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Chobe National Park

Chobe Game lodge Botswana safari

This page has information only about Chobe National Park. Camps,tours and activities are to be found at Botswana Safaris.

Chobe National Park offers a wide range of Africa Safari experiences that include:

1) Tented Camping with en suite bathrooms in Chobe National Park

2) Houseboat Safari on the Chobe River

3) Many lodges located around the park and 1 only lodge that is located within Chobe National Park itself.

4) Is part of most mobile overland safari’s itienaries.

Chobe National Park Camps:

Chobe Chilwero borders onto Chobe National Park with 15 Luxury cottages and a full spa.Chobe Chilwero is located deep in the bush,which gives its private feeling.

Chobe chilwero botswana

From the main lodge area you have stunning views to the Chobe River.

Chobe National Park is well know for its Elephant population however it has large herds of buffalo,resident carnivores,and lots of grazing antelope.

The unique feature of Chobe National Park is the Chobe rive.Safari activities are conducted on the the river,as well as by game drives.

Chobe Chilwero

 

Chobe Game lodge its one of those experience places that is truly luxury.Its a First Class Lodge that is located right on the Chobe River.

Chobe Game Lodge is the only permanent game lodge located within the Chobe National Park in Botswana.

Chobe Game Lodge

Its possible to explore both the Chobe River and the abundant wildlife /bird species of Chobe National Park.

The combination of  land game drives and being on the river in Chobe,especially during the  high season ie July to  November is what makes the Chobe experience that stand apart as compared to other any safari possibilities.

Chobe Game Lodge

 

Tented bedtoom Kings Pool Botswana Safari

Kings Pool Camp is a small intimate camp located in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve.

The Linyanti is a large pristine vast private concession located in the northern part of Botswana,located on the western boundary of the Chobe National Park.

The wildlife in this area is plentiful, and diverse with the Linyanti known for its large elephant population especially in the dry winter months.

Kings Pool Camp overlooks the Linyanti River and the oxbow-shaped Kings Pool Lagoon.

Kings Pool is that type of area when added onto a Botswana safari circuit,it adds that depth or magic quality to it

Kings Pool

 

You cant get closer to nature than this Botswana experience where the peacefulness and the adventure of the African bush come together.These luxury tents with en suite bathrooms are located at select private campsites in Chobe National Park .These campsite locations are purposely located as close as possible to the local wildlife

Chobe national Park mobile tent

You can experience the simplicity of a luxury Africa camping Safari in one of the most unique safari destination in the world.

The camp sites are moved every five or six days to ensure that the game drives are exploring new areas all the time.

Your meals will be had underneath the African sky, eating food that has been freshly prepared over an open fire.

Chobe Under Canvas

 

A houseboat Safari especially during the months between July to November is really worth it as it is a unique Africa safari experience.It adds  a unique element to a Botswana  Safari.

Houseboat Chobe river

The combination of  land game drives and being on the river in Chobe,especially during the  high season ie July to  November is what makes the Chobe experience that stand apart as compared to other any safari possibilities.

 

Chobe Houseboat Safari 1

 

 

Chobe river Elephants Botswana Safari

The great elephant gathering in the Chobe River system is the big draw card for this area.It has a real magic about it.

Wildlife game view by game drives and sunset river cruises.

Chobe National Park details: 

The great elephant gathering in the Chobe River system is the big draw card for this area.While it is not  a major wilderness area, it has a real magic about it. You wildlife game view by game drives and by sunset river cruises.

The Chobe National Park, which is the second largest national park in Botswana and covers 10,566 square kilometres, 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.

The park is divided into four distinctly different eco systems: Serondela with its lush  plains and dense forests in the Chobe Riverarea in the extreme north-east; the Savuti Marsh in the west about fifty kilometres north of Mababe gate; the Linyanti Swamps in the  north-west and the hot dry hinterland in between.

Chobe National Park Botswana Safari

 A major feature of Chobe  National Park is its elephant population.

First of all, the Chobe elephant comprise part of  what is probably the largest surviving continuous elephant population.

This population covers most of northern Botswana plus northwestern Zimbabwe. The Botswana’s elephant population is currently estimated at around 120,000. This elephant population has built up steadily from a few thousand since the early 1900s and has escaped the massive illegal offtake that has decimated other populations in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Chobe  elephant are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200 kilometres 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.   The elephants, in this area have the distinction of being the largestin body size of all living elephants though the ivory is brittle   and you will not see many huge tuskers among these rangy monsters.

The original inhabitants of what is now the park were the San people, otherwise known in Botswana as the Basarwa. They were hunter-gatherers who lived by moving fromone area to another in search of water, wild fruits and wild animals. The San were later joined by groups of the Basubiya people and later still, around 1911, by a group of Batawana led by Sekgoma.

When the country  was divided into various land tenure systems, late last century and early this century, the larger part of the area that is now the national park was classified as crown land.

 In 1931 the idea of creating a national park in the area was first mooted, in order
to protect the wildlife from extinction and to attract visitors. In 1932, an area of some 24,000 square kilometres in the Chobe district  was declared a non-hunting area and the following year, the protected  area was increased to 31,600 square kilometres.

 However, heavy tsetse fly infestations resulted in the whole idea lapsing in 1943. In  1957, the idea of a national park was raised again when an area    of about 21,000 square kilometres was proposed as a game reserve   and eventually a reduced area was gazetted in 1960 as Chobe Game Reserve.

 Later, in 1967, the reserve was declared a national park the first national park in Botswana. There was a large settlement,  based on the timber industry, at Serondela, some remains of which   can still be seen today. This settlement was gradually moved out and the Chobe National Park was finally empty of human occupation in 1975. In 1980 and again in 1987, the boundaries were altered,  increasing the park to its present size

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