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The Chobe River is the arterial life-line that shoulders its way through gigantic teak, jackalberry and mukwa trees towards its confluence with the Zambezi River. Along the way, the Chobe gets tangled up with the Kwando River to form the Linyanti Wetlands - a delta-like area of pristine beauty and exceptional game viewing, especially in the dry months.
Elephants abound along the Chobe River along with the gamut of plains species including buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, wild dog, giraffe, zebra, kudu and so on down the height chart to the rare water-friendly red lechwe and puku antelopes.
In the south of Chobe National Park is Savuti: game viewing destination extraordinaire. The Savuti marshlands offer year-round game viewing with incredible concentrations of wildlife; the famously feuding predators; and the infamous gangs of elephant-hunting lion. If you want to experience the marrow-curdling roar of a lion - Savuti's your place.
If you want to see most of southern Africa's wildlife including giraffe, elephant, zebra, impala, tsessebe, roan, sable, wildebeest, kudu, buffalo, waterbuck, warthog, eland and of course the predators lion, cheetah, wild dog, hyaena, jackal and bat-eared fox... Savuti's your place.
Flowing from the Linyanti Wetlands, the Savuti channel dried up in 1980 leaving a corridor of marsh and grass through the woodland surrounds. After exceptional rains the channel flowed again in 2008 creating a safari stir the likes of which are seldom seen: swimming ostriches, gorging lions and a gaggle of birds all agog at their new-found treasure and raising the big question: has the Savuti channel entered a new era in the inexplicable wet and dry cycle?
Chobe is also near Victoria Falls making the two destinations ideal sight-seeing/safari bedfellows on a circuit that could include many of the other amazing destinations in southern Africa.
Itinerary Type: Sample
Accommodation: Standard
Days: 19
Countries: Botswana, Namibia
Highlights: Central Kalahari, Chobe, Makgadikgadi Pans, Okavango Delta, Caprivi, Damaraland, Etosha, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Windhoek
Itinerary Type: Sample
Accommodation: Standard
Days: 16
Countries: Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe
Highlights: Victoria Falls, Chobe, Okavango Delta, Caprivi, Damaraland, Etosha, Sossusvlei, Swakopmund, Windhoek, Maun
Affordable, but luxurious, Chobe Safari Lodge is on the edge of the Chobe River and an easy gateway to the Victoria Falls and neighbour countries.
Chobe Game Lodge will remind you of an old Italian villa or a luxury resort in Morocco, but found inside the Chobe National Park. One of only few lodges inside the park and by far one of the finest at that.
Tlouwana Camp is in Botswana's Lesoma Valley Reserve adjacent to Chobe National Park. Owner-run, Tlouwana is homely, comfortable and very very quiet.
Chobe Bakwena is a luxury eco lodge situated in the heart of Kasane on the Chobe River. An African bush experience. Explore the Chobe National Park.
Chobe Bush Lodge in Kasane is offset from the Chobe River with views of the Botswana the bushveld. Spacious, modern and comfortable you're ideally positioned to explore both Chobe National Park and Victoria Falls.
On a hilltop, overlooking the Chobe River down below, Chobe Elephant Camp is an easy-going lodge with all the natural glory of the African bush right beyond your sprawled doors.
At Kubu Lodge the owners are your personal hosts. Welcome to Kasane. Welcome to the Chobe River and large herds of elephants. Welcome home. Explore the Chobe National Park.
Between Botswana’s northern towns of Kazungula and Kasane, Kwalape Campsite is a back-to-basics camp with power, water and plumbing.
Senyati Safari Camp offers self-catering chalets and a campsite near the Chobe National Park. It’s beside a busy waterhole, visited by numerous big game in the Lesoma Valley, Northern Botswana.
Chobe Marina Lodge is a casual and comfortable safari-style hotel on the edge of the Chobe River and near the entrance to Chobe National Park in northeast Botswana.
Ngoma Safari Lodge is a small upmarket lodge with huge suites and a rare vantage point over Botswana's Chobe Forest Reserve along the Chobe National Park boundary.
Chobe Safari Lodge Campsite is the closest campsite to the Chobe National Park entrance gate, on the banks of the Chobe River. Camp under the trees and enjoy the finest sunset in Kasane.
This was a "bucket list" trip for us. It could not have been better. HIGHLY recommend you ask for Bianca.
