Chobe National Park, Botswana

Chobe Safaris, luxury game lodges & safari camp reviews

River Cruise, Chobe Game Lodge, viewing herds of elephant

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Chobe National Park lies in the north-east of Botswana, teeming with animals, in particular with huge herds of elephant and buffalo. The elephant population, estimated to be 30,000, is the largest concentration in Africa.

We have played slightly fast and loose with Chobe’s boundaries as within our Chobe are included three safari areas: the game lodges and camps on the Chobe River, the safari camps in the Savute Channel, or Savute marsh as it is also known, and the safari camps of the Linyanti-Kwando private concessions to the west of Chobe National Park.

Chobe's animal migrations follow an ancient pattern, only partly understood by man. However, broadly speaking, the game is drawn to the Chobe and Kwando river, with their verdant floodplains, during the dry winter season and spreads out to the open grasslands of the Savute marsh, the interior pans of the Mababe depression and the private concessions during the wetter summer months. Correspondingly, our safaris and tours focus on these three areas and this is where the game lodges and safari camps are concentrated.

The Chobe/Linyanti river system of Botswana is known for some of the best elephant viewing in Africa in the winter months (May to October), with huge herds of up to 500 or more at the end of the dry season. Lion are common, and almost expected, with buffalo, cheetah and an amazing variety of antelope often sighted.

Travel & Tours to Chobe
A Chobe safari is easily combined with Victoria Falls which lies only 1½ hours away by road transfer. From the local Kasane airport you can fly easily to the Okavango Delta, to the Linyanti or to Savuti. Most of our safaris combine a couple of days in the Chobe area with a few days in the delta. We particularly recommend the romantic Chobe river for safari honeymoons.