chobe

Scenes from Chobe in Botswana; what's known as a river safari. You find a boatman and either go out as in group or solo. And before long herds of elephant are on the banks or crossing the river to an island in the middle. Before your very eyes. Mere yards away. The boatman was cautious, make no mistake. And he certainly wasn't merely yards from the hippo ! Great care must be taken with these animals who hold to their space. My route to Chobe began at Katima Mulilo which is the border town on the eastern end of the Caprivi strip, the Zambezi marking the frontier with Zambia. The name had appealed to me ever since I first heard it and was determined to begin a trip to Namibia from there. Good decision !