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Savute
Elephant Camp is dramatically different from Orient-Express Safaris'
southern camps. It is located on the Savute Channel in Chobe National
Park, which is in the rugged, semi-arid wilderness region of far northern
Botswana. And it is a tented camp, recently under thatch, in true
African style.
The area is known for its exciting game viewing and birding. This
area also presents you with the rare opportunity to view rock paintings
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As
this camp is situated in the Chobe National Park, park regulations
prohibit night drives and walking.
Savute personifies the eternal contrast of Africa. Where our other
two camps celebrate water and lush vegetation, Savute is an objective
lesson in aridity. Rain in this dry place is rare and water is precious.
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Situated
on the Savute Channel, which is an eccentric waterway that fluctuates
between being bone-dry or flooding, the whole ethos of Savute Elephant
Camp is commiserate with its inhabitants and environment, although
the camp has not seen water flowing in the channel since 1983.
You
find yourself in harmony with a unique timeless place, removed from
city life. In Savute, you realise that precious little has changed
on these dry plains since time began. And the realisation dawns that
you are fortunate and privileged to be in one of the last corners
of the planet governed by nature.
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