Chobe Chilwero Lodge, an A&K Sanctuary

Chobe Chilwero Lodge, an A&K Sanctuary, rises from a hilltop in the Kasane Forest Reserve, with the Chobe River, floodplains, islands and distant Namibian horizon spread out below. Its name means “high view” and that perspective gives the lodge its character: a front-row outlook over one of Botswana’s great wildlife corridors while still being held in the comfort of shaded gardens, cool terraces and birdsong. Chobe National Park is famous for elephants in extraordinary numbers, and from this elevated perch, the river below becomes a wildlife-rich scene of hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, waterbirds and herds of antelope moving down to drink.