CHOBE
SAFARI LODGES & CAMPS -
INFORMATION & IMAGES

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LODGE ATTRACTIONS
CHOBE
NATIONAL PARK The Chobe National Park covers an
area of approximately 10 700 square kilometers.Established
in 1961 with the first Game Warden, Mr. Pat Hepburn,
appointed in April 1962. It is home to the largest
concentration of Elephants in Africa, estimated
at 45 000. Indigenous to the park is the puku and
Chobe bushbuck.
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Other game such as lion, leopard, buffalo, cheetah, kudu, giraffe
and an abundant bird life of approximately 450 species, add theatre
to the magical kingdom. Serondela Camp, 10 kms west of the park
gate, is Chobe's most accessible campsite. According to game drivers,
Serondela was once an inhabited village, which was uprooted and
shifted to Kasane when Chobe became a national park. By day, campers
are under constant surveillance by cheeky baboons, who long ago
learnt that all the best pickings come from tents and backpacks.
One of the best ways to enjoy the riverfront is to take a river
trip in the late afternoon, when the hippos amble onto dry land
and the riverfront fills with elephants heading down for a drink
and a romp in the water. A Chobe visit will probably entail a
cruise or game drive, during which you will have an excellent
chance of observing lions and cheetah, and by day, the water is
full of hippos, which submerge at dawn and emerge at dusk. Buffalo
are present in their thousands, and amid the scrub live numerous
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