1 Night Chobe Camping Safari from Victoria Falls

The Chobe day trip gives you the highlights. One night inside the park gives you something else, the experience of Chobe after the day-trippers leave. Hippos bellowing in the dark, the smell of the campfire, lions calling across the floodplain at 3am. It's the same wildlife, but experienced differently.

This 2-day, 1-night itinerary departs from Victoria Falls, takes you into Chobe National Park for a river cruise, a full game drive, a night under canvas inside the park, and a dawn game drive the following morning, before returning to Victoria Falls by mid-morning.

Your Itinerary

Day 1, Into Chobe

Hotel pickup in Victoria Falls and a 70km drive to the Kasungula border crossing. After immigration (your guide handles all formalities), you head directly to the Chobe River for your first activity of the day.

Morning Boat Cruise (09:30–12:30)
Three hours on the Chobe River, arguably the finest river safari in Africa. Elephants swim midstream, hippos surface in pods of 30 or 40, crocodiles bask on the sandbanks, and the birdlife is extraordinary. You're at water level, drifting silently through the best wildlife-watching real estate in Botswana.

Buffet Lunch at Cresta Mowana Lodge (12:30–14:30)
Riverside lodge, all-you-can-eat buffet, Chobe River views. Take your time.

Afternoon Game Drive (14:30–17:30)
Back into the park in an open 4x4 for the afternoon game drive. This is the golden hour of wildlife activity, predators moving, elephants converging on the river, the light turning warm and photographic. Three hours covering the park's best game drive circuits.

Evening Camp Setup and Dinner
In the late afternoon you drive to your campsite inside Chobe National Park. Tents are set up, dinner is prepared over the fire, and you settle in for your first night inside the park. As the fire dies down and the stars appear, the sounds of the African bush take over, hippos, hyenas, nightjars, and the occasional distant lion.

Day 2, Dawn in Chobe

Dawn Game Drive (06:00–09:00)
The most valuable game drive of the trip. Predators are often still active at first light, making their way back to rest areas after a night of hunting. Elephants are moving, lions are visible, and the cool morning air brings out activity across the park. This is when photography is best, soft light, active animals, and a quality of stillness that the midday hours can't match.

Return to Victoria Falls
After the dawn drive, you clear camp, cross back through Kasungula, and return to your Victoria Falls hotel by approximately 11:00–12:00.

What's Included

✅ Return transfers from Victoria Falls to Chobe and back
✅ All border crossing formalities
✅ Morning river cruise (Day 1), 3 hours
✅ Buffet lunch at Cresta Mowana Lodge (Day 1)
✅ Afternoon game drive (Day 1), 3 hours
✅ 1 night camping inside Chobe National Park
✅ Camp dinner (Day 1)
✅ Camp breakfast (Day 2)
✅ Dawn game drive (Day 2)
✅ Professional guide throughout
✅ All National Park entry fees
✅ Camping equipment, tent, sleeping mat

❌ Sleeping bag (bring your own or ask about hire)
❌ Botswana visa fees if applicable
❌ Alcoholic drinks at camp
❌ Tips (optional)

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