Customer Reviews

Nature Parks CHOBE RIVER Botswana

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It is a pity that this video shows a lot of lodges, but very few elephants.

Having been to the Chobe national park, I remembered very well the elephants there,
walking in great groups and swimming in the river.
So to see that again I bought this video.
It took quite some time before the first elephant came into view, time spent by showing a lot of lodges, water and trees.
At the end of the movie a group of elephants was shown wading thru the river, but they were NEVER shown swimming.

So: if you expect to see the real highlights of Chobe national park: DO NOT BUY this video

I know Chobe. I've been there several times and even run a blog on the park [...]. I was excited about getting this DVD to share some of the park with friends and relatives. This DVD is a slow, plodding review of the park and options around Kasane. This is clearly not a wildlife video. It is also not a 'how to do Chobe right' video. Basically it seemed like a long version of a trip through Chobe, not much better than similar home made videos of the park on YouTube. It lacks good info on transportation, guide options, stores/crafts and (maybe most importantly )the diverse wildlife of the region.

If I had seen this video prior to my first trip to Chobe .... I probably would have gone to another wildlife reserve. That would have been a pity as Chobe may be the best location for the money in the world to see and photograph a wide variety of game from a close vantage point.