Xigera Safari Lodge

Character and identity

Xigera sits deep in a private concession on the western edge of Moremi Game Reserve, an off-grid camp of 12 elevated, solar-powered tents (16 keys in total) linked by boardwalks through riverine forest. The Tollman family's reinvention turns it into something closer to a smart hotel dropped into the Delta: bespoke furniture and artworks commissioned via Cape Town's Southern Guild, copper baths, Ardmore lamps, a baobab-sculpture treehouse, a water-lily folly by architect Anton de Kock. Two pod-style spa rooms host Tata Harper's first African outpost. Service is quiet, hyper-personal, and orchestrated by long-tenured staff and private guides.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What sets this lodge apart is the fusion of a Southern African art collection with genuine Delta wilderness, run by hoteliers who treat a tented camp like a Red Carnation address. Spend the money if design, food, and personalised guiding matter as much as the wildlife. Book a floodplain-facing suite, and add a night in the baobab treehouse star bed.