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Paula Adams
US
Visited:
December 2017
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2018
Email Paula Adams | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Seeing so many elephants of every size imaginable being wild and free and witnessing their natural behavior made me very happy and humbled.
eric
KE
Visited:
January 2018
Reviewed: Jan 31, 2018
Email eric | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Breathtaking nature & wildlife
This was my first ever wildlife experience in Botswana and can proudly say I wasn't let down. The morning game drive went well, backed by the clear skies and a glorious sunset. We encountered a few wild animals like Elephants, Lions, Monkeys, Kudus, Kobs, Impalas, Zebras, and so much more. My mission was to take as many photos as I can, and these are giving me remarkable flashbacks whenever I look at them... I stayed at Chobe Marina Lodge near the waterfront thus giving me fantastic views of the mighty Chobe River and the Namibian territory across. Everyone was friendly, welcoming and approachable. I felt at ease and explored without limits for the four days I was in Kasane the gateway to Chobe National Park.
Tim Barry
CA
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Nov 9, 2017
Email Tim Barry | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
We loved the wildlife but were less impressed with the other catagories. We also realize it was merely a preference on our part.
Inga
IS
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Nov 1, 2017
Email Inga | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Chobe is a vast park but it's full of animals who are pretty used to the traffic of tourists and you can get very close to them. Just show some patience.
Julian
DE
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Oct 31, 2017
Email Julian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Good wildlife but unfortunately no rhinos. Plenty of birds and nice scenery
Janette
AU
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 31, 2017
Email Janette | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lots to see but too many people
We spent two nights near the park at Chobe Bush Lodge which was excellent. We went on a early morning safari drive and an afternoon boat cruise. Others from our group did an afternoon drive as well.
Even though we saw lots of excellent wildlife including two lions stalking some warthogs, it was way too crowded during both the morning drive and the boat cruise. There were often dozens of safari vehicles/boats around a good animal sighting with some vehicles hogging the best spot for ages and we often had to wait. This was mainly for lions (we didn't see anything else really special). And when it came to the sunset part of the cruise, lots of small boats sat in front of our bigger boats spoiling our view - there was plenty of room for them elsewhere. Our boat moved somewhere else to avoid these boats. These experiences spoilt the park for us. We actually saw much more in Kruger and it was less crowded.
However, friends who did the afternoon safari drive said there weren't so many other groups and they had some excellent sightings including the rare wild dog.
Mandy
ZA
Visited:
December 2016
Reviewed: May 4, 2017
Email Mandy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Beautiful park with great scenery especially if you love elephants
Did a 2 day safari of Chobe in December and while it rained pretty hard on one day, we still had a great time. Plenty of animals (elephants, giraffe, buffalo, warthogs, etc.) and just vast beautiful landscape. We had a great local guide that provided great information. There's also a chance to take a river safari to see many hippos up close!
Suzanne
US
Visited:
July 2016
Reviewed: Aug 8, 2016
Email Suzanne | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing array of wildlife up close and personal
The weather for our trip in July was wonderful. The guides were very helpful in giving information about the park and the animals there. There was a plethora of elephants, some of which came right up to the jeep. It is a beautiful area, with amazing animals.
ulrich dresden
DE
Visited:
April 2016
Reviewed: Jun 19, 2016
Email ulrich dresden | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great experience
Before our group came to Chobe National Park we were at two parks in South Africa. We saw more or less all the animals we saw in South Africa and then some more. :-) The guides were very competent, the scenery is great, we saw lots of wild animals, including a leopard and a cobra and of course lots of elephants. The scenery is great, the park is a must. Botswana is definetely worth a visit. We stayed close to the park and also heard a lion at night.
Gary
US
Visited:
April 2016
Reviewed: May 7, 2016
Email Gary | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Chobe National Park has much to offer for all.
Our park ranger drivers were very knowledgeable about the wildlife in the park, including birds (though I am not a birder, some members of our group were). While we did not see leopards on our drives, we did encounter the rest of the 'Big 5' more than once. Our drivers were very cooperative in allowing us sufficient time for taking pictures. Botswana is justifiably well known for its elephants, and we did encounter them on numerous occasions. Lions and Cape buffalo were also seen on a few occasions and hippos in large numbers during our river cruises. We did not encounter much in the way of zebras, wildebeests, or rhinos. I imagine this was due to the type of terrain in the park.
Our accommodations at the lodge were very well appointed
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and comfortable. We had a wide variety of meal choices available and could choose to eat either at the lodge itself or at the nearby Chobe Safari Lodge.Weather during our visit could hardly have been better - we had no rain and temperatures during the day were comfortably warm.
We arrived at Chobe Bush Lodge by motor coach, coming from a visit to Zimbabwe to see Victoria Falls and earlier from South Africa and left by plane from nearby Kasane, flying to Johannesburg and then back to the United States.