Rhino Safari Camp

The heart of camp is the double-storey wood and thatch boma. The sand-floor lower level is home to the dining room, buffet and simple bar. Functioning as a lounge, is a collection of camping chairs around a coffee table that is stocked with informative local literature and guidebooks. Upstairs you'll find decent views over the lake, another buffet counter and another, more substantially furnished lounge. Around the base of the boma is where post-dinner drinks typically happen around a crackling campfire, just beyond the shore of the lake.

You'll find seven, very basic reed and thatch chalets at Rhino Safari Camp, which sleep a maximum of fourteen guests. Rooms are raised up on platforms with views over the lake and are essentially wall-less and open to the outside. They possess ensuite bathrooms, which are located on the ground level and accessed by stairs. Roll-down reed blinds function as curtains and a mosquito net is carefully draped around the beds each night by the extra-attentive housekeeping staff. Bathrooms have flush toilets, open-air showers (with hot water) and a stone washbasin. It's a refreshingly simple way to dwell that provides just enough protection from the elements.

This is a wildlife-meets-water safari that feels more like staying in a home than a commercial lodge. The camp's simplicity only enhances the beauty of the surrounds and proves the genuine hospitality of the people who run it.