Singita Expands to Botswana with Elela Lodge, Opening 2026

Singita has announced its expansion into Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Rich in life of every shape and form, this remarkable region was an intuitive extension of its 100-year purpose.

The new lodge, Singita Elela, opening in 2026, will embody the Delta’s fluidity in all ways. “Adapting as nature itself does, we are moving our design and guest experience forward in honour of this new region and its ever-evolving landscape,” the company said.

Elela – meaning ‘to flow’ in Setswana – will celebrate the Delta’s essence of eternal cycles and continuity. A new lodge concept will echo this with an ease embedded into the design and experience it offers, which will place the spirit of this wonder-filled oasis at its centre.

Made up of ancient meandering waterways that fill when the rains arrive and recede as the seasons change, islands bursting with a myriad of species, and an ever-shifting patchwork of lagoons, grasslands and swamps, the Delta mirrors nature’s own ebb and flow. Its complexity and biodiversity are matched only by its beauty.

Unique to the Elela experience is a sense of unending vastness – while the Delta possesses an inherent sense of space, Singita guests will also have exclusive access to one of the largest concessions in the region – 170 000 hectares of pristine wilderness.

“A year-round lodge, Elela will personify immersion. And while new to our family, it will be a natural continuation of all that Singita holds true,” the company concluded.

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