Botswana and Zambia

Chobe National Park

The Chobe National Park, which is the second largest national park in Botswana and covers 10,566 square km, has one of the greatest concentrations of game found on the African continent. Its uniqueness in the abundance of wildlife and the true African nature of the region, offers a safari experience of a lifetime. A major feature of Chobe National Park is its elephant population currently estimated at around 120,000. The Chobe elephants are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200 km from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate in the dry season, to the pans in the southeast of the park, to which they disperse in the rains.

Chobe has some of the finest game viewing Africa has to offer. Even just considering the huge herds of buffalo and zebras, lechwe, Chobe bushbuck and being the southernmost point where puku antelope can be seen. Where buffalo roam, lions are never far off and there is a good chance of seeing large prides laze around in the shade all day and wake by night as they hunger. Hyena and leopard also hunt at night while cheetah are more diurnal predators. Chobe is rich in bird life with the Pel's Fishing own a favourite for bird watchers and the peculiar strangely beaked African skimmer another speciality. African fish eagles are common and their distinctive cry is as amazing to hear in the African Wild as the roar of the lion.

Attractions about Chobe National Park...

• Elephants can be seen by the hundreds especially by the Chobe River during the dry season
• Sundowner river cruises culminating in spectacular Chobe sunsets
• Over 440 species of birds
• Big cats may be seen stalking buffalo on the grassy floodplains
• Fishing on the Chobe River for 20 different species of edible fish
• Spectacularly positioned safari lodges and tented camps along the Chobe River
• Rare Pel's Fishing owl can be spotted even during the day with a keen eye!
• Small flocks of African skimmers, only found in this region are best seen in June or July
• Exceptional photographic opportunities