Arrival / Chobe National Park
Once you’ve arrived in Johannesburg and have cleared customs and immigration, you’ll find a representative from African Sky waiting for you as you enter the arrival's hall. First, we’ll take care of a few formalities. Once formalities are completed you’ll then be escorted to the appropriate departure terminal where you’ll be assisted in boarding a local flight to Kasane from where a short transfer will bring you to your lodge. Your activities in Chobe alternate between daily open 4x4 game drives in the park - for the most part, keeping reasonably close to the river - and water-based game viewing on the Chobe River, arguably the single most rewarding wildlife activity on offer in Southern Africa today.
The Chobe riverfront where your lodge is located is a hive of wildlife activity, one a handful of ‘must see’ hotspots on the African continent. The riverfront is an 'ecosystem within an ecosystem', with large daily back-and-forth migrations as animals move into the surrounding woodland during the day to feed, only to return again in the late afternoon to quench their thirsts. The floodplain, close to the confluence of the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, is an oasis in an often harsh and unforgiving environment. Hundreds of hippos, large Nile crocodiles and an incredible variety of birdlife are just some of the animals encountered here. The floodplain is home to Botswana’s only population of puku antelope. Elephant herds numbering in the hundreds are regularly seen during the late afternoon, sometimes swimming across one of the many channels. Close encounters are all but guaranteed. Buffaloes often wade across to the perennially green islands in search of better grazing. Lions and spotted hyenas, wild dogs and leopards are sometimes sighted along the riverbank.