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| Savute, Botswana
The Savute area in Botswana is part of the Chobe National Park and boasts some of the most fascinating wildlife interactions in Africa. The Savute is unique in its erratic behavior, known for its mysterious channel that runs for almost 100km from the Linyanti Swamp before entering the Mababe Depression at the Savute Marsh. The Savute Marsh has been dry for more than twenty years but it is still a wildlife haven, in particular during the rainy season when thousands of animals move in to feed on the lush new grass.
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| Game-viewing is exceptional
The parched grasslands of the Savuti are boosted into life with the onset of summer rains from November to March, and thousands of Zebras and many Elephants migrate south from the Linyanti to gorge on the abundant grazing. The pans fill with water and several remain wet long into the dry season, enabling animals to remain in the area.
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Savute is famous for its predators, especially its resident Lion and Hyena populations. The relationship between these two top predators has been recorded in a ground-breaking documentary ‘Eternal Enemies’ – filmed in the Savute area. Only 38 kilometres northwest of Savute and off the main tourist track lies Botswana's best kept secret, Linyanti, the head waters of the the Savute Channel.
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| Various different bird species
A great variety of bird species can be seen around the Savuti marsh all year round including secretary birds, kori bustards and redbilled francolins with the summer migrants including Abdim's storks and carmine bee-eaters. Birdwatchers may be lucky to see the gathering of Quelea finches – a single flock can contain tens of thousands of these small birds.
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Botswana's rainy season is from November to April, which is also the main summer months, so heat and humidity are high during this time. As the grasslands of the Mababe Depression burst into life after the rains, thousands of Zebras and other animals migrate to Savuti where they spend a few months before heading north again when the water dries up.
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| Botswana Safari Journals: Savute:
“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”. |
| Savute or Savuti
What does Savuti mean and what is the correct spelling of the name? There has always been a debate as to the correct spelling of the name – but with no definitive answer. In general when referring to the channel the word is spelt Savuti and when referring to the marsh it is spelt Savute. Savute Safari Lodge and Savute Elephant Camp are situated in the area of the marsh whereas further upstream is Savuti Safari Lodge.
The meaning of Savute is unclear.
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