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Chobe National Park, named after the Chobe River on its northern boundary is home to an exciting variety of large mammals and over 450 bird species.
  • Chobe is renowned for having the highest concentration of elephants in Africa with truly impressive herds gathering during both the wet and dry season.
  • The Savuti area with its particularly strong populations of predators and annual zebra migration has set the scene for many well-known documentaries and is a prime safari destination in southern Africa.
  • Chobe comprises four main areas: the Chobe river frontage, the central pans around Nogatsaa, the Linyanti wetlands and the famous Savuti region that includes the Mababe Depression. 

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The Chobe River Front

The stretch of river from Ngoma in the west, including Serondela and extending towards Kasane is a rich riverine forest with a marginal floodplain. This northern section is considered to be one of southern Africa's finest short safari drives - an area renowned for its elephant and buffalo during the dry season and a birder's paradise year round. The Kasane/Chobe area is unfortunately prone to overcrowding during regional school holidays (hit the Chobe Forest to miss the crowds!).

 

Nogatsaa and Tchinga

The pan speckled grass woodland approximately 3 hours drive south of Serondela is a hardly known area that holds water well into the dry season and attracts a profusion of game between August and October. This area is particularly good for viewing eland.

 

The Linyanti

The north-western corner of Chobe meets the Linyanti River affording a very short stretch of river frontage. This is a fragment of almost 900 square kilometres of the secluded Linyanti Swamp - an area that is further expanded by the Selinda Reserve in the west and Namibia's remote Mamili National Park on the northern bank of the Kwando River. The area's relative inaccessibility and remoteness makes it one of our favoured safari destinations.

 

Savuti

This famous western corner of Chobe is one of Botswana's best-known wildlife areas. Savuti covers almost 5000 square kilometres and includes the so-called Savuti Marsh and Channel, the Mababe Depression and Magwikhwe Sand Ridge - each feature fashioned by the tectonic instability of the region. The lions and hyeanas and zebra migrations are synonymous with Savuti but the area also hosts an excellent diversity of other predators and plains game species. Its pans and waterholes in the dry season sustain a large population of bull elephants.

 

Short-stay and extensions in Chobe National Park

 

Chobe Safari Lodge - 2 night River package 

US$POA dinner bed and breakfast in River rooms    
includes sunset river cruise and morning game drive
starts and ends Victoria Falls including road transfers
 excludes lunches and drinks 
[trip code BC01] | ...safari notes... | ...check availability...

Chobe Safari Package (4 days)     

US$695 dinner, bed and breakfast in Safari rooms    
activities include one morning or afternoon game drive, 
one afternoon boat cruise, two hour private boat excursion, 
National Parks fees for three days, plus a choice of two additional activities (fishing; game drive; boat cruise; small boat cruise; 
Victoria Falls day trip; village walk)
starts and ends Kasane, excludes lunches and drinks 
[trip code Z946] | ...safari notes... | ...check availability...

The all inclusive Chobe Forest Safari  (4 days)

US$895 low season, US$1155 mid season, US$1345 high season
A 3 night, 4 day all inclusive safari away from the Chobe river front crowds
Starts/ends in Kasane, includes local transfers, full board and all activities
Suitable for teenagers and adults
[trip code Z945] | ...safari notes... | ...check availability...

5 night Chobe Safari

US$1299 per person sharing
3 nights dinner, bed and breakfast at Chobe Safari Lodge (River rooms)    
including 2 boat cruises and 2 morning game drives
2 nights all inclusive at Muchenje Lodge
starts and ends Victoria Falls including road transfers
 excludes lunches and drinks at Chobe Safari Lodge
[trip code BC04] | ...safari notes... | ...check availability...

 

 

 

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