| A major feature
of Chobe National Park is its elephant population. First of
all, the Chobe elephant comprise part of what is probably
the largest surviving continuous elephant population. This
population covers most of northern Botswana plus
northwestern Zimbabwe. The Chobe elephant are migratory,
making seasonal movements of up to 200 kilometres from the
Chobe and Linyanti rivers, where they concentrate in the dry
season, to the pans in the southeast of the park, to which
they disperse in the rains. The elephants, in this area have
the distinction of being the largest in body size of all
living elephants though the ivory is brittle and you will
not see many huge tuskers among these rangy monsters. |
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