Safari Luxury: Savute, Botswana Safari Trips & Tours

Savute Game Reserve is recognized as one of Africa’s best game viewing destinations. It lies south of the Linyanti in the Western Region of Chobe National Park in Botswana.

In the past the Savute Channel was dry and animals in the region depended on waterholes dug by the camps in the region. This is no longer the case as the Savuti Channel is now flowing once again and it has flooded the Savute Marsh for the first time in years. As a result, the wildlife that used to come down to the waterholes to drink is now able to disperse over a wider area. Dominant Lion prides have begun to spread out which has in turn created opportunities for an increase in the numbers of other predators such as Leopard, Cheetah and Hyena.

You can enjoy a variety of activities while on your Savute safari - the main Savute Highlights are game drives, bush walks and night game drives accompanied by experienced game rangers. Night game drives are truly memorable as they allow you to see many of the regions nocturnal animals such as Aardvark, Servals and Porcupines.

The Savute has a group of distinctive hills which is one of the highlights of the Savute Ecology. They are the site of many Bushman paintings. They are situated quite close to the ancient shoreline of a prehistoric lake which existed in the region called the Magwikhwe Sand Ridge.

The Savute Climate allows for excellent game viewing during the rainy season, which are the summer months where temperatures are high. As the grasslands of the Mababe Depression bursts into life after the rains, thousands of Zebra and other animals migrate to Savute where they spend a few months before heading North again when the water dries up.

“Lying here under the clear Savuti night sky I wonder if there is such a place as Savuti in all of Africa. Here is a place that is haunted by its past and yet is legend in its present, a place where lions hunt elephants and herds concentrate during the wet season ….. the long drawn out whoop of a hyena caries across the magical Savuti night and then there is silence again”.