Founded in the 1960s by explorer Jack Bousfield and set on the edge of Botswana's Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Jack's Camp is one of Africa's most legendary safari camps. Recently refurbished, the camp's ten lavish canvas-walled tents, rich with old-school glamour, are filled with hand-made textiles from around the globe, four-poster beds and artefacts from the Bousfield family's private collections. Each tent has a private deck with a plunge pool where you can soak up the haunting silence of the arid Kalahari Desert, and witness herds of wildebeest cantering past towards their evening pastures.
Meals take place in a communal mess tent filled with comfortable sofas and a small library and antique pool table. There is also a large, central swimming pool and a brand-new spa tent - a welcome retreat after days filled with bushwalks, game drives and horse rides across the plains. This is a fantastic place to spot the more unusual species; brown hyena, bat-eared fox, Kalahari lion and meerkat from Jack's pioneering habituation project. Groups of curious ostrich may also pass by to inspect your activities as you relax in the camp's delightful surroundings.
