Chobe National Park
The Chobe National Park,
which is the second largest national park in Botswana and covers
10,566 square kilometres, has one of the greatest concentrations
of game found on the African continent. Its uniqueness in the abundance
of wildlife and the true African nature of the region, offers a
safari experience of a lifetime.
Chobe Accommodation
Safari Lodges in and
around Chobe National
park. Book online!
Botswana Tours
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Chobe National Park &
Okavango delta tours and Safaris
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The original inhabitants of what is now the park were the San people, otherwise known in Botswana as the Basarwa or Bushmen. They were hunter-gatherers who lived by moving from one area to another in search of water, wild fruits and wild animals.
A major feature of Chobe National Park is its elephant population. First of all, the Chobe elephant comprise part of what is probably the largest surviving continuous elephant population. This population covers most of northern Botswana plus northwestern Zimbabwe. The Botswana's elephant population is currently estimated at around 120,000. This elephant population has built up steadily from a few thousand since the early 1900s and has escaped the massive illegal offtake that has decimated other populations in the 1970s and 1980s. The Chobe elephant are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200 kilometres from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate in the dry season, to the pans in the southeast of the park, to which they disperse in the rains. The elephants, in this area have the distinction of being the largest in body size of all living elephants though the ivory is brittle and you will not see many huge tuskers among these rangy monsters.
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By Region
Central Kruger Park
Kruger Surrounds
Northern Kruger Park
Southern Kruger Park
Johannesburg / Pretoria
By Game Reserve
Balule Nature Reserve
Kapama Reserve
Manyeleti Reserve
Marloth Park Conservancy
Sabi Sand Reserve
Thornybush Game Reserve
Timbavati Reserve