Discovering the appearance of an elephant swimming in the river at Chobe National Park in Botswana

Hello,Takuya Sudo @ circle around the world bicycle @ Charridermanis. Move about 80 km from Livingstone (Livingstone) in Zambia with Victoria FallsBotswanaofKasane (Kasane)It enters. This Kasane has lots of wildlifeChobe National ParkIt was the base of the tour to visit and there were lots of accommodation facilities. I will take a tour of safari drive and boat cruise here. Hippo, Lion, Crocodile, Impala, Mongoose, Baboon, Monkey, Africa Buffalo and a lot of wild animals. And do not forget the protagonist of Chobe National Park is African elephant. That elephant swims in the river in front of me. It was an incredible sight. You can swim with elephants, do not you?

Here is the Kasane of Botswana, which is the tourism center of Chobe National Park.

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Safari drive began at six in the morning. We will head to Chobe National Park along with the sky to open. Drive cars have three row seats. A total of seven people including three, two, two from the front sat down, and each one was able to secure enough space. Since there are steps in these three rows, even if you sit behind you will never see the front.

I did a safari drive with such a car.


I go to Chobe National Park and go to see the animals.


The sky and a bird that is opening.


The first thing I saw wasImpalaIt was a flock of.


I eat mushrooms and grass.


After a while I went out to the Chobe River. I will run along the river.


I found a hippopotamus from the surface of the water.


There was also the appearance of hippopotami that is on the land and eats grass.


Pretty moving to movemongoose


It seemed to cling to branches and playing with trying up.



It was quite far behind the river, but there was also the appearance of a lion.


When I was running in inland a little away from the river, I was surprised at the sight. There are lots of monkeys, baboons and mongoos scattered all over the street. A group of Impala passed there. Monkeys and mongoos came out with each other for a while, the appearance of a monkey who is puzzled by the mongoose was pleasant and everyone laughed.

Wonder land of monkey, baboon and mongoose.


Impala goes through here.


Monkeys rushed up to the trees, falling down with branches.


A mongoose who was fighting monkeys.


I will return to the river again, stop the car, I will catch a cup of coffee.


Finishing Safari Drive and Returning to the City In the end I was walking with NosonosoAfrican buffalowas.


I returned to the hotel at 9 AM. It was a 3 hour safari drive. I will also participate in the boat cruise from 3 pm by day.

It is a boat cruise to observe wild animals while moving through the Chobe River like this.


As you can see wild animals from the three sides of the front, both sides. The cockpit in the back.


I will move a big big Chobe River.


This white white bird is African Fish Eagle.


What first appeared wasWater bagwas.


I will drink water.


I was caught glancing at the cliffs.


And a flock of Impala will pass.


It seemed to be marching.


This strange reptile ......


Nile lizardwas.


On the land in the river there was a figure of crocodile. I was excited and taking pictures, but I can not move cockly. Maybe plastic? Other tourists were saying such a thing. I wonder whether this suspicion suspicion entered into the ears of crocodile, but after a while moving the open mouth slowly "I'm alive" and it appeals to me. But, I was really relaxed.

Crocodile as if placed.


I will not be tremble.


It looks like stuffed.


I also saw many hippos even on this boat cruise. It is lovely and it can not be helped, like moving up to land and eating river and grass in a plump form, moving only from the water head. Although it is such a lovely hippopotamus, it is said that in Africa it is a dangerous animal than a lion or hippopotamus. Because the territory consciousness is strong, it is attacked.

Hippo standing in the center of a big river.


Rear figure of a big back.


The hippoghara who are eating up grass on land.


A figure facing the front.


Bewipe body.


I will walk while doing moshamusha.


Is not the adorable hippopotamus shaped lovely?


Huge butt.


After finishing the meal, we went back to the river.


Another group of hippopotamus peering from the surface of the water.


A silent Hippopotamus flying alongside in a row.


The protagonist of this Chobe National ParkAfrican elephantis. Currently 50 thousand are inhabited, making it the most populated area in the continent of Africa. By the way, the population of Ksane is about 8,000.

An elephant came to the river.


It seems to drink water.


Round a long nose into a hand and carry it to her mouth.


Happy birthday.


I am repeatedly drinking water.


Lying lying.


When I was photographing the drinking water of this elephant with a movie, I stepped out towards the back of the river suddenly. Elephant graciously swammed away from such worry though "It is also a thoughtful thing". You can swim with elephants, do not you? I did not know. Lift a long nose onto the surface like a periscope of a submarine and proceed. I moved to a small island covered with grass in the river.


I will head towards the river.


Just out the tip of the nose and dive.



Elephants swim well.



There is force.




It is almost time to reach Kojima.


Did your feet arrive?


Finally landed.


I flattened plenty of grass in Kojima. Hippo behind the elephant is hippopotamus.


Elephants that appeared in different places were flocking.


Elephant elephant also extended your nose.


I am drinking water deliciously.


Many noses were moving.


Roll up the nurse and your nose to the mouth.


It was a very fun sight.


An elephant walking by parent and child.


What kind of conversation are you doing?


I walked somewhere.


This boat cruise also got back to the hotel at 3 PM and 6 PM.

This "safari drive" "boat cruise" is a luxury hotel of Kasane "Chobe Safari LodgeIt was a tour of. Looking at the official website, it seems that it will cost 100 US dollars a night. I stayed here.

The tour price you care about

Boat cruise (3 hours) / 175 BWP (Botswana Pula)
Game drive (3 hours) / 210 BWP
National park entrance fee / 70 BWP

It costed a total of 425 BWP (about 5000 yen). Cost performance is outstanding as we have seen so many animals at this cost. If boat cruises and game drives are done on different days, the national park entrance fee will cost 140 BWP for 2 days. Once you have done two tours in one day, the entrance fee for the National Park is also one day.

A fine entrance like a luxury hotel.


There is a big pool.


It was a beautiful toilet like to hesitate to use. Of course, there are also toilet seats.


Accommodation on the left side.


Mr. Charrida without money was 70 BWP (about 800 yen) at the camp, but ....


When I came back from the safari drive in the morning, warthogs occupied the camp site.


A wartsome warp lying on a comfortable side. It just seems to destroy the food inside the tent, so be careful.


Botswana is a vast country with approximately 1.5 times the size of Japan, but its population is around 2 million and is the country with the lowest population density in the world. As a result, unspoiled nature is left in a wide area, and tourism industries such as this safari tour that made use of it are also occasional. There were lots of tourists in Kasane.

Botswana has achieved steady economic development in a stable political situation. On this safari tour I was able to see amazingly many wild animals. Since Botswana's Kasane is near the famous Victoria Falls, how about visiting it together? Although it is a thin Botswana that is familiar when coming from Japan, there is also such a fun safari tour.

(Sentence / photo: Takuya S. Narou Charriderman
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