Savute Elephant Lodge, A Belmond Safari, Botswana — Hotel in Chobe District

From the moment we landed at that Savute Airstrip we knew this was something special. We’ve had Richard as our guide and he led us to Cathy and Lorato who’s ready to welcome us with champagne and wine. Spoiled!||The lodge is absolutely fantastic from the room, the view, staff’s enthusiasm, can’t stop raving! ||Everyone’s on site are fantastic Kenny the masseuse, my housekeeper Tshidi keeping my room clean and welcoming at all times; Naledi whom toured me the room to get myself familiarized; there’s also Chippee, Nadie, Walter sorry if I couldn’t remember you all. Highlight: sorry chef I forgot your name. Your ground beef is to die for!!!||Back to the experience|We went during the off season but still we managed to see elephants on site, we saw heeps of wild dogs fighting against a hyena what a sight! ||Richard our lovely ranger was fantastic during our safari game drive we saw a lion from afar and with his experience he could it would still be there in the afternoon and boy it was still there when we went back after lunch! |I’m convinced there’s never a bad season in Botswana! Just find the expert aka go with Richard (we heard from another guest that Moses is amazing also) and just go experience it yourself!||Lastly thanks to Dan the GM for getting everyone so organized. You should be so proud...

I just reviewed The Eagle Lodge and mixed up the two properties.||They are both unbelievable and should not be missed. The Eagle Island||lodge had the very best massages that we ever experienced. Highly recommend ||Maggie. She is strong and very thoughtful. We did one every day and will miss her terribly! Both girls are fantastic. Maria did an amazing job cleaning our room twice a day. There is plenty of bottled water and soft drinks in the refrigerator. The terrace||overlooks stunning scenery with hippos, lions, elephants and water buffalo all over||the waterfront.We were served by Miss B and she was lovely. Izzy made us fabulous ||drinks each night! BK has the loveliest personality. Every single person who serves||there is friendly and can’t do enough for everyone. Rachael helped us get our donations to the right place with our amazing game driver, DK. DK is extremely ||passionate, knowledgeable and just plain sweet. She found us every single animal that we always wanted to see. We really enjoyed getting to know her at sunset||when she takes out a picnic basket with snacks and cold drinks. She spotted the||most fantastic owl, eagles, cheetahs, lions and so much more! She is one of a kind.||We loved the property and can’t recommend Belmond enough. It’s quiet,...

This was the second of the three Belmond Safari locations for our trip and again we found that every member of the team was very friendly and kind. The lodge overlooks a waterhole which was frequented by all sorts throughout the day, and was then taken over by herds and herds of elephants from dinner and late into the night. Our "tent" was very well appointed (with separate indoor and outdoor showers) with excellent heating/aircon and overlooked the Savute channel leading to the waterhole. We were provided with copious amounts of delicious food and drink throughout the day, and the team quickly learnt the things that we enjoyed the most!||Our super friendly guide Richard delivered on pretty much all of our requests with plenty of elephant, giraffe, lions with cubs, leopard and my highlight of a pair of cheetah brothers! Richard was also very excited to be introduced to and finding his first geocache as there was a location near the bushman paintings! Our evening drives finished with sundowners on the open plain - thank you for remembering my favourite brut...