Permanent tented camps are permanent structures, which sometimes come with a little bit of luxury. You might know them as glamping. You’ll generally have your own bathroom and a permanent floor, sometimes you’ll even have your own balcony but as with all accommodation types, permanent tented camps come in all shapes, sizes and levels of luxury (or not).

Mobile tented camps are set up as we go. Your ‘home for the night’ will be all set up when you get there (you won’t be expected to erect your own tent) but the mobile nature of tented camps gives us a chance to really engage with nature, to position ourselves in the heart of a forest, for instance. You’ll generally have shared bathroom facilities and who knows what kind of visitors might wander through the camp in the night? Our guests have watched in wonder as elephants have joined the camp and seen evidence of monkeys visiting overnight.

The guest houses we stay in can be attached to communities or schools(!). Guest houses are generally small dwellings that our guests have to themselves. You’ll be completely catered for in the guest house. Bathroom facilities can be shared among the group or individual depending on the particular guest house.

At RAW Africa Eco-Tours we are all about conservation and making sure our adventures have as little impact as possible on the world around us. So, it’s no surprise that we often stay in eco-lodges on our tours. An eco-lodge is generally a small accommodation complex designed to have minimal impact on its environment. You’ll generally have your own bathroom and everything in the lodge will be created with sustainability in mind. It’s important to know that in Africa, sometimes the eco-lodges we stay in have open sides to maximise your chance of seeing wildlife and feeling a part of the environment – but don’t worry, you’ll always have a mosquito net over your bed and sufficient walls to ensure you won’t have any wild animals visiting your room!

You probably don’t need us to tell you what a hotel is, but sometimes we will stay in a hotel if we think they are the best located accommodation for our adventures in a particular area. In a hotel you’ll have your own bathroom facilities and generally access to a dining area. Hotels generally have a large number of rooms so we’ll be sharing the facility with lots of other travellers to a particular area.