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Jack's Private Camp

Botswana

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Imagine sunrise with meerkats, quad bikes blazing across the salt pans, and the whole desert to yourself. Jack’s Private Camp is Botswana’s most exclusive adventure
Safari
Desert
Conservation Focus
Couples
Honeymoon
Family & Generational
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Stays

Three spacious vintage-style tents with en suite bathrooms, private verandas, Persian rugs, and panoramic salt pan views. Exclusive-use camp with private lounge, dining area, and campfire circle.

Adventures

Private game drives. Meerkat encounters. Quad biking (seasonal). Bushman walks with San guides. Horseback safaris (seasonal). Night drives. Stargazing. Birdwatching. Fossil and archaeology tours.

Features

Fully exclusive use. All activities private and tailored to your group. Legendary Jack’s Camp vintage decor. Salt pan and palm grove setting. Private staff, guides, and chef. Solar powered and sustainable.

Only Here

Jack’s Private Camp is perfect for families, groups, or couples seeking total privacy, rare wildlife, and classic desert safari style, your own patch of the Makgadikgadi all to yourself.

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Your Own Salt Pan Kingdom

Best for families, close friends, couples, or adventurers seeking exclusive use, unique wildlife, and unforgettable desert journeys.

Why Stay Here

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Choose Your Experience

Jack’s Private Camp lets you write your own desert adventure, full privacy, custom safari, legendary Makgadikgadi magic
Private Game Drives
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Your own safari

Explore the Makgadikgadi on exclusive game drives tailored to your group’s wishes.

Meerkat Encounters
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Meet the neighbors

Watch the famous meerkat colonies at dawn, up close and personal, with your private guide.

Quad Biking
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Ride the pans

Blast across endless salt flats on quad bikes, desert freedom at its best (dry season only).

Bushman Walks
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Ancient skills

Learn about tracking, plants, and desert survival with San bushmen.

Horseback Safaris
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Gallop the wild

Saddle up for horseback rides over the pans and palm groves (seasonal).

Stargazing
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Night sky wonder

Lie back by your private fire and marvel at the brilliant southern sky, unspoiled and silent.

Jack's Private Camp Sustainability In Action

Jack's Private Camp Conservation and Community

Desert Legacy, Your Way

Jack’s Private Camp supports desert wildlife research, eco-tourism, and San community partnerships. Helping protect Makgadikgadi’s unique ecosystem for generations.

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Book Now
Let us plan your private desert adventure

Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.

Request a personal experience or see our list of sample itineraries.

Choose Your Experience

Jack’s Private Camp lets you write your own desert adventure, full privacy, custom safari, legendary Makgadikgadi magic
Private Game Drives
Details +
Less -
Your own safari

Explore the Makgadikgadi on exclusive game drives tailored to your group’s wishes.

Meerkat Encounters
Details +
Less -
Meet the neighbors

Watch the famous meerkat colonies at dawn, up close and personal, with your private guide.

Quad Biking
Details +
Less -
Ride the pans

Blast across endless salt flats on quad bikes, desert freedom at its best (dry season only).

Bushman Walks
Details +
Less -
Ancient skills

Learn about tracking, plants, and desert survival with San bushmen.

Horseback Safaris
Details +
Less -
Gallop the wild

Saddle up for horseback rides over the pans and palm groves (seasonal).

Stargazing
Details +
Less -
Night sky wonder

Lie back by your private fire and marvel at the brilliant southern sky, unspoiled and silent.

Jack's Private Camp Sustainability In Action

Jack's Private Camp Conservation and Community

Desert Legacy, Your Way

Jack’s Private Camp supports desert wildlife research, eco-tourism, and San community partnerships. Helping protect Makgadikgadi’s unique ecosystem for generations.

View Fact Sheet
Book Now
Let us plan your private desert adventure

Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.

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Choose Your Experience

Jack’s Private Camp lets you write your own desert adventure, full privacy, custom safari, legendary Makgadikgadi magic
Private Game Drives
Details +
Your own safari

Explore the Makgadikgadi on exclusive game drives tailored to your group’s wishes.

Meerkat Encounters
Details +
Meet the neighbors

Watch the famous meerkat colonies at dawn, up close and personal, with your private guide.

Quad Biking
Details +
Ride the pans

Blast across endless salt flats on quad bikes, desert freedom at its best (dry season only).

Bushman Walks
Details +
Ancient skills

Learn about tracking, plants, and desert survival with San bushmen.

Horseback Safaris
Details +
Gallop the wild

Saddle up for horseback rides over the pans and palm groves (seasonal).

Stargazing
Details +
Night sky wonder

Lie back by your private fire and marvel at the brilliant southern sky, unspoiled and silent.

Jack's Private Camp Sustainability In Action

Jack's Private Camp Conservation and Community

Desert Legacy, Your Way

Jack’s Private Camp supports desert wildlife research, eco-tourism, and San community partnerships. Helping protect Makgadikgadi’s unique ecosystem for generations.

View Fact Sheet
Book Now
Let us plan your private desert adventure

Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.

Jack's Private Camp Sustainability In Action

Jack's Private Camp Conservation and Community

Desert Legacy, Your Way

Jack’s Private Camp supports desert wildlife research, eco-tourism, and San community partnerships. Helping protect Makgadikgadi’s unique ecosystem for generations.

View Fact Sheet
Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.
Book Now
Let us plan your private desert adventure

Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.

Choose Your Experience

Jack’s Private Camp lets you write your own desert adventure, full privacy, custom safari, legendary Makgadikgadi magic
Explore the Makgadikgadi on exclusive game drives tailored to your group’s wishes.
Private Game Drives
Details +
Less -
Your own safari

Explore the Makgadikgadi on exclusive game drives tailored to your group’s wishes.

Explore the Makgadikgadi on exclusive game drives tailored to your group’s wishes.
Watch the famous meerkat colonies at dawn, up close and personal, with your private guide.
Meerkat Encounters
Details +
Less -
Meet the neighbors

Watch the famous meerkat colonies at dawn, up close and personal, with your private guide.

Watch the famous meerkat colonies at dawn, up close and personal, with your private guide.
Blast across endless salt flats on quad bikes, desert freedom at its best (dry season only).
Quad Biking
Details +
Less -
Ride the pans

Blast across endless salt flats on quad bikes, desert freedom at its best (dry season only).

Blast across endless salt flats on quad bikes, desert freedom at its best (dry season only).
Learn about tracking, plants, and desert survival with San bushmen.
Bushman Walks
Details +
Less -
Ancient skills

Learn about tracking, plants, and desert survival with San bushmen.

Learn about tracking, plants, and desert survival with San bushmen.
Saddle up for horseback rides over the pans and palm groves (seasonal).
Horseback Safaris
Details +
Less -
Gallop the wild

Saddle up for horseback rides over the pans and palm groves (seasonal).

Saddle up for horseback rides over the pans and palm groves (seasonal).
Lie back by your private fire and marvel at the brilliant southern sky, unspoiled and silent.
Stargazing
Details +
Less -
Night sky wonder

Lie back by your private fire and marvel at the brilliant southern sky, unspoiled and silent.

Lie back by your private fire and marvel at the brilliant southern sky, unspoiled and silent.
Why you'll stay forever
Signature Jack's Private Camp Experiences
Exclusive Use

Enjoy the entire camp for your group only, private staff, guides, and chef.

Enjoy the entire camp for your group only, private staff, guides, and chef.
Meerkat Encounters

Spend sunrise with friendly meerkats, one of Africa’s best animal experiences.

Spend sunrise with friendly meerkats, one of Africa’s best animal experiences.
Quad Biking Adventures

Race across Makgadikgadi’s white pans for a true desert thrill (seasonal).

Race across Makgadikgadi’s white pans for a true desert thrill (seasonal).
Bushman Walks

Explore the pans with San guides, learning ancient skills and stories.

Explore the pans with San guides, learning ancient skills and stories.
Private Fire Circle

Gather around your own fire under the desert stars. No neighbors, just wild silence.

Gather around your own fire under the desert stars. No neighbors, just wild silence.
Stargazing

See the Milky Way and southern skies from your tent or fire circle, desert nights to remember.

See the Milky Way and southern skies from your tent or fire circle, desert nights to remember.
MEET
YOUR HOST
Natural Selection
Connections Matter!

Meet your dedicated Stay Host and the Wild Earth Stays team during a live consultation, and together we’ll plan your perfect journey.

Your host will be joined by members of the Wild Earth team to walk you through your stay and answer your questions live.

From the Wild at Heart

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Name, Date, Source

“Perhaps the most unique feature, is the opportunity to stay under the stars, in the middle of the bush, in the safety of a treehouse!”

KATRYNM, DEC 2022

“Perhaps the most unique feature, is the opportunity to stay under the stars, in the middle of the bush, in the safety of a treehouse!”

KATRYNM, DEC 2022

“Perhaps the most unique feature, is the opportunity to stay under the stars, in the middle of the bush, in the safety of a treehouse!”

KATRYNM, DEC 2022
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Complete privacy, incredible activities, and sunrise with meerkats made our family feel like desert royalty.

Sophie L,
April 2024,
TripAdvisor

Loved having the whole camp to ourselves. The quad biking and fireside stargazing were our highlights.

Benji F,
March 2024,
Expedia

The private staff, amazing food, and freedom to plan each day made this the ultimate Botswana experience.

Helena G,
February 2024,
Trustpilot
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Location
Botswana / Africa
-20.4696, 25.2683
Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana
NEAREST AIRPORT
Maun International Airport (MUB), Jack’s Camp Airstrip
Fly to Maun, connect by light aircraft to Jack’s Camp Airstrip (40 minutes), exclusive transfer to camp.
BEST TIME TO VISIT
April to October
April to October for dry season, prime quad biking, and cool desert nights. November to March for green season, zebra and flamingo migrations, and wildflowers.

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Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.
Book Now
Let us plan your private desert adventure

Contact Wild Earth Stays for a custom Jack’s Private Camp itinerary—exclusive use, private guiding, and endless salt pan horizons.

Natural Selection
Natural Selection
Connections That Truly Matter

Meet your dedicated Stay Host and the Wild Earth Stays team in a live consultation to plan your perfect journey together.

Your host will be joined by members of the Wild Earth team to walk you through your stay and answer your questions live.

Jacks Private Camp
From the Wild at Heart

Populated by the CMS. Do not edit.

Name, Date, Source

“Perhaps the most unique feature, is the opportunity to stay under the stars, in the middle of the bush, in the safety of a treehouse!”

KATRYNM, DEC 2022

“Perhaps the most unique feature, is the opportunity to stay under the stars, in the middle of the bush, in the safety of a treehouse!”

KATRYNM, DEC 2022

“Perhaps the most unique feature, is the opportunity to stay under the stars, in the middle of the bush, in the safety of a treehouse!”

KATRYNM, DEC 2022
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Complete privacy, incredible activities, and sunrise with meerkats made our family feel like desert royalty.

Sophie L,
April 2024,
TripAdvisor

Loved having the whole camp to ourselves. The quad biking and fireside stargazing were our highlights.

Benji F,
March 2024,
Expedia

The private staff, amazing food, and freedom to plan each day made this the ultimate Botswana experience.

Helena G,
February 2024,
Trustpilot