Camp Nomade Dining Table at Rigueik in Zakouma National Park in Chad
In January 2015 African Parks who manage Zakouma National Park opened Camp Nomade a high end mobile safari camp to bring more international tourists to Zakouma and generate much needed revenue for the park’s upkeep. Zakouma has probably the shortest tourist season of almost any national park in Africa; the park is very flat and for most of the wet season between May and November is almost completely underwater making it impossible to operate in the park. Camp Nomade opens in late December once the floodwaters have receded and the park has dried out enough and then closes again in early April. The camp which can accommodate 6-10 guests is designed to be fully mobile so that it can be set up close to wherever the best game viewing is at the time. Guests will normally stay for 1 week and in the middle of their stay will be transferred for a single night to the park’s only lodge Campement de Tinga or to a smaller fly camp so that Camp Nomade can be moved to a new location. Despite only being able to operate for a very short time the camp should generate sufficient revenue to cover 20% of the running costs of Zakouma national park.
For lunch at Camp Nomade the dining table is placed inside the main tent being open on all sides there's plenty of air flow keeping the tent nice and cool. At breakfast and dinner times the table is moved outside into the open, so that guests can dine under the stars.
Camp Nomade Dining Table at Rigueik in Zakouma National Park in Chad
In January 2015 African Parks who manage Zakouma National Park opened Camp Nomade a high end mobile safari camp to bring more international tourists to Zakouma and generate much needed revenue for the park’s upkeep. Zakouma has probably the shortest tourist season of almost any national park in Africa; the park is very flat and for most of the wet season between May and November is almost completely underwater making it impossible to operate in the park. Camp Nomade opens in late December once the floodwaters have receded and the park has dried out enough and then closes again in early April. The camp which can accommodate 6-10 guests is designed to be fully mobile so that it can be set up close to wherever the best game viewing is at the time. Guests will normally stay for 1 week and in the middle of their stay will be transferred for a single night to the park’s only lodge Campement de Tinga or to a smaller fly camp so that Camp Nomade can be moved to a new location. Despite only being able to operate for a very short time the camp should generate sufficient revenue to cover 20% of the running costs of Zakouma national park.
For lunch at Camp Nomade the dining table is placed inside the main tent being open on all sides there's plenty of air flow keeping the tent nice and cool. At breakfast and dinner times the table is moved outside into the open, so that guests can dine under the stars.