Chobe Safari Lodge Botswana

... this was our third visit and had lots of fun viewing game. From Bumihills we went on to Hwange and stayed at a new camp, Deteme Safari Lodge, and although we stayed in a tree house, it was rather far from the park with little to see on the lodge grounds ...

... to the immigration office, here we turned in our papers, had our passports stamped and went to our skiff for our return to the safari lodge. We had a quick lunch at the outdoor dining area, and then walked to a small group of shops to find an Internet ...

... a little boat that crossed a narrow channel of the river and we were in Botswana. We then entered Botswana (free visas!) and continued on to the Chobe Safari Lodge with another driver. The lodge is very beautiful and open, so you can't really decide if ...

After our morning elephant ride in Zimbabwe (see previous day's entry) we took our minibus transfer back to the Chobe Safari Lodge. We signed up for another 3 hour game drive from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. We saw the usual including giraffes, buffalo, and ...

... had sat in the co-pilot seat and watched the amazing wide open landscape as we flew. The short drive to Chobe Chilwero lodge was once again in an open safari truck. If Stanley’s camp was wet with its river-flooded sandy tracks, Chobe (the River) was ...

... of Kasane where we were greated by a family of warthogs right in the middle of the street! Our campsite at Chobe Safari Lodge was fantastic, powerful hot showers, great pool, bar and facilities on a brilliant location right beside the Chobe river. ...

... the pink flamingoes, enjoyed lounging at the pool at camp.  Next headed further north to Kasane to camp at Chobe Safari Lodge.  Wonderful for the children with the awesome pool and deck overlooking the mighty chobe river. Awesome bird and ...

The arrival day into Chobe National Park was fairly uneventful. We spent most of the day on Ella driving out of Botswana, into Namibia, and then back into Botswana. We were all glad to reach camp at the end of this long haul. Sleep came early for ...

... good decision as we waited over two hours for the ferry crossing, taking a big chunk out of our day.  We arrived at the Chobe Lodge in the afternoon, which is a super posh lodge with a camping ground attached so we get to use all the nice facilities ...

... finding a place with enough terminals (and which actually worked!). After spending an hour on the emails, we headed back to the lodge and decided to treat ourselves with a nice lunch on the terrace. We also talked about what t-shirt designs we wanted as ...

... time at the border filling out documents, then  after an hour later (about 4 pm.) we finally got to our beautiful safari lodge where we all collapsed. Dinner the first night at the Lodge was amazing, a buffet including wildebeest, impala, worthug, ...

... border where I got another lovely stamp on my passport and found our pickup who would take us to our accommodation in Chobe, Botswana.  Mowana Safari Lodge I would rate as one of the top 10 places I've ever stayed at. Julie and I were quite in awe ...

This was our third time at the Cresta Mowana Safari Lodge.  It is beautifully located along the Chobe River and a short walk takes you to beautiful views.  There is even a walk where warnings are posted to keep on the lookout for ...

... Air) on an almost non-existent sand strip and spent two hours flying to Kasane, a small town in northern Botswana near the entrance to Chobe National Park.  The flight took us over the myriad of small pools and channels in the ...

Muchenge Safari ...

... a disinfectant for our shoes to halt the spread of foot and mouth disease) and got on jeeps to ride to a safari lodge near the entrance to Chobe National Park. We found out later that the reason for all the parked trucks is there is no bridge, and ...

... of the new tour today for us. We were off to Botswana.   We left at 9am and we were already at the Chobe Safari Lodge by noon, so a ridiculously short drive today.  Although we did have a border to cross which was amusing.  The point ...