Chobe Day Trip

I booked this tour with African travel, their subcontractor in Botswana was Kalahari travel. I could of bought this tour directly with kalahari tours abd cheaper. but did not because I want to do safari drive first and river cruise in the afternoon. Instead I end up with Kalahari tours anyway. Trip was very poorly designed. wf wasted time at the border while Kalahari were waiting for 4 people who booked several days tour with them. during boat ride we hardly see any animals. and we end up doing safari drive from 1pm in unbearable heat for 4 hours while big cats slept somewhere in the park. anyway. never get day chobe tour that started with river cruise first. actually do yourself a favor and do not do one day tour at all. get yourself transfer to kasane. find inexpensive lodge( they do exist in chobe) for 2 nights instead of staying more then 2 nights in the falls and get yourself proper morning or late aftegnol. safari drive for $60-70. it would be just a bit more. especially if it is 2 of you( transfer could be found for $100 for 3 people) and you will have much better experience.

The organisation of our day trip was very well executed. Superb engagement and support from our guides. Really enjoyed the Chobe River safari and Park drive in the afternoon. I would definitely recommend and look forward to using Africa travel tours in the future.

I went back & forth between the different companies for this excursion, reading all the reviews, and while this one was a scosh more expensive… IT WAS WORTH IT. I picked it for the smaller group size. It started with just my friend & I getting picked up from our hotel, on the drive to the boarder we saw giraffes, impala, water buffalo & waterbuck. Picked up a couple at the boarder & switched drivers-Thizah- our amaaaazing guide. The boarder crossing had multiple steps and I’m glad we had someone telling us what to do. We stopped at a cafe for coffee/tea & pastries (included for us, tho I didn’t read that anywhere. Nice treat). Picked up 3 more ppl at the cafe and we were off! Unlike the other tours, we started with the boat cruise. We got close (but respectable distance) to sooo many hippos & water buffalo. Parked right on top of a crocodile lol. And watched a bull elephant wade across the river to the island and bath himself. Thizah pointed out a bunch of bird species too which we appreciated. He dropped everyone off back at the cafe, while my friend & I got toted over to Mowana- gorgeous resort for lunch. We then started our land safari, coming upon loads of giraffes and elephants. Then Thizah was like “I know a place” and zipped us over to a pride of lions!! It was our 4th game drive this trip and hadn’t seen any big cats yet, I could’ve cried how close we were to them! THEN he pedaled to the metal us to a leopard spotting! Already about 8-10 jeeps were already there, but the guides have a system so that everyone gets a chance to look. Not only was the leopard just chillin under a tree close by, she walked right by our jeep! We followed her for a bit too. Incredible.