Linyanti Expeditions Camp is a small, seasonal camp that evokes a safari experience like those of the early explorers and offers an abundance of wildlife.

Linyanti Expeditions Camp, along with African Bush Camps' slightly more upscale Linyanti Bush Camp and Linyanti Ebony Camp, are located on the northern boundary of Botswana in a large private area within the Chobe Enclave, which borders the western reaches of Chobe National Park.

This area offers good wildlife viewing all year, but is best during the dry seasons months from June thru October, when the Linyanti River, which all three camps overlook, attracts a great number and diversity of mammals and birds that come to drink at the only source of fresh water for many miles.

The Linyanti River, which becomes more of a wetland than a flowing river during the dry season, is the focal point for the camp and the wildlife activities offered. Guests may choose from a variety of activities, including game drives in customized, open-sided Land Cruisers, water-based excursions on the traditional 'mokoro' (a long canoe propelled by a 'poler' guide who stands at the rear), and nature walks.

The camp has 6, Meru-style, safari tents that are simple and not over-the-top, but offer all needed creature comforts. The unique design of the tents features a "Star-Suite" extension enclosed by mesh screening that offers sleeping beneath the stars from within the tent.

The guest tents also offer comfortable beds (twin or double setup), an outdoor veranda overlooking the Linyanti river/wetland, and en-suite facilities with a bucket-shower, wash basin, and chemical flush-toilet.

The main guest area includes two canvas-tented structure, one that is used for dining and features an interactive kitchen, and the other comprising a comfortable lounge, library, and bar. The main area's focal point is the campfire, which is ideal for evening drinks, snacks, and conversation about the day's adventures.

The camp operates primarily on solar energy, but a generator provides a backup power source and there is a charging station for electronics in the main guest area.

Linyanti Expeditions Camp is owned and operated by African Bush Camps (ABC), a company founded by a professional African safari guide, who has a passion for protecting remote spaces and the wildlife that lives there.

African Bush Camps owns safari camps in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. The ABC camps are fully sustainable, with minimal impact on the environment. The African Bush Camps Foundation runs local projects that empower the local communities wherever they operate safari camps. The company's aim is to conserve and preserve wildlife and natural areas in Southern Africa.

the Northern Reserves (Linyanti, Kwando, Selinda)

Located directly to the north of the Okavango Delta are several superb wildlife reserves: the Linyanti, Selinda, Kwando, and the Linyanti concession of the Chobe Enclave. All of these reserves offer superb game viewing in huge wilderness areas with very low tourist numbers. Each of the reserves has a number of safari camps and they all pair superbly with a visit to one more more camps in the Okavango. Daily charter flights are available from any of the camps in the Okavango Delta or elsewhere in northern Botswana.

Similar to the Okavango Delta, the northern reserves receive water from rivers fed by rains in northern Angola, the amount varying year to year. The Kwando River forms the border between Botswana and Namibia, and much like the Okavango River further west, it also empties into a trough of Kalahari sand, creating the Linyanti Swamp, a much smaller version of the Okavango Delta. The Linyanti Swamp empties eastward into the Linyanti River, which becomes the Chobe River further to the east.

In some years, and usually in multi-year cycles, the rain water flowing down the Kwando River is sufficient enough to cause the Linyanti Swamp to overflow to the south, where it may flow east into the Savuti Channel or southwest into the Selinda Spillway. The Savuti Channel empties into the Savute Marsh in Chobe National Park. The Selinda Spillway flows back into the northern part of the Okavango Delta.

Both of these waterways have historically gone through long periods of total dryness, becoming rich grasslands, and then suddenly flowing with water again, bringing rich sediments and new water along their courses. Like the Okavango, water flows are dynamic over time, with rains in the Angolan highlands and tectonic movements far beneath the surface of northern Botswana affecting the quantity and direction of the water in these river systems.

Away from the major rivers in the northern portion of these reserves, the southern portion of the northern reserves is dominated by dry woodland, consisting of Kalahari apple-leaf bush, mopane trees and Acacia trees on deep Kalahari sand. Elephants wander through as they travel between the Okavango and the northern rivers, and there are impala, greater kudu, roan antelope, sable antelope, but this area is mostly not used for safaris, with the safari camps located along the waterways to the north.

Wildlife viewing along the waterways in the northern reserves is outstanding, particularly between July and late October, when the bush is dry and the animals stay close to the permanent water. Elephants gather in large numbers at this time and head to the waterways to drink twice daily, sometimes swimming and playing in the deeper water. Herds of buffalo, zebra, and impala are also present in good numbers. Other herbivores include include greater kudu, giraffe, red lechwe, tsessebe, waterbuck, blue wildebeest, and warthog.

Common predators include lion, leopard, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, and African wild dog. The northern reserves are one of the best places in Africa to see the wild dogs, which have their young around June each year, the pups are truly something to see if you get lucky. Cheetah are here in modest numbers and can be seen in the open grassland areas. Hippo and crocodile are abundant in the Kwando, Linyanti, and Chobe Rivers, as well as in the Linyanti Swamp area. Chacma baboon and vervet monkey are found in the riparian forests.

Birding in the northern reserves is outstanding, with a diverse mix of grassland, woodland, raptors, and water species found. A typical safari day can easily produce 100 species.