Near the town of Kasane (pop. 9,000), some 11 hours by road and an hour and a half by air from Gaborone (as well as direct flights from Maun and even Johannesburg, South Africa), this 4,500-sq.-mi- expanse way up north is known for its huge herds of majestic pachyderms along with the elephants that prey upon them. You can see them on game drives along the Chobe River and boat safaris on the river itself, as well as spotting buffalos, hippos, crocodiles, black and white rhinos, giraffes, hyenas, wild dogs, leopards, and zebras. Animal populations are especially dense during the dry season (May to October), when they mass along the river to drink. Some of the above can also be seen in the marshlands in the west of Chobe. And by the way, if you have time, you can hop a short flight from Kasane to either the Zimbabwean or Zambian side of Victoria Falls.
Read more in my post 5 Botswana Bucket-listers.
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