General Park Information
Video: A Drive Through Chobe National Park
“DavesWebSiteVideo” uploaded this on YouTube. It gives a great overview of the variety of animals spotted in a day and will also give you a feel for water levels of the Chobe River and how green/grown the bush is at this time of year. »
Puzzle of the Week – December 8, 2009
Elephant by the Water Hole This 77 piece puzzle is of one of my favorite shots. »
Chili Peppers puts elephants at bay
One of the things that allows Chobe NP to be special is the lack of fencing. Unfortunately, this creates huge problems for Botswana farmers. This article, from the government newspaper, hints that some natural solutions may be available. If you love free roaming wildlife, you have to love this article! Translations from the government paper:... »
Early rains of October Bring Early Activity – Northern Botswana
Early rains bring early rutting for Impala as seen in this Earth-Touch video on YouTube »
Botswana: Protecting Wildlife and Wilderness
Article copyright: Commonwealth News and Information Service (London) A guidelines manual and certificate system is in place to encourage tourism companies to comply with recognized environmental standards During the dry season in Chobe National Park, the third largest in Botswana, as many as 120,000 elephants migrate over 200 kilometers in search of rain and water. This spectacle... »
Chobe River Booze Cruise Video
A video from 2006 of a river cruise on the Chobe River. We think this 2 min. 30 sec. video gives one a good feel for the diversity of wildlife and the scale of the hers one will see on a typical afternoon ‘booze cruise” in Chobe National Park. Nice captures of elephants and... »
Victoria Falls – The Smoke that Thunders (Mosi-oa-Tunya)
Less than an hours’ drive from the Chobe entrance is Victoria Falls, one of the eight natural wonders of the world. The African name translates as “The Smoke that thunders”, the current locals mostly call it “Vic Falls”. My South African friends who have seen both Niagara Falls and Vic Falls claim the African falls... »
Finding the perfect photo bean bag for safari
Well, that is what I planned to title the article. I spent two weeks examining more than a dozen different bean bag designs for supporting camera and telephoto lens on safari. I developed a rating system and thought I could come up with the one true winner. It doesn’t work that way – life... »