Our Local Resident Rates are an all-inclusive package which includes the following:

• Accommodation
• All meals, soft drinks, mineral water, coffee, tea, local beer and wine
• Guided water-based game viewing and birding
• Guided water-based fishing (all fishing is strictly catch and release)*
• Guided (non-professional) water-based photographic safari**
• Guided cultural tour of a local village
• For guests staying at Ichingo Chobe River Lodge, guided walks on Impalila Island
• Road transfers to and from Kasane International Airport and Kasane Immigration Office located on the Botswana side of the Chobe River***
• Boat transfers between Kasane Immigration Office and Namibia Immigration Office located on the Namibian side of the Chobe River***

* Subject to availability of fishing boats. Please note fishing excursions are limited to 1 tank of fuel per boat per day
** Subject to availability of the photographic boat
*** When arriving at the Kasane and Namibian Immigration Offices guests need to fill in the required immigration forms to gain access and departure permission from the relevant authorities. This process can take between 45 to 60 minutes to complete and needs to be considered in terms of timing and pre-planning.

NB. Local rates are exclusively available to passport holders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC). To verify your country’s SADC membership status, please click here.