"The wildlife is all around us" Chobe National Park by Alain_Smeets

Chobe National Park Travel Guide: 102 reviews and 371 photos

Impala's (photo Thieu Kunnen)

Sunday 18 October we started for Chobe in Botswana, an other border control. When we entered Botswana, a few kilometers further, we were stopped. An official wanted to do a health inspection and a decontamination of the buss. This takes several hours. But Jacques could talk him out of it. Due to the buss (remember that we had an old one), we arrived too late in Chobe. This buss has not enough power to travel. Because of our late arrival we missed the evening drive. And we ended up waiting for several hours before lunch. So the bar was the only option except the pool, but the bar sounds nicer for the wait. While we were waiting outside to get our room keys, we saw a big group of elephants traveling, this was in the distance, a few kilometers further. In the telescope we saw them as the elephant of Cote D’Or (the chocolate). Chobe is a smaller wild park with a lot of open plans and therefore you can see very far. When we arrived at the lodge, several monkeys welcomed us; some of them were carrying a small one on their belly. The weather was hot, more then 30 degrees. There goes my bet. We also missed the sunset. We were inside in the bar and not outside in the dining area. And inside you can’t see the sunset. Bill went outside to see but the rest who was sitting there didn’t bother to go outside to have a look.
Chobe is a good place to visit, nice surrounding like eating next to the river in the nature. The noise of the wilderness accompanies you while eating. We stayed up very late or early. It was nice outside.

The swimming pool (photo Thieu Kunnen)

You can see more pictures of the wildlife and stories in my travelogues: A jeep safari and A boat trip on the river.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Great wildlife watching

Last visit to Chobe National Park: Oct 1998
Intro Updated Aug 30, 2003
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Elephants next to the Chobe River - Chobe National Park

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Elephant seen from jeep (photo Thieu Kunnen) - Chobe National Park

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Comments (11)

Jim_Eliason Jan 24, 2004 at 9:01 AM Report Abuse

Great Photos, I am headed to Kruger in March and hope to do as well in spotting wildlife as you did!
buket Jan 24, 2004 at 6:04 AM Report Abuse

Wow! Great pictures! It must be wonderful to have been there!!
myriam_c Nov 3, 2003 at 5:10 AM Report Abuse

I definitely want to see the BIG 5 again. Scenery in Bots looks totally different than in East Africa. Very nice page!!
sarawakgirl Oct 22, 2003 at 10:54 PM Report Abuse

Hi Alain.. great safari trip!
Sharon Sep 26, 2003 at 1:27 AM Report Abuse

I love those Elephants ! did you know how smart they are ? i think most people dont even know this fact ! Nice t-logues.
Bwana_Brown Aug 4, 2003 at 1:41 PM Report Abuse

Alain, a great page on Chobe! It sounds like you had a great time on both the land and water parts of your excursions! Will you pay for my beers too if I come with you?
TempNomad Aug 4, 2003 at 12:43 PM Report Abuse

I'll stay out of the hippo path! :) Thanks for the photos...they're fabulous!
sachara Jul 21, 2003 at 2:33 PM Report Abuse

The Chobepark is marvellous. Good memories. Beautifull travelogues.
tini58de Jul 5, 2003 at 4:30 AM Report Abuse

There is nothing more exciting than seeing all these animals in their natural habitat! Wonderful pictures in your traivelogue, Alain!
Karolline Jul 3, 2003 at 3:30 AM Report Abuse

Looks like you had more than marvellous trip!! Greetings from Poland!;-)