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Kasane, Botswana

Elephants Come Down to the River

Only The interior pans must dry out to force the herds to the river; a long or late wet season keeps them dispersed inland

Access: guided

Where to see it

  • Chobe National Parkprimary_viewing
  • Linyantiprimary_viewing

Chobe holds an estimated 50,000 elephants, and as the inland pans dry out the herds crowd onto the Chobe and Linyanti river frontage. From a boat you sit at eye level with animals drinking and swimming across.

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