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Chobe River Archive

A collection of our daily travel stories, food discoveries, wildlife encounters, and life on the road.

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August 24, 2022 No Comments

"African elephants are the largest land animals, adult males weighing between 1,800 and 6,300 kg (2 and 7 tons/ 4,000 and...

October 5, 2021 2 Comments

Louise, our dear friend, property manager, and travel and event planner, is busy getting us the best possible price for our exciting...

August 24, 2018 No Comments

Our most recent bag of pellets contained a lot of dust. As Tom began to sweep the dust from the pellets off...

August 21, 2018 No Comments

"What the muck have I gotten myself into?" says Mr. Cape Buffalo (one of the Big Five). "Sighting of the Day...

May 16, 2018 No Comments

A small but substantially packed ferry was arriving in Zambia from Botswana while we waited. This reminded us of the ferry boat...

May 15, 2018 2 Comments

None of the six of us or our guide Alfred could believe our eyes as we watched this male elephant build his...