Jack’s Camp

Jack’s Migration Camp is an oasis of style and comfort in the middle of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert. A beautiful authentic, 1940’s style tented safari camp, which includes a private museum, shop, drinks tent and a pool pavilion. Spectacular vistas, creative surprises, expert guiding, old-world safari styling and superb cuisine all come together to create an experience that is completely different to any other.

While on a trapping expedition in the Makgadikgadi Pans during the 60’s, Jack Bousfield stumbled upon a site that so captured his imagination, he set up camp under an acacia with the unshakeable expectation that others would feel the same…

The choice of such a striking locale, owed much to his original taste for the savage beauty of a forgotten Africa where he lived until his tragic death in an aircraft accident in 1992.

The family’s adventures began in the late 18th Century when Richard Granville Nicholson was chosen to escort Empress Eugenie to the site of her son’s grave after the Anglo Zulu War. In the 1960’s, family members headed up the East African Game Department and trained the lions for famous films like “Born Free”. Jack Bousfield, the legendary crocodile hunter and safari specialist, embarked on a life long love affair with the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in the early 70’s. After Jack’s tragic death in an aircraft accident, his son, Ralph and Catherine Raphaely established Jack’s Camp in his memory.

The mess tent at Jack’s is resplendent with a renowned Natural History Museum, library, antique pool table and a well-stocked drinks chest. The swimming pool is housed in a beautiful tent, the only one of its kind in Africa,  and there’s also a tea tent and shop tent.