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Chobe National Park

Chobe National Park

Summary

(Chobe National Park)

Chobe is famed for massive elephant herds along the river. Boat safaris reveal close encounters with elephants, hippos, and predators. Photographers capture golden-hour reflections, herds at water, and dramatic sunsets. Chobe is spectacle — vast herds, big skies, and the river’s pulse.

Wildlife & Landscape

Getting There

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Recommended Chobe National Park
Lodges

Recommended
Lodges

Chobe Chilwero

A lodge on a hill above the Chobe River, offering sweeping views over the floodplain and Zambian escarpment beyond.

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Chobe Game Lodge

The only lodge inside Chobe National Park itself, with a history stretching back to the 1970s and a famous connection to Elizabeth Taylor.

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DumaTau Camp

Positioned along one of the region’s most significant seasonal elephant migration routes.

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King’s Pool Camp

A historic Wilderness camp on the Linyanti, once used as a private presidential retreat.

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Ngoma Safari Lodge

A quietly elegant lodge on a ridge in the Chobe Forest Reserve, overlooking the floodplain toward the river.

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Zarafa Camp

A Great Plains Conservation property whose scale and design have made it one of the most internationally decorated luxury camps in southern Africa.

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Recommended Chobe National Park
Itineraries

Recommended
Itineraries

Botswana Grand Circuit

Botswana’s full range — river, channel, Delta, and pan — in one comprehensive circuit.

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Chobe & Savuti Elephant Safari

Riverfront elephant herds on the Chobe, paired with Savuti’s predator-rich channel woodland.

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Chobe Green Season Safari

The Chobe riverfront in its emerald season — fewer travelers, newborn wildlife, dramatic skies.

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Dinaka, Chobe & Okavango: Ultra-Luxury Fly-In Safari

Botswana’s ultimate three-ecosystem circuit — river, Delta, and desert — with a scenic helicopter flight over the Okavango.

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Best Time to Visit

Jan

Outstanding

Feb

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Mar

Good

Apr

Diverse

May

Diverse

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Diverse

Jul

Diverse

Aug

Diverse

Sep

Good

Oct

Outstanding

Nov

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Dec

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Jan

Outstanding

Feb

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Mar

Good

Apr

Diverse

May

Diverse

Jun

Diverse

Jul

Diverse

Aug

Diverse

Sep

Good

Oct

Outstanding

Nov

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Dec

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