Abu Camp, located in Botswana’s pristine Okavango Delta, is proud to announce that Shireni, one of the Camp’s leading elephants, gave birth to her third surviving calf, a healthy female, at 22h05 on the 17th December. Measuring approximately 90cm at the shoulder and weighing about 110kg, the new-born stood on... »
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The Start of a New Life Along the Chobe River Front
It’s always great to see something like this. Rare day time footage of an elephant preparing to take its first steps. Christian and Ginette Leroy were in the right place at the right time when they captured this amazing event while in Chobe National... »
Time to Enter the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition
Yep, once again it is time to get those entrees in for the most prestigious award of them all in the wildlife photography world. The following if from the entree web site: This year’s competition is now open for entries. Find out how you can enter Veolia... »
Canon To offers Safari Lens Many Have Dreamed For
Many Canon shooters have always wanted a lens similar to Nikon’s 200-400 f4 lens. The Nikon lens is fast and takes a tele-converter well, making it a very nice... »
2010 Safari Photographer Gift List
It is time again for the annual list of holiday gift ideas for the photographer. This was a tough year to put together my list for ChobeSafari as I... »
Flash photography and Wildlife – Comments from Frans Lanting
We recently added an article that featured Nick Nichols, a National Geographic photographer. Within the article there were numerous comments regarding using flash as a tool. ChobeSafari decided to... »
Lots of Potential: Chobe Wildlife Rescue
I’m getting closer to being able to run the site on a regular basis, but wanted to pass along a link to a guy working really hard and needing... »
Printing your work: Dye vs. Pigment
Many of you are aware … and many of you are not, but ChobeSafari and team had a serious electrical fire at out house last week. This is why... »
Trip Report: The Art of Safari Seduction
We like to regularly share the opinions and experiences of folks visiting Chobe. This is the first hand diary of Drew Prineas. Drew Prineas added a quick trip to... »
Travel Tip: Video of typical morning at Chobe
A typical, slightly better than average, Chobe morning game drive. Mornings like this is why I go. »
Photo Tip: Backing Up – 10 Steps to Peace of Mind When Traveling in the Digital Age
You will spend a lot of time and money planning the trip. You will see sights you may never see again. Take the time and thought to set up... »
President Obama’s Town Hall at Young African Leaders Forum
An inspiration to us all,to lay down our “borders”,to work together across International boundaries, brings hope to our future: President Obama held a Forum with Young... »
Chobe’s most visible inhabitant: the African Savannah Elephant
What’s the largest land animal you have ever seen in the wild? this is the question posed to my son, Justin by my great friend Paul Salvado prior to... »
Photo Tip: Capturing the Entire Herd
One of my Facebook friends, The Safari Photographer, has written an article on his site (also known as The Safari Photographer) that gives a really important tip for anyone... »
Photo Tip – Add ‘aged look’ or save a mistake using texture effects
Today’s article will be short, but pretty powerful. Have you ever wondered how others create aged looks or background textures in their images? You may think this can only... »
A “zedonk,” half donkey/zebra, was just born
We’ve been away a few weeks and apologize for the gap in information. To get back into the rhythm of posting, we thought we would start with some factual... »
Travel and Photo Tips: Things NOT to do on Safari
I think it is important to remind folks of things to avoid when on safari. Some of the items I will list have to do with personal safety, some... »
Photo Tip – Find the Three words that convey your photographic message
This week, I had the chance to visit B&H Photo in New York City and hear my friend Andy Biggs talk on ‘a day in the life of a... »
Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds
In ChobeSafari’s quest for info related to the bush, we often run into the obscure sites which you may not frequent. We found the following article by Meg Sullivan... »
Photo Tip: Photographing Fireworks
In the US, it’s 4th of July weekend, which means there will be many fireworks displays. While I have never seen fireworks on safari, I am still going to... »
John Huxley: Our safari in northern Botswana
From time to time, ChobeSafari likes to feature travel stories of others to the region so one can gain a broad view of a typical safari vacation. Here is... »
More on effort to help the elephants: New Satellite Collared Elephant, “Bemwa”
We regularly read the new posts at Elephants Without Borders (EWB). We do this for several reasons: First, it’s a great cause. EWB’s tracking efforts help us to learn more... »
Elephant and Man: Can there be Peaceful coexistance in Kasane area?
If you travel by car to Chobe National Park, you must be aware of the wildlife on your drive. This is especially true on the stretch from Nata to... »
Africa needs more than latter-day Livingstones
The following article is syndicated from the Guardian. All rights are retained by the Guardian and it’s authors. We wanted to reprint this article, which actually features Malawi, because... »