Chobe National Park Day Trip: River Safari & Game Drive

Cross into Botswana for a full day in Chobe National Park — the closest big-game park to Livingstone and one of Africa's great wildlife destinations. Leaving your hotel in the morning and returning in the evening, you'll experience Chobe from both water and land in a single unforgettable day.

The morning brings a three-hour river safari along the Chobe River, where elephants come down to drink and cross, hippos and crocodiles laze in the shallows, and the banks teem with birdlife. After a relaxed buffet lunch, you'll head out on a three-hour game drive through the park in search of Chobe's famous herds — the park holds one of the largest elephant populations on the continent — along with buffalo, giraffe, zebra, antelope, and, with a little luck, predators like lion.

Your guide handles the border crossing and immigration along the way, so all you have to do is enjoy the wildlife. It's the perfect big-game add-on to a Victoria Falls trip — two safaris, two ecosystems, one day.