Zambezi Queen Houseboat

The Chobe National Park is the second largest national park in Botswana and has one of the largest concentrations of game spotted on the African continent. Its uniqueness in the wealth of wildlife and the true African nature of the region, presents a safari experience of a lifetime. Chobe National Park is famous for its elephants. It is not uncommon to encounter herds in excess of a hundred at a time. The latest enquiry into the elephant population estimates it to be 120,000 - the highest elephant concentration in Africa and the largest continuous surviving elephant population on earth. The Chobe elephants are migratory, making seasonal movements of up to 200km from the Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they congregate in the dry season, to the pans in the south-east of the park during the rainy season. Game viewing from the river is a spectacular showcase of the huge diversity of Chobe’s wildlife. It is hard to describe the feeling you get as you glide past hippos and crocodiles while elephants, zebras, buffaloes and even lions have an evening drink against the backdrop of a sunset- sky painted in rich colours. 

Over 460 bird species have been recorded in the park, making it one of Africa’s premier venues for bird safaris. Common species include the sacred ibis, Egyptian geese, the ubiquitous cormorants and darters, spur-winged geese, Pel’s fishing owl, carmine bee-eaters, most members of the kingfisher family, all the rollers, fish eagles, the martial eagle and many members of the stork family.