Macatoo Camp

Despite its remote location, this is a laid-back but perfectly comfortable and well-appointed camp. The tented main area has inviting seating, and the stables and their nearly 50 inhabitants are well maintained. Fireside dinners are generally served beneath the stars, with freshly prepared and very good wholesome meals. (Food preferences are requested when you book.) There's a swimming pool for hot afternoons, with a pool deck and sun beds overlooking the floodplain, where elephants and giraffe come close and baboons use it as a watering hole.

Macatoo's eight tents each sit on their own raised platform, so the floodplain view starts from the bed and carries on out to the deck. Configurations run from doubles to twins to triples, and the family and friends suite links two tents by a raised walkway and viewing deck — handy for parents with children, or anyone who'd rather not sleep alone in the bush. The honeymoon tent adds a private dining deck and a raised double tub bath looking out over the water. All have proper beds, cotton sheets and blankets for the cold months, en-suite showers with hot and cold running water and a flush loo. No aircon. Each morning you're woken with tea or coffee to drink while the floodplain comes to life in front of you.

This is an area of dangerous game, so you need to be an experienced rider to be able to keep up with the group (and your competent guide) and control your horse when riding fast over rough terrain. Beginner riders are not accepted. There's lots for non-riders to do though – boat trips, fishing and mokoro or game drives dependent on the water levels.