Carrie Hampton, Safari Tart

Staying at Tree Lodge made all the difference to my onward journey into the bush, which always involves dawn awakenings and so many new experiences which can be quite exhausting. Unlike some fellow travellers, I arrived in the Delta cool, calm and collected and ready for whatever wild Africa was going to throw at me.

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Gemma Pitcher, The Tourist Magazine

The tents, set well apart from each other along sandy forest paths, are truly magnificent, with stunning siligna wood floors, polished to a golden glow, that reflect the sunlight streaming in through the many windows. Cushions trimmed with animal designs set off the creamy cotton bed linen, and arriving on a blustery rainy-season night, I spent a blissful hour or so soaking in the enormous claw-footed tub that dominates the bathroom. For hotter days, a shower is set outside on a deck among the whisperings and rustlings of the forest.

The Tree Lodge’s two new ‘honeymoon suites’ are elegantly romantic, with a sunken bath looking onto the bush from behind a plate glass window, decadent ostrich feather decorations, an outdoor shower and a private patio with sliding doors out into the bush. The suites can also be turned into triple rooms with the addition of an extra bed.

As one might expect, the food that accompanies such high-class accommodation is excellent and plentiful, with substantial cooked breakfasts to send guests on their way in the mornings. It’s no surprise that many returning visitors now demand two nights, rather than one, in this unique haven before their reluctant departure for the airport and the real world.