SAVUTE SAFARI LODGE 

 Savuti Channel - Chobe National Park - Botswana

Desert and Delta's Newest Lodge
 
 


 
The Seven Hills of Savute, collectively known as the Gubatsa Hills, were formed some 980 million years ago and were shaped over the centuries by the ancient Makgadikgadi Lake that finally dried up some 30,000 years ago.  More recent tectonic movements of Northern Botswana's earth plates - only two decades ago - caused the Savute Channel and its dependent Savute Marsh to parch and dry up.  It is said that the channel may flow again, as it has 'switched' on and off without explanation in the past.   Savute Safari Lodge is located on the banks of this dried up river, the Savuti Channel, in a setting of singular beauty.  Accommodation is in 12 twin bedded timber and glass chalets with cool thatching, beautifully furnished with en-suite facilities. The lounge, cocktail bar with a large fireplace and dining room overlook the Savute Channel. The lodge's signature expansive glass sliding doors and upstairs viewing decks were inspired by the striking panorama. 

 
 
 
 

Lounge area opens to the outside

Comfortable thatched bedrooms

Decks overlook Savuti channel

Main Lodge

 
 
 
 
 
Savuti's most famous residents
The gameviewing offered by Savute is an experience not to be missed, especially during the summer months, after November's first rains when thousands of animal are drawn to the area.  Savute's highlights are its concentrations of lion and hyena, as well as its leopard, cheetah, black-backed jackal and the many lone elephant bulls.  The summer zebra migrations, an awe-inspiring spectacle of up to 25,000 animals trooping through Savute in search of the rain-ripe grasslands to the south, is determined by the rains but usually occurs between November - December and again between February - April when the zebra migrate back north to the Linyanti.
Elephant in a seasonal pool in Savuti Channel 

Jackal

 
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