Detailed Itinerary

Ngepi Camp West Caprivi at the Okavango River

Ngepi Camp was born out of the desire to live symbiotically with the environment, the animals and the surrounding communities.

The whole Ngepi experience revolves around this aim.  We see ourselves as welcome guests in this glorious sanctuary of nature and all aspects of our camp strive to maintain harmonious balance with the environment, wildlife and local community.

The people of the local villages have been an inspirational example on how to live in sync with the natural surroundings.  We believe that it would only be detrimental to attempt to change these indigenous communities to our Western system.

With grateful respect we endeavoured to feel the best way for every tree house to compliment it’s individual tree.  We aimed to have the house fit the tree’s structure naturally, like two puzzle pieces, in a way that would cause no harm to the tree during or after construction. Each tree’s shape and location uniquely defined how the hut was to be built. The houses were placed on the eastern side of the tree so they would receive the blessing of the afternoon shade.

Each tree house was also specially designed so that guests could see the sun rise between their toes when lying in bed!