Savute Elephant Camp
(Chobe National Park - Botswana)
Savute Elephant Camp - A Botswana
Safari Lodge
In the heart of the Chobe National
Park, sometimes referred to as the elephant capital of the world, is Savute
Elephant Camp. Perched on the former banks of the now dry Savute Channel, the
camp offers a spectacular birds eye view of elephant in their natural habitat,
with an adjacent water hole just metres away from the camps main building. The
area is also renowned for high concentration of predators such as the endangered
wild dog, lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena. Find yourself in harmony with a
unique timeless place as you witness a play that has no script, by actors who
have no lines, in an environment that needs no set.
The area is known for its exciting game viewing and birding.
This area also presents you with the rare opportunity to view rock paintings
drawn by the early Bushmen, who once inhabited the region.
As this camp is situated in the Chobe National Park, park regulations prohibit
night drives and walking.
Savute personifies the eternal contrast of Africa. Where our other two camps
celebrate water and lush vegetation, Savute is an objective lesson in aridity.
Rain in this dry place is rare and water is precious.
Situated on the Savute Channel, which is an eccentric waterway that fluctuates
between being bone-dry or flooding, the whole ethos of Savute Elephant Camp is
commiserate with its inhabitants and environment, although the camp has not seen
water flowing in the channel since 1983.
You find yourself in harmony with a unique timeless place,
removed from city life. In Savute, you realise that precious little has changed
on these dry plains since time began. And the realisation dawns that you are
fortunate and privileged to be in one of the last corners of the planet governed
by nature.
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