Chobe National Park Hotels & Resorts

Chobe Game Lodge offers riverboat safaris as well as 4×4 game drives and, as the only camp located inside Chobe National Park, there is the chance to see wildlife before anyone else arrives.

Morning game drives set off at around 5.30am, stopping for coffee and biscuits in the bush halfway through, and in the afternoon you will leave at 3.30pm before returning to the lodge for sundowners. You will go deep into the national park, which is home to the largest population of elephants in Africa – around 120,000. You may see large herds of elephants as well as lions, buffaloes, wildebeest, giraffes, antelopes and, if you’re lucky, the occasional leopard lazing in the trees. Lechwe flats is a favourite game viewing area with guests and the landscapes are amazing too; you can see the beautiful Chobe River with views across to Namibia as you cross the dry, dusty plains.

On the riverboat safaris, you will head out in the afternoon in small pontoons, which are all electric and solar-powered. Glide silently along the Chobe, heading west away from the other boats, so that you are usually the only boat in the area. You may spot crocodiles and hippos in the water as well as elephants and other animals on the riverbank. There are lots of birds too, including fish eagles hunting from the river. After a couple of hours, you will stop for sundowners in a big open area beside the river, where animals come to drink. Watch the sun set over the river, which is always spectacular – all deep reds and oranges, reflecting on the water below.