The front of a villa between the great trees, its antique door open

A villa of your own.

The villa · Concession NG17

Six villas, and no shared walls.

Four for two and two for families, each set apart among the trees, with its own deck, its own pool and its own stretch of floodplain.

Timber, canvas, copper and glass.

Built from the inside out, with a wall that opens onto the horizon.

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A room with two heights.

The lounge opens the full width of the villa. Above it, the loft. Below, deep sofas, a writing desk and a wood burner for the cold mornings.

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You sleep at the height of the trees.

The bed sits in the loft, facing the floodplain through glass. Nothing wakes you here but the light.

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Hammered copper and panelled timber.

A wet room with double copper basins, a soaking tub indoors, and a shower that looks into the bush.

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The other tub is outside, under a net.

Filled at first light, with the delta in front of it and nobody within sight.

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The deck is the fourth room.

A temperature controlled pool, loungers under the trees and a hammock. Beyond the rail, the floodplain and whatever walks across it.

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At night the villa is the only light for miles.

Lanterns along the boardwalk, the burner lit, the nets drawn. Botswana winters are cold at dawn. The villa knows it.

01The details

Everything you find was chosen, not ordered.

A door rescued and rehung. Copper basins beaten by hand. Soap and oils made for Elo and left by the bath. The village of things inside a villa is small, and all of it is meant.

Carved doors opening from the villa onto the deck — The doors

Elo soap and oils left beside the copper bath — By the bath

The wood burner lit beside the window — Before dawn

02The lounge house

A second house, for the evenings.

Beside the main house, every villa has a second one. One for sleeping, and one for staying up: deep sofas, a billiard table, chess, a kitchen and a bathroom of its own. Nobody from another villa walks in.

A billiard table under the canvas of the lounge house, the floodplain beyond the windows — Billiards under canvas

Two velvet armchairs and a chessboard in the lounge house, the billiard table behind — Chess in the lounge house

Leather sofas and ottomans in the lounge house, the fire lit — The fire lit for the evening

Chesterfield sofas and leather ottomans in the lounge house, the wall lamps lit and the deck beyond the windows — Sofas by the windows

The lounge house under its canvas roof, with timber steps up to the deck — The lounge house

Outside, nothing is shared either.

The pool, the sauna and the gym belong to the villa, and so do a fire circle and a deck for massage under the trees.

A villa's canvas house seen from the air, with its deck, a round pool and parasols, a draped pavilion beside it and a fire circle in the sand — A villa from above

A fire burning in its circle under the trees at dusk — The fire circle at dusk

A massage table laid out on the deck under the trees, a trolley of oils beside it, at sunrise — The massage deck

A timber and glass sauna on the deck beside the plunge pool, at sunrise — The sauna and the plunge pool

03The villa, closer

Every room, and none of them shared.

The villa lounge with the wood burner, open to the deck — The lounge, and the fire at its centre

The villa lounge opening onto the deck — The lounge opens onto the deck

The loft bedroom under its chandelier — The loft, at the height of the trees

The suite with the leather headboard — The suite

The bedroom in the afternoon light — The afternoon, indoors

The wood panelled bathroom with the copper tub — Panelled timber, and a tub indoors

A hammered copper basin — Copper, beaten by hand

The bedroom seen from the foot of the bed, with the deck beyond — From the foot of the bed, the floodplain

The copper bath on the villa deck, under the trees — The deck, and the bath under the trees

A wood burner on the villa deck — A fire on the deck for the cold mornings

Two guests walking the boardwalk back to the villa — The walk back, and nobody else on it

The glass villa at the end of its boardwalk — Every villa ends in its own boardwalk

04In every villa

What is always there.

Size: Around 530 m² for two
Main house: The bed in the loft, with the lounge below
Lounge house: Sofas, billiards, chess, a kitchen and a bathroom
Bathroom: Wet room, double copper basins, tub indoors and out
Deck: Temperature controlled pool, loungers and hammock
Wellness: Full gym, sauna and cold plunge in the villa
Dining: Your own chef, at the table, on the deck or out in the bush
Outside: A fire circle and a massage deck
Warmth: Wood burner and heating for the winter mornings
Power: Solar, with wifi over Starlink throughout
Game viewing: A private guide and a four-seat vehicle for the villa
Rate: USD 10,000 per villa per night, excluding VAT

Nothing here is shared with another villa.

Wellness in the villa The table Villas for two

A family villa seen from straight above: its canvas roof, the deck with rugs and parasols and the round pool — A family villa from above

05The family villas

Two main houses, and everything else.

Two of the six are built for families. They have all that the other villas have, the lounge house, the pool, the sauna and the gym, with a second main house and a small service house with a bed and a bathroom. A family villa has three bedrooms and sleeps up to six. Children aged 12 and over are welcome, as everywhere at Elo; exceptions can be made on request. The guide, the six-seat vehicle and the chef are yours in the same way.

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The family villas