Chobe Riverfront

Put simply, the Chobe River front is one of the best places in Africa to see elephants. Watch trumpeting breeding herds rushing to the river to drink, contemplative old bulls standing in the shade of a mahogany tree and mischievous young males jousting for dominance in an area of sunlight, forest and blue water.

Twisting along fault lines the Chobe River originates in Angola and is part of an elaborate web of waterways in North East Botswana. Rich in plant life the Chobe River area offers riverine forests, floodplains, mopane and teak woodlands.

Sand roads follow the course of the river and wind through the woodlands, enabling the traveller to explore an area where lions prey on huge buffalo herds and shy kudu, sable and roan antelope creep out of the woodland to drink.

The puku antelope, at its southernmost limit of its range, is usually spotted here. Leopards are often seen hunting baboon and the exquisite Chobe bushbuck, and cheetah stalk lechwe, reedbuck and impala on the floodplains.

The river itself is host to large numbers of hippopotamus and enormous crocodiles basking in the sun while opportunistic water monitor lizards patrol the water's edge.

This is an area best visited in the dry season when game concentrations are at their highest along the thin green ribbon of water as animals seek refuge from the parched woodland.

The abundance of game is less marked during the rains as animals move south into the mopane woods, but with over 350 species of birds the Chobe River is a birder's paradise and offers a chance to see species that occur at the extreme limit of their range. Rarities and vagrants occur regularly and the tight juxtaposition of habitats results in a superb birding experience.

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