Xaro Lodge accommodates 16 guests in Meru tents along the banks of the Okavango River panhandle near Shakawe village. There is a dining room, bar and swimming pool on the premises. Hosts offer boat trips for birding and/ fishing. Other activities in the area are: Tsodilo Hills, Botswana's first heritage site. It has over 3500 bushmen paintings. The hills are approximately 1 hour from Xaro Lodge. There is also Mahangu Game Park, which is just across the border in Namibia. It is a small but well stocked park. Elephants, Wildebeest, Sable, Roan are some of the game to be seen in the park.

Rates 2009 per person per night (valid until 31 October 2009), accommodation only: