We stayed at the Chobe Safari Lodge in Kasane, Botswana |
Chobe National Park boundary fence |
Baobab, Chobe |
One of the hotel safari vehicles |
Chobe Welcomes You! |
Welcome to Chobe National Park |
Warthog |
Giraffe |
Marabou storks with hippos and elephant along the Chobe river front |
Impala |
On our afternoon game drive we saw hundreds of elephants |
Elephant |
Sandy track along the Chobe River |
A male Puku, a rare species in Botswana, it is common in Zambia |
Elephant |
Elephant and puku |
Great Egret |
Elephants on the Chobe River |
Elephants on the Chobe River |
Young elephant emerging from the bush |
Chobe National Park |
Elephant, Chobe NP |
Elephant, Chobe NP |
Elephants at the Chobe River |
Elephants at the Chobe River |
Elephants don't hesitate to shit in the river |
Elephants, Chobe National Park |
This elephant wasn't too pleased with us |
Chobe National Park |
Elephant sniffing us |
Close-up elephant, Chobe National Park |
Excited elephant |
Guide called this the 3rd leg |
Bull elephant |
Elephant crossing the track to the Chobe River |
Bull elephant, Chobe National Park |
Skull of an elephant that died last year |
Elephants in the Chobe River |
Kudu buck leaving the riverfront |
Puku with elephants in the distance |
Giraffe at Chobe |
Giraffe drinking from the Chobe River |
Giraffes, Chobe National Park |
Giraffes, Chobe National Park |
Elephant browsing away from the river |
Elephant |
Herd of Greater Kudu does and young |
Greater Kudus, Chobe National Park |
Female Greater Kudu |
We were lucky and found a herd rare of Sable Antelope |
Sable Antelope, Chobe National Park |
Sable Antelope, Chobe National Park |
Sable Antelope, Chobe National Park |
Sable Antelope, Chobe National Park |
Sable |
Elephant having a mud bath |
Immature Martial Eagle |
Impala with a Namibian lodge across the Chobe River |
Be sure to ask your driver to take you back to the river for sunset |
We were very lucky with this herd of girafee |
Of all our sundowners in Africa, this was the best |
Giraffe sunset at Chobe National Park, Botswana |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
A bird crosses the sun disk, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Giraffe at sunset, Chobe |
Dead acacia trees at Chobe, a sign of elephant damage |
Chobe Transit Road from Ngoma to Kasane |
Fresh lion prints across yesterday's tire tracks |
Chobe National Park at dawn |
Chobe at dawn |
Sunrise at Chobe |
Helmeted Guinea Fowl - or Pearl Chicken (Perlhahn) |
Egyptian goose, Chobe |
African Open Bill Stork |
Grey heron and a ball of elephant poo |
Eckhart at the designated break area, Chobe |
Me at Chobe |
Our safari vehicle |
Water flower at Chobe |
Morning along the Chobe River |
Red-billed Hornbill |
Redbilled Hornbill |
Deadly Black Mamba sunning itself on the road, Chobe |
Hippos on the banks of the Chobe River |
Looking across the Chobe River to the Caprivi Strip, Namibia |
Impala, Chobe National Park |
Impala, Chobe National Park |
Warthog |
Swainson's francolin, Chobe |
Banded Mongoose |
Southern Ground Hornbill |
Building near the Chobe Safari Lodge being refurbished |
Riverfront at the Chobe Safari Lodge, Kasane, Botswana |
Riverfront at the Chobe Safari Lodge, Kasane, Botswana |
Monkey at the Chobe Safari Lodge |
Beware of Crocodiles wandering near the Chobe Safari Lodge |
Chobe River by the Chobe Safari Lodge |
African Fish Eagle in flight |
The Botswana Defence Force has a significant presence at Chobe |
Darter (Snake Bird) |
Darter (Snake Bird) |
The Darter gets it's name "Snake Bird" from it's appearance while swimming |
Reed Cormorant, Chobe, Botswana |
Hippos in the Chobe River |
Hippo |
Hippos and Cattle Egret |
Hippos and Cattle Egret |
Cattle Egret on the back of a hippo |
They don't look dangerous, but they are |
Hippos in the Chobe River |
The hippo finally takes notice of us |
The yawn is a warning |
Hippos, Chobe National Park |
Hippos, Chobe National Park |
White-fronted bee-eater, Chobe |
White-fronted bee-eater, Chobe |
African Fish Eagle, the national bird of Zambia |
Nile Monitor, a large lizard patrolling the banks of the Chobe River |
Nile monitor lizard |
Nile crocodile on the banks of the Chobe |
Nile Crocodile |
African Fish Eagle |
A pair of African Fish Eagles, Chobe |
African Buffalo, one of the Big 5, along the Chobe River |
Colony of white-fronted bee-eaters |
White-fronted bee-eater |
White-fronted bee-eater |
A pair of Nile crocodiles fighting |
Nile crocodile |
Great Egret, Chobe, Botswana |
African Fish Eagle on a post, Chobe National Park |
African Fish Eagle on a post |
African Fish Eagle taking off |
Elephant climbing out of the river |
Elephant |
Elephant on an island in the Chobe River |
Botswana military boat with western VIPs |
Egyptian geese |
Egyptian geese |
Elephants in the Chobe River |
Elephants in the Chobe River |
Elephants in the Chobe River |
The guide said they're just practicing |
Elephants |
The tip of the trunk of a submerged elephant |
Elephant |
Elephants |
Elephant |
Elephant |
More practice |
Elephants in the Chobe River |
A result of constant practice |
Elephant close up |
Elephant, Chobe National Park |
Pied Kingfisher, Chobe |
Sacred Ibis and Blacksmith Plover |
Sacred Ibis |
Squacco Heron (Chobe, Botswana) |
A huge Nile Crocodile |
A huge Nile Crocodile |
A huge Nile Crocodile |
A huge Nile Crocodile |
Elephants and hippos |
Inge and the naturalist guide, Chobe |
Eckhart, Inge and Ralph on the Chobe River cruise |
Inge, Ralph and Eckhart on the Chobe River cruise |
A tourboat on the Chobe River |
Sunset over the Caprivi |
Sunset across the Chobe River to Namibia |
Sunset over the Caprivi |
Zambezi Queen, now part of King's Den Lodge, Namibia |
Sunset |
Sunset |
Chobe River sunset |
Chobe River sunset |
Wake patterns at sunset, Chobe |
Wake patterns at sunset, Chobe |
Wake patterns at sunset |
Back at the Chobe Safari Lodge, Kasane |
Chobe Safari Lodge |
Bar at the campsite of the Chobe Safari Lodge |
View from the bar of the Chobe Safari Lodge |
Botswana Department of Tourism, Kasane |
Botswana Post, Kasane |
Kasane Hospital |
Reinhold collecting DHL photos in Kasane |
Eckhart at the Chobe Safari Lodge |