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Zarafa Camp

Selinda Reserve, Botswana · Independent · Grand Luxury

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Zarafa Camp is an intimate luxury safari camp on the private Selinda Reserve in northern Botswana, roughly 320,000 acres of wilderness owned and operated by Great Plains Conservation, the company of celebrated filmmakers and conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert. The camp comprises four large tented suites, with a two-bedroom Dhow Suites villa added in 2014. Its name, meaning "beloved one" in Arabic, references a famous giraffe gifted to France in 1826, reflecting the camp's evocative and craft-rich design.

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Zarafa Camp is an intimate luxury safari camp on the private Selinda Reserve in northern Botswana, roughly 320,000 acres of wilderness owned and operated by Great Plains Conservation, the company of celebrated filmmakers and conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert. The camp re-opened in June 2008 on the site formerly known as Zibadianja Camp before being renamed Zarafa.

The camp comprises four large tented suites, with a two-bedroom Dhow Suites villa added in 2014. Its name, meaning "beloved one" in Arabic, references a famous giraffe gifted to France in 1826, reflecting the camp's evocative and craft-rich design.

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