FIVE OF THE BEST CAMPSITES IN AFRICA

GO WITH THE FLOW Okavango Delta, Botswana

A team travels ahead of you each day to set up camp beside a watering hole, lagoon or floodplain and prepares hot bucket showers and en-suite bathrooms with pit latrines. Walk-in tents come complete with camp beds and solar-powered lights (00 267 686 1200; captureafrica.com)

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND Lower Zambezi, Zambia

This island camp in the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park is surrounded by one of the highest densities of wildlife in Africa. This is the birthplace of the canoe safari, and guests can paddle within feet of elephants. Later you can fall asleep to the grunts of your neighbours – hundreds of hippos (00 260 9676 45421: tuskandmane.com)

ADVENTURE ON FOOT Damaraland, Namibia

Sleep under the fizzing Milky Way, in a country that is four times the size of Britain but has only 2.5million human inhabitants. From this super-remote camp you can track black rhinos on foot. There is also a good chance of seeing species including brown hyenas, cheetahs, lions and desert-adapted elephants (00 264 6124 8137; ultimatesafaris.na)

MOVE WITH THE HERD Serengeti, Tanzania

Feel the rumble of the Great Migration as millions of wildebeest and zebra head off in search of greener lands. Their route changes each year and, therefore, so does the location of your luxury safari camp. Each canvas “bedroom” comes with an en-suite bathroom (00 255 7875 95908; nomad-tanzania.com)

IN FOR A SWIM Meru National Park, Kenya

Sleep among palm, mahogany and fig trees, then set off on a walking safari with guide Steve Carey. This mobile camp has a crocodilefree riverside location, which makes it perfect for fishing and swimming (00 254 7278 04922; laikipia-wilderness.com)