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Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Botswana

A 10-day trip to Chobe National Park, Botswana

Dense elephant corridors, riverboat game viewing, and raw savannah predator drama

Perched at Botswana's northern border along the Zambezi four-corners region, Chobe National Park is home to one of Africa's highest concentrations of wild elephants. Unlike the flight-only luxury concessions of the Okavango Delta, Chobe combines land-based game drives with water safaris on the Chobe River, offering eye-level views of swimming herds, pods of hippos, and sunbathing crocodiles.

Trip length

10 days

Best time to go

August to October delivers unmatched elephant density, dry skies, and clear river action.

What your 10-day plan includes

  • A day-by-day itinerary with neighborhoods clustered so you spend less time in transit.
  • Real budget awareness — a target, an estimate, and a status you can dial up or down.
  • Recommendations shaped by your pace, food priorities, group, and must-dos.
  • Swap anything, improve any day, refine in any direction without starting over.

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How to plan 10 days in Chobe National Park, Botswana

  • Stay in Kasane if you want budget lodge flexibility and walk-on boat jetty access, but pick inside-the-park camps like Chobe Game Lodge to skip morning park-gate queues.
  • Pair Chobe with a 2-night stay at Victoria Falls across the border via Kazungula Bridge rather than rushing it on a grueling single-day bus tour.
  • Do not attempt to drive a rental two-wheel drive vehicle beyond the paved entrance gates; deep Kalahari sand immediately traps non-4x4 vehicles in the Serondela and Savuti loops.
  • Reserve dedicated photographic boats with swivel gimbal mounts 3 to 4 months ahead if low-angle wildlife imagery is your trip priority.

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