Botswana Kubu Lodge Holiday

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KUBU LODGE
KAZUNGULA
CHOBE

Kubu Lodge Accommodation

Kubu Lodge is situated on the banks of the Chobe River, just 2km upstream from the confluence with the Zambezi where 4 countries meet – Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia, in the northern Botswana village of Kazungula. The property covers 30 hectares of forest reserve land and is a sanctuary for the Chobe Bushbuck.

Chobe Bushbuck (Photograph by Natalie Knibbs©)

The entry gate to the Chobe National Park is a mere 12km away and the mighty Victoria Falls just an hour away.

11 wooden, thatched chalets are elevated on stilts each with a balcony and are set on expansive lawns beneath giant ebony and wild fig trees along the banks of the Chobe river. A pool is set down by the river with pool loungers under the trees – a welcome cool and restful retreat after a hot day game-viewing in the Chobe National Park. Kubu Lodge is a smaller lodge if you are looking for peace and quiet and escape the hustle and bustle of the bigger lodges and hotels in the area. No phones, radios or T.V., just the sights and sounds of nature.

Please note the lodge is not wheelchair friendly.

Children over the age of 4 yrs are welcome.

Open: March – 30 December

02 – 14 January (approx)

Closed: 30 December – 01 January

14 January (approx) 2008 – 02 March 2008.

Facilities:

Swimming pool.
Laundry done daily – FOC to “All Inclusive” guests. A nominal charge for all other guests.
Lounge
Bar
Restaurant - Table d’hote: breakfast (a full English breakfast is available); lunch and a three-course dinner. Special meals and dietary requirements are catered for on request.
Summerhouse/Reading Lounge
Curio Shop

GAME VIEWING/ACTIVITIES

“All Inclusive” rates include two activities per day and can choose from a game drives into Chobe National Park and boat cruises on the Chobe river along the banks of the Chobe National Park, both offering good sightings of big game and birdlife.

Fully guided fishing trips can be arranged. Either short trips from the lodge, or longer trips on the upper Chobe (above the rapids).
Day Trips to Victoria Falls can also be booked on request.
Self guided “Nature Trail” on the property of Kubu Lodge.
Visits to a working Crocodile Farm and a Reptile (snake) Park are also available

The mighty Victoria Falls (Photographs by Natalie Knibbs©)

CHOBE NATIONAL PARK

Chobe National Park gets its name from the incredible Chobe River, which forms its northern boundary, and shields about 10,700km2 of the northern Kalahari. Vegetation varies from the lush floodplains along the Chobe River, home to the Chobe Bushbuck which is found nowhere else in the world, to the scorched Savuti which is famous for its waterhole where many a filmmaker has captured stunning footage of animal interaction, to dense mopane woodlands and various broadleaf woodlands. This is big game country and famous for the huge herds of buffalo and elephant and some exceptionally large prides of lion as well as home the elusive and solitary leopard.

AFRICA MEMORIES TIP:

If you are fortunate enough, you will see the otters playing in the water just in front of Kubu lodge in the Chobe river, while you are relaxing on one of the comfy pool-loungers listening to the birds and taking in the beautiful surroundings, as well as visits from the Banded Mongoose which forage for insects, spiders and fruits in the gardens under rocks and in the thick underbush. Have your camera ready and capture those special unplanned moments!

Banded Mongoose spoor

Banded Mongoose at Kubu Lodge

A sunset cruise on the Chobe River into the Chobe National Park should not be missed – sunset photographic shots with elephant and hippo frolicking in the foreground are awesome and video footage of the African Fish Eagle and its cries, accompanied by the grunts of hippo, are unforgettable!

Boat Cruise on Chobe River – these smaller boats enable you to get further upstream and closer to the banks of the Chobe National Park (Photograph by Natalie Knibbs©)

Contact:
Africa Memories Travel cc.
Natalie Knibbs,
Tel: +27 -31 7632427;
Fax: +27 -31 7631034;
email info@botswanaholiday.co.uk;
Cluster Box 5034, Augusta Country Estate,
Hillcrest,
3650,
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa