Dinaka Safari Lodge

You're guaranteed gorgeous views wherever you are at Dinaka. The large and spacious dining room, roofed with cool thatch, has a long table for a warm, communal atmosphere. It's a good place to get to know the other guests and share your experiences over a good meal and a glass or two of wine. The seating area, with its comfortable chairs and calming desert colours, is open-fronted to the views and the waterhole. You could sit there for hours...

Seven spacious safari-style tents are connected to the main area by wheelchair-friendly walkways. The tents are well spaced and raised on wooden decks overlooking the waterhole. The interiors have comfortable beds, arranged as twins or a large double according to your needs, and en-suite bathrooms with both indoor and outdoor showers, hot and cold running water and flush toilets. For families, there's a two-bedroomed tent for families, sharing a spacious en-suite bathroom. There's a splash pool for cooling off.

The desert and its wildlife are the stars of the show. Explore them both on morning and afternoon game drives with guides whose knowledge of this landscape is astonishing. Guided bush walks are both fun and exhilarating, giving you some up-close encounters and a chance to admire the vegetation. Birdwatchers will have a chance to tick off a goodly number of the reserve's 200-plus species. Mammals here include Kalahari lion, cheetah, leopard, brown hyena, oryx, honey badger and bat-eared fox.