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buffalo in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Chobe National Park
Botswana

When visiting the Caprivi, one shouldn't miss out on a visit to the Chobe National Park, the nature reserve richest in game in Botswana. From Katima Mulilo take the B8 and go further to the borderpost Ngoma Bridge and from there to Kasane. The entrance to the park lies 3 km west of the town.

The National Park has been open since1960 and comprises an area of 11000 sqkm south of the Chobe river. It can only be visited in the dry season, from April to October. The northern part along the Chobe River forms a floodplain and is hardly accessible during the rainy season. This also applies to the Savuti Swamps in the western part of the park. The southern parts are drier with savannah being the dominant landscape. Many parts of the Chobe can only be travelled in a 4x4.
The variety and numbers of wildlife in the Chobe Park is enormous and in fact, is rivalled by no other nature reserve in southern Africa.

Elephant, Savuti, BotswanaThe 50 000 elephants that live in the park pose a threat to the ecological balance of the ecosystem, which can actually only support half the number of these giants. The elephant herds cause tremendous damage to the flora and a solution is urgently needed. Because the other parks in southern Africa also suffer the effects of an uncontrolled elephant population, there is nowhere to transport the "excess" Chobe elephants, so unfortunately they will have to be culled. Elephants can only be transferred or shot in a herd, otherwise the remaining animals would become vicious and aggressive towards humans for a long time.

A couple of luxurious lodges are situated in the vicinity of the Chobe Park. In the park itself there are camping grounds with basic facilities only.
Hippo im Chobe National Park, Botswana
Top right: Buffalo at the Chobe River.
Left: Hippopotamus.
Right: Elephant Bull in the Savuti Camp.

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