The Chobe National Park

The Chobe National Park in the north of Botswana, covers 10 566 km² and is noted for its great concentration of game in particular for its huge concentrations of elephant, currently estimated at 120 000 . Here you will find an amazing variety of habitats and you will have an excellent chance of spotting amongst others, lion, leopard, cheetah, hippo, buffalo, giraffe, antelope, crocodile, zebra and any number of species of bird.

Chobe National Park is divided into four distinctly different eco systems: Serondela with its lush plains and dense forests in the Chobe River area in the extreme north-east; the Savuti Marsh in the west about fifty kilometres north of Mababe gate; the Linyanti Swamps in the north-west and the hot dry hinterland in between.

The Savuti Marsh is a remnant of an inland lake that once covered northern Botswana. It is home to an abundance of wildlife and is well known for the hyena and zebra migrations which are followed by the lions after the rains. After the rains the area teems with various species of antelope, predators and hundreds of species of birds.

The Kwando, Selinda and Linyanti areas do not perhaps symbolise Botswana in the same way that the Okavango and Chobe do, yet tucked along the border with Namibia's Caprivi Strip these areas remain Africa in its most untouched form.