Picture the Okavango Delta... and visions of Jacana Camp should come to mind. It is primarily a water-activities camp, but only in the flood season, which is normally between September and May. The location, on an island in a floodplain in the Jao Concession, is ideal for game viewing from a dugout 'mokoro' canoe in the watery season. This can vary from year to year. When the water levels recede, land based game viewing activities are also good.
Completely unobtrusive, the camp is made up of only five guest tents and a communal area all set on wooden decks to provide views across the floodplains. The tents all have en-suite roofless bathrooms for starlit showers! The dining area is delightfully suspended on wooden decks between giant sycamore fig trees. Below there is a lounge and intimate bar and a traditional African open fireplace surrounded by dense wild date palms.
Due to its densely populated watery location, one of the main attractions is the big herds of water-loving red lechwe and sitatunga. There are two platform hides where guests can quietly sit and observe a pristine example of nature's abundance - birds, animals, insects and flora. One of these hides is equipped for 'sleep outs' on request.
Besides mokoro trips along the narrow waterways and land-based 4x4 game drives, activates on offer at Jacana also include boating trips to the east and fishing on a catch and release basis.
It has to be said that birds are the main attraction throughout the Delta wetlands, and birders come from all over the world to see the largest occurring flocks of wattled crane, the rare Pels Fishing-Owl, the Slaty Egret and the African Skimmer. Game that you will encounter either from a vehicle or on foot includes lechwe, sitatunga, hippo and crocodile of course!... and in the dry season: lechwe, tsessebe, elephant, wildebeest, lion, cheetah and leopard often being sighted on the floodplains.
