History of Chobe

Chobe is in north-west Botswana. For the most part the region is remote, arid and inhospitable. The vast areas of untamed and unpopulated wilderness are punctuated by enigmatic rivers and lakes, the result of intense geological activity.

Chobe's fault lines are a continuation of the Great Rift Valley and the resulting tectonic shifts give rise to a web of water channels that flow (or dry up) on an irregular basis.

Settled first by nomadic San hunter-gatherers and later by migrating Iron Age tribes from Central Africa, the area was eventually dominated by the Tswana tribe, who gravitated north from social upheavals in what is now South Africa.

The early colonial years were marked by the appearance of missionaries, traders, loggers and hunters and it wasn't until 1961 that Chobe became a protected game reserve. In 1968, two years after Botswana became independent, Chobe became a national park and is currently administered by the government.

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