It was awesome overall, I would love to go back when I'm not busy - It was worth the trip, absolutely incredible, we did a safari with a local guide called Baqi who speaks Spanish very well, since in my group of friends some did not speak English well, we saw a lioness and her cub that has been for me a wonder.

You get an elephant, you get an elephant - Today, I saw more elephants than people. Chobe offers quality game viewing both by vehicle and boat. It also offers intimate and upclose encounters with Africa's biggest land mamal. In addition to that, numerous herds of Impala, Cape Buffalo's, Hippos, and Giraffes. Fish Eagle, Hornbills, Egrit, Oxpecker's, Hornbills, and our favorite Southern African bird found in the city and Safari Hadeda's.

Great drive through the morning Chobe Park - Four of us drove in a jeep with a guide. In the cool morning air we saw lots of animals despite it being dry season. The guide was great and found lots of groups of animals, including a pride of lions. There was always time for a nice photo.

Great tour - Great tour guide was fantastic and knew heaps about the park and animals. Been on a few of these and always learning we things

Exciting excursion into Elephant territory - Exciting and bumpy. The animals are plentiful, particularly the Elephant. The roads are sand and gravel so it can be bumpy but def. worth it !

Chobe National Park Game Drive - Entering the Chobe National Park on our 0600-0900 hrs" morning safari our first sighting was a lone hyena that darted across our forest road , first time saw a hyena in the wild..Spotted elephants as usual but this time on dry ground in the forest.For birdwatcher's this would have been paradise with various species of birds flying around early in the morning. The most common bird was the Guinea fowl seen akin to chickens across the forest floor.Spotted Hippo's , Kudu but no sign of the " Big 2" carnivores of Africa, the lion or the leopard. Wild life safari is pure luck akin to a lottery irrespective of the competence of your guide or the size of your wealth or status. Sighting of rare species is pure chance.As the van moves across the forest which is on higher ground one gets a panoramic view of Sedudu Island and the wildlife existing on this island.As we were weaving along the forest track spotting elephant's , Impala's at about 0750 hrs we suddenly came across a tourist van traffic jam on the forest track. Ahoy ! A leopard had been sighted on a branch on top of a tree.and was hoping that when our turn for viewing arrived the leopard would still be at the same spot on this tree.When our turn came it was a sight straight out of a documentary wildlife scene seen on all those wildlife channels and wildlife nature books, a leopard sleeping on a branch of a big tree.African leopards are larger than Indian leopards and have brighter coloured spots.Finally bid goodbye to our " Big Cat Model" and headed towards the rest station of the park where all tourist van's stopped for tea and usage of the toilets.After our tea we headed back towards the starting point and passed by the leopard at 0845 hrs that was still asleep on his tree top branch bed.On our return journey came across a herd of Hippo's grazing on land near a small pond next to the Chobe river and playing with each other. First time I saw Hippo's out of water on land in the natural wild.Came across a elephant chewing on a tree stump and stopped near it just a few meters away.Spotted a pair of jackals come out in the open scaring away the Guinea fowls in the vicinity.While driving suddenly without warning a herd of elephants crossed our path about 50 meters ahead.Finally at approximately 0930 hrs our safari came to a end and all tourists were dropped at their respective lodges/ Guesthouses

Amazing wildlife experience - An amazing experience. We went to Pilanesburg and Chobe National Parks during our trip and both offered once in a lifetime experiences. At Chobe we saw large herds of elephants and Cape buffalo and more hippo than elsewhere. We had game drives with African Odyssey out of Chobe Marina Lodge.

Chobe - pros and cons - Chobe National Park is almost guaranteed to deliver, when it comes to game drives. In just a few hours we saw hundreds of elephants, zebra, springbok and hippos plus giraffes, buffalo, wildebeest, kudu, lechwe etc. as well as a varied birdlife. That said - considering the exorbitant entrance fees to the park, there should be a little left over to update the signs in the park. Many have, I suspect, been used by elephants etc. to rub itchy spots, the directions on the signs are worn off and impossible to read, or the signs have been tipped over. This goes for Savuti as well. It is very easy to loose your way or end up in dead ends or heading in the wrong directions. As for the tar roads leading to the north of Botswana - they are a disgrace. The road from Sehitwa via Shakawe we named Pothole Avenue - the tar is in some places nonexistent, which is almost to be preferred to giant potholes that are almost impossible to avoid. The same goes for the Maun-Nata-Kasane road. The government of Botswana should be ashamed of not maintaining the infrastructure - but maybe the politicians are more interested in short term mining adventures with foreign investors skimming the profits and ruining the roads with heavy trucks. Botswana could learn a lot from Namibia - if you want to experience Chobe, go via Caprivi if possible. Kasane has a lot of lovely, expensive lodges, campsites and also a growing amount of private guesthouses. The town is growing, but apparently without much thought to the main source of income: Tourism. In the evening, the old centre of Kasane is practically dead, no evening life, except at the lodges and larger guesthouses. A bit of city planning would go a long way. But city planners seem to be interested solely in developing industrial areas and boring mainstream malls on the outskirts of Kasane. We lived in Botswana 30 years ago, back then Kasane was small, but lively and pleasant to visit!

Lovely game drive - I went for a game drive at Chobe National Park on the 17th October 2020. It was a beautiful exerience. I went being driven by a love tour guide by the name MK from Lungu Safaris in Kazungula. I really enjoyed the service she offered, she was soo lovely and tried to explain each and everything to us. We saw different species of birds, kudus, elephants, zebras to name a few and a leopard . We couldn't see lions though.

The best therapy to experience - The experience was magnificent with beautiful landscape and vast variety of animals, from land animals to aquatic ones.