WILDERNESS DOWNGRADE: Uproar over plan to litter Botswana’s Chobe National Park with lodges

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Chobe National Park’s goose that lays the golden egg of Botswana tourism is under threat of being killed by eight 75-bed lodges planned for its prime riverfront. If it goes ahead, wildlife people pay to see will most likely have fled.

by Don Pinnock, Daily MaverickUproar over plan to litter Botswana’s Chobe National Park with lodges by Don Pinnock, Daily Maverick April 13, 2022 After entering Chobe National Park from nearby Kasane, you’re soon in one of the most iconic places in Africa — a wide, lazy river lined by classic savanna woodland. Towards evening, the elephants arrive without fail, sometimes hundreds at a time, to drink and frolic in the cool water. It’s a 50km wildlife corridor of viewing bliss.

This article first appeared on Daily Maverick and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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