"Chobe National Park" Chobe National Park by Zanzibargirl

Chobe National Park Travel Guide: 97 reviews and 384 photos

Me on the River boat in Botswana - Chobe National Park

Chobe Entrance Sign

Chobe National Park is the 2nd Largest National park in botswana, and is known for having a high concentration of Elephants. (It didn't dissapoint - especially with the display of the lone Bull elephant bathing in its home in the Chobe River). At the time of my day tour the lands along the Chobe River in which the national park borders were high, flooding some of the surrounding villages.

My day tour was awesome, consisting of breakfast, a morning game drive safari (which was filled with many animal spottings - just not that elusive Male Lion that I am still hanging out to see) and an afternoon lunch on the pontoon boats on the river where we watched our friendly elephant dance and my friend who was travelling and I pretty much had the boat to ourselves.

Flooding Villages

Chobe covers approximately 10566 square kilometres and is divided into four distinctly different ecosystems - Serondela's lush plains and forests, Suvuti marsh land, Linyanti swamps and the dry hinterland in between.

Botswana's Elephant population is currently estimated at 120,000. Other than the elephants it has great game viewing. Notable for huge herds of buffalo and zebras, lechwe, Chobe bushbuck and being the southernmost point where puku antelope can be seen. It is also home to over 450 bird species.

The national park gets its name from obviously, the Chobe river, which is on its northern boundary.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Watching the Elephant Dance
Cons:Doh, lost my role of film, thanks 4 the pics Rod
In a nutshell:A great addition to my journey

Last visit to Chobe National Park: Apr 2004
Intro Updated Dec 16, 2004
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Elephant Bath Things to Do (3)

Chobe being the home of the worlds largest population of Elephant - of course lived up to the expectations. The... more travel advice

Me on the Chobe River Boat - Chobe National Park

Chobe Boat Ride and lunch Things to Do (3)

Also organised through backpackers Bazaar was what turned out to be a private riverboat tour for two. It included lunch... more travel advice

From our game vehicle - Impala - Chobe National Park

Chobe Game Drive Things to Do (3)

Chobe of course is one of the best places to do a game drive in the world and one way to see it is to hop into one of... more travel advice

Thebe Boma Restaurant - Chobe National Park

Monkeys Breakfast Restaurants (1)

This was breakfast at a bar at one of the Safari Camps located close to Chobe in Botswana, it was flooded, and the... more travel advice

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Bwana_Brown Oct 14, 2006 at 5:21 PM

Great photos in both your tips and t'logues!! I am already looking forward to experiencing Chobe for myself - in several months time :-( We too are planning a trip out of Vic Falls, taking 6 days in total for Botswana. Thanks for the info!
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JetlagCity Nov 27, 2004 at 9:32 AM

Breakfast with monkeys sounds fantastic to me, even if they are uninvited guests! Great photos!
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K.Knight Nov 18, 2004 at 9:08 PM

Sheryn, I can't believe that Anne and I went on the exact same boat in Chobe! It was a great river cruise with lots of room to walk around! Love your photos!