Full Day Tour to Chobe National Park and Botswana
Overview
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8 hours 45 minutes
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The hotel pick ups commerce around 07:00am, guest are transported by road from Livingstone for about 1hr drive to Kazungula one border stop where you shall do your passport formalities for both Zambian and Botswana side just after crossing the newly constructed Kazungula bridge. The guide on Botswana side will be waiting for you, once we met the guide, you drive through to our Botswana office where you shall have a short briefing about the activity. After briefing the guides will decide either to start with a game drive, lunch then river safari cruise or the other way round.This breathtaking river is famous for its rich elephant population, so keep your eyes peeled to spot the wildlife in the water and along the banks. Enjoy a fresh buffet lunch with several options at a beautiful lodge situated on the riverbank.Your open-sided vehicle will allow you to see 360-degrees around you and at great distances over the safari, which is populated with elephants, Cape buffalo,lions,antelopes.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Travelers under 18 years should carry their birth certificate with them,or capture it and carry it in their mobile phone.
not recommended for mental disabilities
Upon entering Zambia,Zimbabwe or Botswana get a KAZA visa if your country quires one.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
As we journey toward the Kazungula border, we’ll pass through the scenic Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, offering you the exciting opportunity to spot some of the park's diverse wildlife along the way.
Kazungula
Upon reaching the Kazungula border, we will complete the necessary passport stamping and visa checks. Once cleared, we’ll cross the iconic Kazungula Bridge, a modern marvel, as we enter Botswana, offering stunning views of the Zambezi River.
What‘s Included
Soda/Pop
Bottled water
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Boat cruise safari
Air-conditioned vehicle
Coffee and/or Tea
Game drive safari
Visa
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Full Day Tour to Chobe National Park and Botswana
Pickup included
Reviews
32 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Incredible experience despite the chaos
Jezrel S,,Jan 7, 2026
- Review from Viator
4.00Chobe National Park was one of the most incredible places I’ve visited! We saw hundreds of elephants and dozens of other animals including a pride of lionesses up close. Lunch was included and was surprisingly good and the boat tour was a nice relaxing way to spend the other half of the day watching hippos and more elephants. The whole area is just so stunning and filled with wildlife. However, this tour definitely is one of those large tour groups that sometimes can feel disorganized and impersonal. You get picked up by a separate driver that will then hand you off to another driver at the border. At the end of the tour, we were shuttled from the lodge where you have lunch and the boat tour back to the border. This process was a bit chaotic as the instructions were unclear and everyone was confused on which vehicle to get on. The border crossing into Botswana took two hours (which the guides did say was unusually long) but we were picked up from our hotel in Livingstone at 6:30am and didn’t begin the safari drive until 10:00am. However I did appreciate the guides making a strong effort to expedite the process and they ended up pulling us out of the line to a dedicated line for tourists going to a safari. The safari drive itself felt rushed. If it wasn’t for us and the other people in the group we would’ve missed so many animal sightings because the driver was zooming until we pointed out that we saw animals nearby. Despite that, it was still a great experience because of how there was so much wildlife everywhere. You look left and right at any given minute and there was something to see. The highlight was this large meadow that you drive down to and you can see herds of elephants as far as the eyes can see. Despite the chaos, I still recommend this tour. The guides were friendly and tried their best to make the experience good. Understandably for this price point, you won’t get too much of a personalized experience so keep that in mind. Again, the national park is teeming with wildlife and is a must do.
Fun and memorable.
Moshicat1,,Dec 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The weather was the beginning of the rainy season so animals were difficult to find. The guides were great and entertaining and pointed out what was available. The boat trip was wonderful with lots of hippos and water fowl.
Game drive Chobe national park
Jacqueline N,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00What an amazing experience. Achieved a life time goal of seeing a lion close up in its own natural environment.
Wonderful trip to Chobe
Iryna U,,Dec 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Pleasant and eventful journey. Overall it is an exciting adventure, where one gets to see and learn a lot about the wildlife. The trip includes a ride in the park and a cruise on a motorboat. This way people get to see the spectacular park from all possible angles. I would definitely recommend taking this one, time well spent!
Amazing Day in Chobe!
SHAUN S,,Dec 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Loved Chobe! Going through immigration was smooth, and all the guides made this tour amazing! As soon as we got to the park, after about 5 minutes of driving, a leopard walked out of the bushes, such a beautiful animal!! I would've been fine going home after that. We drove around for a couple of hours and saw lions, giraffes, impalas, lots of elephants, and had a couple of velvet monkeys jump in the vehicle lol....hide your food! After the safari, we had lunch at near by lodge, very good! After lunch it was off to the river safari! Saw tons of hippos, crocs, elephants, and buffalo. A day in Chobe is a must! I highly recommend this tour!
More elephants than we’ve...
David B,,Nov 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00More elephants than we’ve ever seen before in large family herds - seen from both car & boat. Plenty of buffalo, hippos & crocodiles seen from boat. Sable antelopes were spectacular.
Amazing day!
Eric T,,Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Amazing day! Convenient, helpful, and friendly transport with pick up and drop off by David., With changes from dry to rainy season, we’re told could be 50/50 in seeing animals depending on what weather did. We saw nearly every animal we hoped! Lions, elephants, giraffe, buffalo, hippo, impala (lots!) and more. Our guide Joe was amazing, flexible, and went beyond expectation to enable us to see them. Boat ride with driver Large was also special, with up close croc pics, buffalo and lots of hippos and birds. Food and drinks were very good.
Great day in Chobe!
alexandrial883,,Nov 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great trip! The staff were very welcoming and accommodating. All of the travel was very easy and went smoothly. The time of year was definitely not ideal as it had just started to rain, so there were no elephants to be found at all since they find their water elsewhere. The guides worked so hard to find us some cool animals and we got to see lions, hippos, buffalos, impalas, crocodiles, etc. The lunch was at a really cool hotel and was delicious! All of the guides are so knowledgeable and made this a great experience!
Forgot to pick us up
Dreamer457757,,Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00It would have been 5 out of 5 if we had been picked up. But they forgot us . If it hadn’t been for Customer Service at Elephant Hills Resort getting in touch with the company via email we would have missed out. No one answered the company’s “all hours” phone .
Had a really great time exploring Chobe with HSM Adventures!
DayTrip54046563701,,Oct 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a really great time exploring Chobe with HSM Adventures! I was picked up from my hotel and with another solo traveler, drove to the Botswana border where their drive picked us up, drove us around Chobe and in the afternoon did a river tour. Would highly recommend doing this safari for anyone in the area!
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