Elephant Pan revels in its location, here amid the sandy mopane forests in the drier interior of Kwhai Private Reserve. It’s a laid-back destination where the wildlife that flocks to the waterhole on the fringes of the camp offers guests a front-row seat to thrilling sightings. If you’ve always wanted to get up close to ellies, Elephant Pan is for you.

Positioned between Moremi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park and the Khwai River, the exclusive Khwai Private Reserve is a meeting point for more animals than you can shake a stick at. Think nomadic herds of elephant and buffalo, lion, leopard and wild dog fiercely defending their territories, as well as giraffe, kudu, sable and other antelope dotted across the plains.

And then there’s the camp itself. Set around a waterhole in the heart of the dry mopane forest, Elephant Pan is stylishly simple with guest accommodation in eight tents overlooking the waterhole with its big elephant action. In the morning, you’ll open your tent flaps straight on to the trumpeting elephant in the waters below, spend your siesta watching herds splash and snort, and fall asleep to antelope grazing just outside your canvas walls. This isn’t a place for those looking for opulence and extravagance; it’s a private piece of big-game Africa, where the wildlife encounters are authentic, intimate and always wild.

WHY CHOOSE ELEPHANT PAN?

• Located in the interior of the 200,000 hectare Khwai Private Reserve, Elephant Pan offers brilliant value for money and an all-round fantastic safari in a private concession.
• With only eight, recently upgraded tents, the camp is intimate, comfortable and welcoming.
• Spend an afternoon in the underground hide, a favourite amongst photographers, and capture some shots that you’ll remember for life.
• Located next to the only permanent source of water for miles around (a magnet for wildlife – elephant in particular), you don’t even need to leave the comfort of your room for top-notch wildlife-watching.
• Game drive across the dry plains and mopane forest, and keep your binoculars at the ready for predators, majestic elephant, buffalo, and hordes of plains game.