One of the more intimate camps run by Wilderness Safaris, Chitabe Lediba has just five tents (including two family ones) and a warm and intimate atmosphere. The larger-than-usual tents here are supremely comfortable, and the whole place is also distinguished by the warm service and brilliant game drives.
Nice touches in the tents include fine black-and-white photographic prints, antique African maps, alongside classic safari furnishings, although such is the size of the tents that they never feel overdone; and yes, there are the usual indoor and outdoor shower options. The broad private terraces are the place to watch as passing elephants or buffaloes wander past.
Chitabe concession, which this camp shares with Chitabe, is prime wildlife country – we saw lion cubs and leopards here, with wild dogs sometimes a possibility – but the landscapes too are exceptionally beautiful here, from the acacia woodlands to the ghostly forests of dead leadwood trees on the way in from the air strip.
