Evolve Back Kalahari

Incredible place to stay . Very attentive staff with great food and drink on offer . Beautiful rooms including an open air sleeping platform. Thelma is an excellent manager and great company . Great game drives in the Kalahari with Zizie and Xame spotting wildlife and stargazing . Beautiful landscapes and sunsets. A truly unique experience.

It is difficult to summarise the excellence of the 2-day experience at Evolve Back Kalahari. Its two accommodation options, the classic tents (somewhat cheaper), or its fascinating skybeds, which allow you to sleep in a luxurious tent with every detail, or in the elevated annex with the Kalahari sky as your protection, give you the option of choosing what best suits your budget. And with both options you will enjoy excellence during your stay: a staff attentive at all times to your slightest need. A spectacular pool in which to cool off in the central hours of the day. A delicate cuisine, worthy of any high-end restaurant. A perfectly coordinated and professional work team so that nothing goes wrong, with of course special mention to the manager who coordinates them, Thelma Wame, following the protocols of the prestigious company Evolve Back. And all this would be minimised without the excellent safari experience offered by the Kalahari in Botswana. From the common area, you hardly need to get into the safari car, with the constant transit of all species to drink from the perfectly located waterhole in front, an effort for conservation: zebras, giraffes, wildebeests, kudus, impalas, hyenas at night... A safari experience that is rounded off by the expert guide and tracker who took us to explore and show us some of the many secrets of the Kalahari, wrongly called a desert, due to the great abundance of life of all kinds (birds, mammals, reptiles, plants...) adapted to this harsh habitat characterized by the scarcity of water. Here, special mention and thanks to Zizie, our guide for his incredible array of knowledge that he did not hesitate to share, and Xama, our tracker, an open book about the land where his tribe has survived for hundreds of years by understanding and respecting it.

We ended our safari at Evolve Back. We had been to three camps with twice a day game drives and chasing hunting packs. Evolve Back is unique. The beauty of Evolve Back is the Southern Hemisphere Sky. I miss seeing the stars since we live in the city where the ambient light masks the beauty of the night sky. This lodge is specifically designed to give the guest the full view of the night sky. Each of the guest rooms is set far apart. This design prevents noise and light pollution(other than animal sounds.) Every stunningly beautiful “cabin” has its own “tree house.” It has a bed in the treehouse and you can sleep under the stars. What a treat! The lodge has an excellent staff of friendly welcoming people lead by Atomic. The chefs are first rate. We had a cookout in the Bush after visiting with the San. Evolve Back offers a full spa. We had massages and their masseuse is excellent. We ended our safari there and if I had it to do over again I would focus on the SKY and the San. Zizie our guide, knows the sky and standing in the pitch black of the air strip with the animals kept at bay by Xama and his light is an experience. We studied the Southern Cross, Scorpious and the Milky Way. It’s a sensory heightening experience to be out of the truck (standing next to it) and looking up into the sky with Zizie and the wildebeasts. When we heard the lions roar we got back into the truck fast! The lion was some distance off but we moved quickly nonetheless. I think I would focus my attention on hanging out in the lodge, seeing Kudu, zebras, impala at the watering hole and the resident honey badger that comes in the evening, eating, getting a massage, resting and save myself to view the night sky. Evolve Back was the only place on our safari specifically designed to safely enjoy the sky.