Visitor to Skybeds sleep on raised platforms under the mighty African sky. Each “room” is actually a multiple-story raised platform, with a comfortable bed on the top platform and a fully enclosed bathroom with flushing toilets on the first floor. Each Skybed is illuminated by lanterns at night, providing loads of romantic ambiance, but guests still need to bring a torch to manoeuvre around at night.

Less is sometimes more. Skybeds are about being outdoors and experiencing a night under the stars. Guests usually only arrive in the late afternoon, settle in and have enough time to enjoy the sunset. It is the time when elephants start coming down to the waterhole and guests can watch them from their bed and enjoy a drink. Dinner is served around an open fire at a communal table. A simple affair, but very enjoyable. Highlist for most will probably be the actual sleep-out on the platform when you go to bed and can't stop staring at the billions of stars.

The massive 200,000 hectare Khwai Private Reserve (NG18) comprises some of the most fantastically diverse habitats in northern Botswana, including riverine woodlands, open floodplains, rivers and mopane woodland. The reserve lies in the north-eastern corner of the Okavango Delta adjoining the Moremi Game Reserve. NG18 is a private concession and in contrast to neighbouring NG19 self-drivers and mobile safari operators are not allowed to enter the reserve.

It is a thirty minutes flight from Maun or 60 minutes from Kasane to the Khwai Private Airstrip (Banoka). Guests usually spend a night or two in one of the camps in the concession and then one night at Skybeds to get the sleep-out experience. A road transfer from the airstrip to the Skybeds would take about 2hrs.

All guests transferring to Skybeds from Sable Alley, Little Sable and Tuludi will fly (10 minutes) by helicopter to Hyena Pan. From there, guests will drive (35 minutes) to an underground hide where they will enjoy afternoon tea. Guests will then drive (15 minutes) to the Skybeds in time for sundowners and their night under the stars.

The life source for this area is the Khwai River - the northernmost "finger" of the Okavango Delta alluvial fan. It supports large animals such as hippo and crocodile with buffalo and red lechwe often seen grazing along the fringe. The area is a mix of woodland, floodplains, swamps and grassland, making it a paradise for zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, elephant, leopard, lion, baboon. Even wild dog and cheetah can be found in the area.

Game drives in open 4x4 vehicles, sleeping under the stars, dining around a camp fire at night.

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