Largest elephant population in Africa
Chobe District, Botswana
Chobe is the Botswana park with the largest elephant population in Africa, tens of thousands of animals that crowd the Chobe River in the dry season from roughly May to October. The riverfront near Kasane is the accessible part, with boat safaris at sunset and game drives along the water; Savuti and the Linyanti marshes in the west are wilder and reached by 4x4 or air. Lion, leopard, buffalo and wild dog are present, and the birding on the river is exceptional. Kasane is an hour from Victoria Falls, which makes Chobe the easiest add-on to a Falls trip. It is a malaria area.
Things to do: Game drives · Boat safaris
Where you can stay: Luxury lodges
Inside-park stays and nearby lodges, sorted by distance.
2 stays we sell in Chobe National Park. Tap a pin for the listing.
18.5526° S, 24.3996° E2 000 km from Cape TownOpen in Maps
Why book here
Wild places survive when the communities around them earn more from protecting wildlife than from anything that would replace it. Every stay you book through Spekboom carries a conservation contribution built into the price, never added on top, so choosing where you sleep becomes a way to fund the people and projects keeping this landscape intact.
Chobe National Park is in Chobe District, Botswana.
Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks charges park entry fees per person per day plus a vehicle fee, payable in advance or at the gate. Public campsites inside the parks are run by private concessionaires and must be pre-booked, often months ahead for the dry season. Lodges and camps are on private concessions and are booked directly.
The best time to visit Chobe National Park is Dry season.
Popular activities at Chobe National Park include game drives and boat safaris.
Spekboom lists stays in and near Chobe National Park, from inside-park camps to nearby lodges. Every booking funds conservation.
Other parks and reserves that share something with Chobe National Park.
National parks in Southern and East AfricaNational parks and reserves in BotswanaAll protected areas