accommodation Kasane- Chobe parkIntoduction Chobe National Park Chobe is particularly renowned for the enormous herds of elephant and buffalo that gather along the waterfront during the dry months of July to November. These days the park suffers from high visitor traffic and has to be regarded as very much a second rate safari area in comparison with the private concessions around Linyanti and Kwando. This is where to come to see the elephant swim the river. The main problem is the volume of visitor traffic flowing into the park from the big hotels outside the park gate at Kasane has reduced this experience to little more than a booze cruise sideshow. The further west you go the lower the visitor traffic. The ferry journey costs about US$25 per vehicle, the precise amount
depending on the vehicle's size. Once on the Zambezi's south bank, it's
a few kilometres to a junction. Left leads you to the land border into
Zimbabwe; straight on brings you immediately to a disease control post.
Here your vehicle will be driven through a puddle of insecticide and
you'll be asked to stamp your shoes on an impregnated mat. You'll also
be checked to make sure that you're not importing banned animal products
– like fresh meat, milk, bones or skins. (All part of Botswana's
zealous efforts to protect their national herd from diseases.) Under
2km later and there's a right turn to Kasane, while straight on leads
to Nata and Francistown. This second junction is about 12km east of
Kasane town. Baobab Safari
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