Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Chartered flights use the airstrip several kilometres north of the lodges in Savuti. Check
with your lodge regarding booking a flight.
Under optimum conditions, it's a four-hour slog from Sedudu Gate to Savuti, though be
advised that this route is often unnavigable from January to March. Access is also possible
from Maun or the Moremi Game Reserve via Mababe Gate, though the track is primarily
clay and very tough going when wet. All of these routes require a 4WD vehicle.
Linyanti Marshes
In the northwest corner of Chobe National Park, the Linyanti River spreads into a 900-sq-
km flooded plain that attracts stunning concentrations of wildlife during the dry season.
On the Namibian side of the river, this well-watered wildlife paradise is protected by the
Mudumu and Mamili National Parks, but apart from 7km of frontage along the northwest-
ern edge of Chobe National Park, the Linyanti Marshes in Botswana are protected only by
their remoteness.
Game trails run along the marsh shoreline and sightings of the marshes' stable popula-
tions of elephants, lions, wild dogs, cheetahs and leopards are fairly common, although
you'll need to be patient, especially for big cats. Given that most of the luxury lodges are
outside the national park, night drives are a highlight.
Sleeping
CAMPGROUND
Linyanti Camp Site $
Offline map
(
http://sklcamps.com
;
GPS: S 18°16.228', E 23°56.163'; campsite per adult/child US$50/
25)
Most of the sites at this campground run by the excellent SKL sit on a shady and
gentle rise just up from the water's edge, with good views of the marshes costing nothing
extra. There are all the usual
braai
pits, hot showers, sit-down flush toilets and, in the dry
season, lots of elephants and baboons. Expect hippos to make an awful lot of noise during
the night.
TENTED CAMP
Camp Linyanti $$$
