Chobe

<h2>Home of Africa's Greatest Elephant Herds</h2> <p>Chobe National Park in northern Botswana contains the highest concentration of African elephants on earth. In the dry season — June through October — herds of several thousand animals converge on the banks of the Chobe River to drink, and game drives here produce encounters that are difficult to find anywhere else: bull elephants sparring in the shallows, herds of fifty crossing the river in procession, calves playing while matriarchs supervise from the bank.</p> <p>But Chobe is far more than elephants. The park hosts lion, leopard, wild dog, cheetah, Nile crocodile, hippo, and a remarkable diversity of waterbirds. The dry season concentrations of game on the Chobe floodplains rival the Serengeti in sheer biomass.</p> <h2>Game Drives & Boat Safaris</h2> <p>What makes Chobe unique is the boat safari. In the afternoons, experienced guides take groups onto the Chobe River in purpose-built safari boats — stable, low-profile vessels that allow you to approach hippo pods, crocodiles, and drinking herds of elephant at water level. The light on the river in the late afternoon, with hundreds of animals coming down to drink, is extraordinary.</p> <h2>Combining with Victoria Falls & the Okavango</h2> <p>Chobe sits at the heart of a four-country confluence — Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Namibia all meet within 30 kilometres. Victoria Falls is 90 minutes away by road. The Okavango Delta is a 45-minute flight south. We regularly design 8–12 day itineraries that combine all three, with kosher catering and Shabbat logistics planned across every transition.</p> <h2>Kosher & Shabbat</h2> <p>The main lodges along the Chobe riverfront have suitable kitchen facilities for mashgiach supervision, and our supply network from Johannesburg ensures consistent mehadrin catering. Shabbat in Chobe has a particular character — Friday afternoon boat safaris to reach camp before candle-lighting, Shabbat morning walks along the riverfront, and Havdalah as hippos splash in the river below.</p>