroom, four-poster bed and air conditioning. The wildlife was meaningfully closer than at any conventional … Lire la suite