Top Experiences in Chobe

1. Magical Chobe River Sunsets

You're guaranteed perfect photo opportunities as huge herds of elephants and buffalo drink at the river silhouetted against the glowing African sun.

Your boat guide will know all the best spots - and having spent the hot afternoon game viewing and birding, you'll relish the chance to relax as they cut the motor and drift for a while.

To catch the most scenic sunsets we recommend Chobe Game Lodge - the only river front lodge in the park.

2. Birding in Summer

Summer (from November to April) allows for great spotting and photo opportunities in very accessible environments. It's an excellent time for seeing migrants and rarities as well as the plentiful resident species.

Home to a range of dry bushveld and Kalahari birds, Botswana booms as the summer rains see the arrival of many intra-African and Palaearctic migrants.

The mixed habitats - woodlands, floodplains, grasslands, wetlands - of the Savuti or Linyanti areas or the Chobe riverfront are particularly good.

3. Lions and Hyenas at Savuti

Competing for food and territory in an unforgiving environment results in brutal conflict; Savuti 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.

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

4. A Chobe River Cruise

A 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, Chobe Chilwero offer superb river cruises.

5. Linyanti Swamp

Linyanti is Chobe's secret link to the Okavango Delta and offers great game and birdlife in a remote part of Botswana only recently opened up to phototourism.

Enigmatic and fickle waterways link the Chobe River system and the Okavango Delta creating a magnet for thirsty animals in the dry season.

The Chobe National Park covers only a small area of the Linyanti but there is a range of excellent lodges in the private concessions that border the park offering many activities including night drives. Of these we recommend Kwando Lebala Camp, Duma Tau and Selinda Camp.

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