Chobe Travel

Top Experiences in Chobe

1. Jumbo City

Better have a big memory card; when you travel to Chobe you're guaranteed perfect photo opportunities at one of Africa's best destinations for elephants.

Chobe is bursting at the seams with these fascinating animals at all times of the year but from July to October the banks of the Chobe River groan with the numbers of elephants - it's probably the highest concentration on the continent - see it to believe it.

To enjoy this area at its best, we recommend a stay at the legendary Chobe Game Lodge - the only riverfront lodge in the park.

2. Prowling Predators at Savuti

A Chobe travel experience is incomplete without a trip to Savuti. Competing for food and territory in an unforgiving environment results in brutal conflict; the Savuti area is famous for its large prides of lion, but it is equally renowned for its big packs of aggressive spotted hyena.

Go out on game drives to watch as lions and hyenas try to steal kills from each other and engage in a provocative, often deadly struggle for dominance - and that's before the other big carnivores are factored in; leopard, cheetah and wild dog are also regularly sighted.

Savute Elephant Camp and Savute Safari Lodge are well-situated for you to see these ongoing battles.

3. Victoria Falls in a Day

It may come as a pleasant surprise to learn that the eye-popping spectacle of Victoria Falls is only a couple of hours away from the Chobe River - and the region is fully geared up to combine the thrills of Chobe's wildlife with the spills of Africa's greatest aquatic show.

It works both ways: with travel opportunities to explore Vic Falls from either Zimbabwe or Zambia, Chobe is also ideally placed as a day trip from these destinations - see the Falls in the morning, cruise on the Chobe River that afternoon.

4. A Chobe River Cruise

A Chobe travel experience need not be arduous: a boat cruise is perhaps the most civilised way to spot game and birdwatch. Enjoy amazing sunsets and sundowners against a spectacular backdrop of riverine forest and floodplain.

Set off from your lodge in the early afternoon and head upstream into the Chobe National Park. Your guide will point out game and birds all along the way: crocodiles, hippos, waterbirds and, as the heat of the day begins to ebb, the animals that come out of the dry woodlands to drink, all too aware that lions are also making their way down...

Chobe Savanna Lodge and Chobe Chilwero offer superb river cruises.

5. Chobe Combinations

Think of Chobe as a hub from which you can branch out and explore other great travel destinations.

Tucked away to the west is the Linyanti and Kwando area, Chobe's secret answer to the spectacular and eminently accessible Okavango Delta, whereas a little further north takes you to the enigmatic maze of wetlands that is the Caprivi Strip.

Experience a complete change in environments by heading south into the Kalahari where the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Nxai Pan and Makgadikgadi Pans National Parks offer superb game viewing in a wild and remote context.

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