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Savute Under Canvas
Savute Under Canvas is situated in the Savute region of the Chobe National Park which encompasses 11 700 km2 of wilderness, bordered in the north by the beautiful Chobe River, and buffered on all sides by wildlife management areas and forest reserves allowing for the free movement of game. A wildlife enthusiast’s dream, Chobe National Park is one of the top wilderness reserves in the world and is home to the largest single concentration of elephant. |
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The famous dryland area of Savute has now turned into a wonderland of birds, especially the species that are water dependent because the Savute River is flowing again.This historic river which has a record of being dry for some time and then starts flowing again. This still remains a mystery.The river dried out in 1982 and started flowing again in...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Keiditsemang Jeremiah Gabogolelwe, Date: 19 June 2012
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On our first afternoon game drive accompanied by four guests, we came across a breeding herd of elephants about half an hour from the airstrip. The elephants were enjoying a late afternoon drink and wallowing in the mud in the afternoon sun. It was a great experience particularly watching the young ones having a great time rolling in the mud and spraying...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Motangara Katembo, Date: 2 June 2012
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During the morning game drive on 31st of May, we came across an elephant that was lying down on the dry river bank with its legs moving. After watching the wild dogs for a long time, they rushed into the bushes. We decided to go to the other road to meet with them. When we got down to the dry river bed we saw the elephant which seemed to have been...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 31 May 2012
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The morning game drive to the Marabou pan turned out rather interesting as we watched a giant eagle owl hitting a puffadder, which looked to be about 45cm long, and left it half dead in the middle of the road. The big owl did not stay because it had been attacked by many other birds. The vervet monkeys close by made a lot of alarm calls which alerted...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 11 May 2012
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On our way to the rhino pan in Savute we met a breeding herd of elephants with a very tiny baby which we estimated to be 2 weeks old. This tiny baby had a very freshly cut tail which kept bleeding and it seemed it was in very serious pain, because it was screaming all the way to the bushes. We suspected the tail had been cut by lions since the herd had...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 10 May 2012
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We took our afternoon drive into the Savute marsh where we were called for a leopard. It was not easy for the guests to take pictures since the leopard was far away in the long grass. We could only see the back when it moved through the grass. We, however, were very patient to wait for it to move into the open. As it went on it disturbed some...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 8 May 2012
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With the early advent of winter, a lot of tree leaves and grasses have already started to wilt and turn brown. A few patches of clouds are visible everyday in the sky but not convincing enough to produce a downpour. These are commonly cirrostrastus and altostratus clouds. However, the clear skies at night offers an opportunity to do stargazing which...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Keiditsemang Jeremiah Gabogolelwe, Date: 20 April 2012
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On the 10th April 2012 we drove around the Kudu Hills area in Savute and smelt a dead elephant carcass. We drove around the hill but did not see the carcass. We kept smelling it until we got to the eastern side of the hill. We drove another road next to the Savute Channel, still keeping to the eastern side of Kudu Hills. We found the carcass of the big...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 10 April 2012
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It was on the 5th April 2012 morning drive with four guests that started very quiet at first, with just a few general game scattered around. We found a dead bull elephant that looked like he died from old age during the night as there were no predators or scavengers around the carcass, apart from a slender mongoose trying to get a bite of this large...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Katembo Motangara, Date: 5 April 2012
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On the 5th April 2012 during the morning game drive towards the Marabou Pan area in Savute , we saw a very interesting starling and African harrier hawk. The African harrier hawk was moving from tree to tree, branch after branch and most of the other birds seemed annoyed at the presence of this huge giant. The hornbills & starlings started mocking...
Posted: Savute Under Canvas by Morgan Matengu, Date: 5 April 2012
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