Owing to its remote delta location, Xugana Island Lodge is a year round water paradise. Offering guests the chance to experience the beauty of the Okavango Delta with its myriad of deep waterways, open floodplains, and diverse wildlife inhabitants. Xugana Lagoon is widely recognized as one of the most spectacular permanent water sites in the Okavango Delta. It is in the Shinde concession. The Okavango Delta is Africa’s largest and most awe inspiring oasis.
Xugana Island Lodge takes full advantage of this magnificent site. Multi-level decks provide abundant views and perspectives of the Xugana Lagoon. You see it from the swimming pool and the bar. From daybeds shaded by towering mahoganies, and the covered or open-air dining areas. Communal dining is part of the daily routine, where stories and laughter grow. For special occasions or for those who prefer it, private dining can be arranged on request.
Bringing you even closer is the over water fire deck. This stretches out like a hand, touching the surface of the lagoon. At night the fire burns low and, like the sparks rising from crackling wood, the stars scatter overhead.
Each of the 12 safari suites is elegantly raised at the island’s edge, embraced by foliage for true privacy. They all have an en suite bathroom with an indoor shower. And an outdoor shower so you can bathe under the open sky. Enclosed viewing decks open to sweeping views while keeping you completely private. A front row seat to the rhythms of the Delta. They even have plush loungers that can be used for “sleeping-out”.
The tents can be double (king bed) or twin bed (2 x singles). Each tent draws inspiration from the lagoon’s blue hues and natural textiles. Capturing the natural colors and atmosphere of the Okavango Delta.
Spacious tent with writing desk, mosquito draped bed, and lounging deck
In keeping with Xugana Island Lodge’s reputation for privacy, one Luxury Family Safari Tent offers the opportunity to share the experience with loved ones. A perfect blend of luxury, intimacy, and nature. The family room includes two separate bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a connecting corridor between rooms. One of the bedrooms can be configured as a twin or a double and can accommodate 2 x children in twin beds (or a double), and a third child on a roll out bed).
Room amenities:
Fans and mosquito nets in all guest rooms
220V Plug points for charging equipment and WiFi
A range of African bio-degradable soaps, conditioning shampoo, hand wash, body lotion with insect repellent, and shower caps
A hairdryer and a flashlight
Tea and coffee facilities in each room
Gowns supplied in each room
Umbrellas for the rainy season
Battery operated reading lights, a desk light, and a bathroom light at night
Small safe for valuables
Emergency air horn
Laundry service (complimentary).
Botswana Family Safaris
Children aged 6 and over are welcome at Xugana Island Lodge. However, kids under the age of 16 years must share with a parent at all times.
Safaris create a lifelong impression on children of any age. The incredible guides adore kids and know exactly how to bring a safari alive for young minds. Stopping to look at lion footprints. Or standing next to a huge elephant bone. The guides know how to keep the kids tuned in. Peering through binoculars at a weaver bird carefully repairing a nest. Or watching huge crocs slip silently into the water as you cruise by. These are experiences that will stay with children forever.
Child Policy
6-11 Years
50%
Private activities must be booked for families with children younger than 6 years old at the daily private activity rate.
To ensure guest safety, we reserve the right to amend walking and mokoro activities, where applicable. This is done at the discretion of Camp Management and Guides.
12-15 Years
75%
Have a look at our Ultimate Family Safari Package for combining Desert and Delta camps. These offer great value for families.
About Xugana Island
Water from the highlands of Angola runs for over a thousand kilometers in search of the sea. It never finds it. Instead, the water spills over the Kalahari sands in Botswana and into the Okavango Delta. Here, the desert drinks and life thrives.
The land becomes a maze of islands, and water channels. Elephants come in their hundreds. Buffalo, too. Antelope scatter through the shallows like quicksilver, and lions follow the paths they make, on the hunt. A fish eagle cries, sharp and high. Storks march through the water on legs as long as reeds.
In the heart of this ecological wonder, water finds a place to rest in the Xugana Lagoon. This is widely regarded as the most beautiful of all the permanent water sites in the Okavango Delta. And Xugana Island Lodge is your stunning springboard to experience it.
Xugana Island Lodge Activities
Xugana Island Lodge is in a private concession offering a range of activities giving you the chance to experience a true Okavango Delta safari. All activities are conducted by experienced professional guides.
Mokoro & Boating Safaris
Explore the crystal clear waterways by mokoro (traditional dugout canoe) or motorboat for the chance to enjoy the magnificent variety of bird, plant, and reptile species found in the area. On mokoro’s, you’ll experience the shallower channels and floodplains of the Okavango Delta. Guided excursions through the deeper channels and lagoons of the Okavango Delta are in hard bottom aluminum boats. The boats have comfortable seats, a foldaway canvas roof, and life jackets.
Guided Bush Walks
Bush walks on the surrounding islands offer the opportunity to track the larger species that inhabit the water wilderness. Guided walks are conducted in small groups with two experienced guides. Giving you the chance to experience nature up close and personal.
Fishing
Catch and release fishing for bream and tiger fish is also offered as an added activity at the lodge (season dependent). All fishing equipment is available at the lodge.
Bird Watching
Birding is spectacular, especially during the summer months (from September to February) when the migrant birds come to breed. Experienced guides will identify them all for you.
Malachite kingfisher bird
Helicopter Flights (Surcharges apply)
Scenic helicopter flights over the Okavango Delta are available at an additional charge.
Helicopter flip
Specialist Guiding Program
Booking a specialist guide lets you leverage your host’s specialized knowledge and experience. Having a single guide accompany you throughout your Desert & Delta Safaris itinerary. This enables you to develop a deeper connection with the guide and their skill set and creates lifelong friendships.
Why Book A Specialist Guide?
Special Interest Travelers
We will match the right specialist guide with the right travelers. From bird watchers to professional/amateur photographers. Stargazers to entomologists. We have guides best suited to all ranges of special interests.
VIPS or Celebrities
For guests seeking additional on the ground assistance, including professional hosting with discretion and privacy as needed, specialist guiding offers an elevated level of enjoyment and exclusivity to their trip.
Families
Including a specialist guide throughout the itinerary is a perfect way to ensure families have the safari of a lifetime. This will allow the kids and the knowledgeable specialist guide to form a special bond.
*Chobe Savanna Lodge doesn’t have long stay discounts but can be added to itineraries.
2026 Xugana Island Lodge
Rates
1 – 4 night stay
5 – 6 night stay
7 or more nights
Green Season:
1st January – 31st March
$690
$649
$635
Shoulder Season:
1st – 30th April and 1st November 2026 – 5th January 2027
$990
$931
$911
Peak Season:
1st May – 31st October
$1 290
$1 213
$1 187
Single Supplement: $452 in Peak Season
Single Surcharge applies to any reservation comprising more than two singles during the Green or Shoulder Season.
Rates include:
Accommodation, scheduled activities, all meals, refreshments, local spirits, and wines (excluding premium brands).
Laundry service.
National park fees and all government levies, taxes, and VAT.
2026 Desert and Delta Camp Closures
Chobe Game Lodge
Open all year
Chobe Savanna Lodge
1st October 2025 – 1st April 2026
Savute Safari Lodge
1st – 14th February
Camp Okavango
14th February – 1st March
Xugana Island Lodge
31st January – 13th February
Nxamaseri Island Lodge
15th January – 1st February
Camp Moremi
31st January – 13th February
Camp Xakanaxa
14th February – 1st March
Leroo La Tau
15th January – 1st February
Sediba Sa Rona
1st January – 15th March
Xugana Island Lodge Specials and Packages
Please also see our Best of Desert and Delta Safari Packages where you can combine camps. These packages include flights, accommodation, activities, meals and drinks. Offering great value for money.
2026 Best Of Xugana Island Lodge 3 Night Package Rates
Per Person Sharing
Green Season: 6th January – 31st March and December
$3 106
Shoulder Season: 1st – 30th April and 1st November 2026 – 5th January 2027
$4 018
Peak Season: 1st May – 31st October
$4 978
Single surcharge: $1 356
This Fully Inclusive Xugana Island Lodge package includes:
Return flights from Maun to Xugana Island Lodge,
3 nights fully inclusive accommodation as per above inclusions.
Ask us for prices starting or ending in Kasane.
Green Season Discovery Packages
The Green Season Discovery Package is available between January and March. This is the Green Season. Or Secret Season as it is often referred to. It is a magical time to travel in Botswana. With exceptional value for money, combining the right regions and lodges can create a truly sensational safari experience.
Stay at 2 x Desert & Delta camps for 6 nights in the green season and enjoy a great introduction to a Botswana safari. It includes all Desert and Delta camps except Chobe Savanna Lodge.
2026 cost for the above packages: $4 669 per person sharing. The single supplement is $2 712.
Includes:
Accommodation and all scheduled activities at both properties
All meals, drinks and local branded alcohol
All scheduled charter flights between the lodges and Maun to Maun (Kasane surcharge applies).
A generous contribution to one of our amazing initiatives
The best local hospitality
Relevant park fees, admin fees, and departure taxes
Excludes:
Curio shop shopping sprees
Staff & guide tips
Private activities and charter flights
Example Savute and Okavango Delta Green Season Discovery Package
In this six night Green Season Discovery Package, you can enjoy wildlife sightings at Savute Safari Lodge, exclusive to the green season. Combined with an authentic permanent water Okavango Delta experience at Xugana Island Lodge.
Example Green Season Discovery Package – Savute and Okavango Delta
Day
Movement/Destination
Notes
1
Maun Airport to the The Savute Region
Scheduled light aircraft transfer with Safari Air
1-4
Three nights stay at Savute Safari Lodge
Fully Inclusive
4
The Savute Region to The Okavango Delta
Scheduled light aircraft transfer with Safari Air
4-7
Three nights stay at Xugana Island Lodge
Fully Inclusive
7
The Okavango Delta to Maun Airport
Scheduled light aircraft transfer with Safari Air
Day 1 – 4
The Savute region of the Chobe National Park is one of Botswana’s best game viewing destinations. Offering exceptional year round game viewing. In the green season, massive herds of zebra migrate through the Savute Marsh along with other large groups of mammals in search of the rich grasses. This open marsh area makes for easier predator sightings along with an increase in the prey available. The Northern and Marsh lion prides that dominate the region remain; and offer excellent predator encounters.
As the rains bring fresh growth and water into the Savute Marsh, marvel at the amazing birdlife. Large flocks of the vibrant Carmine bee-eaters migrate through the area to pick up insects. They are known to follow vehicles to prey on insects as they flick up providing beautiful photograph opportunities.
Day 5 – 7
Some camps and lodges in the Okavango Delta change dramatically throughout the year with green season often offering a vastly contrasting experience due to the floodwaters having receded. Xugana Island Lodge offers water based activities year round on a private concession in the heart of the Okavango Delta. The best location from which to explore the deep water, lagoons, and channels. Guided bush walks on the surrounding islands offer a unique perspective of the delta. As well as an opportunity to witness the abundant wildlife on foot. With the lower floodwaters of the green season, the camp can access the mainland by vehicle to offer seasonal game drives. This allows for excellent game viewing on day and night drives. The perfect green season Okavango Delta camp with every activity available!
Rates and safari offers at &Beyond Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp – luxury accommodation in the Okavango Delta (perfect for honeymooners or families on safari)
In the heart of the Okavango Delta, on a diverse, wildlife-rich private concession, is andBeyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge, luxury accommodation – honeymoon
Accommodation in the heart of the Okavango Delta, Pom Pom Camp is in the style of safari camps of old offering land (game drive/walk) and water safaris (mokoro)
Moremi Crossing Camp offers luxury accommodation in 16 vintage-style safari tents in Moremi, east Okavango Delta, with views over Boro River to Chief’s Island
Machaba Camp is a luxury 1950’s camp nestling in the game-rich Khwai area (wheelchair friendly accommodation). Little Machaba is ideal for exclusive use safaris
Lebala Camp – accommodation situated in the Linyanti area is renowned for excellent wild dog sightings and other predators and are able to do night game drives
Kwando Lagoon Camp is on the banks of the Kwando River in the Linyanti/Kwando Concession (water camp, Okavango Delta) – great for honeymooners or family
Kwando Kwara Camp is a land & water camp – perfect accommodation if you only have a couple of nights to see the Okavango Delta and want great wildlife sightings
Kiri Camp is a family friendly, small (accommodating up to 24 guests), luxury safari camp in the Gomoti area, Okavango Delta with both land and water activities
Best rates and offers incl. honeymoons in the Okavango Delta – Overlooking Chiefs Island, bordering Moremi Game Reserve, Gunns Camp is one of the last few remaining luxury, vintage safari camps
Gomoti Plains Camp and Private Suite offers accommodation with eco-luxurious comfort in the Okavango Delta, alive with superb land and water-based game-viewing
Mma and Rra Dinare are sister camps overlooking the Gomoti River in the South Eastern Okavango Delta – luxury Gomoti accommodation with excellent game viewing
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