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Wilderness DumaTau
Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Botswana · Wilderness · Grand Luxury
DumaTau, whose name means 'roar of the lion' in Setswana, sits on Botswana's Linyanti Wildlife Reserve at the point where the Kwando River bends nearly 90 degrees along the Linyanti Fault to become the Linyanti River, the clearest visible trace of the Great Rift Valley in the country. Wilderness has run a camp on this site since 1997, most recently rebuilding it in 2021 into eight tented suites overlooking Osprey Lagoon, between two of the region's principal elephant migration corridors.
- 8 rooms
- Opened 2000
About Wilderness DumaTau
- The Linyanti Wetlands host one of Africa's highest elephant concentrations, with more than 2,000 animals converging on the Linyanti River during the July-to-October dry season.
- DumaTau's concession is the only one in the Linyanti that gives access to both the Linyanti River floodplain and the Savuti Channel.
- The camp was first built in 1997, rebuilt on a raised site over Osprey Lagoon in 2012, and rebuilt again in 2021 with a 175 kW Tesla solar array, one of Wilderness's largest.
- Guest suites include wall-mounted 'curiosity boxes' filled with artefacts and information about the elephants and wild dogs that pass through camp.
- The area is a stronghold for African wild dog, one of the region's most endangered predators, alongside lion, leopard, cheetah and spotted hyena.
Amenities
- Pool
- Climate control in tented suites
- Solar power
- Sunken hide (weather and seasonality permitting)
- Game drives (morning, afternoon or full-day)
- Night drives
- Walking safaris
- Helicopter flights (optional, extra cost)
- Cultural experiences with the Mababe village
- Secure vehicle parking in Mababe village with guided transfer to camp
- Private inter-camp transfers on Wilderness Air (general Wilderness service)
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