Botswana: new rooms at Chobe Safari Lodge | Чобе Сафари Лодж

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New-look rooms at Chobe Safari Lodge
With the spectacular transformation of the Rondavels now complete and a host of improvements such as completely new bathrooms, beds, TVs, soft furnishings, carpets and kingsize mosquito nets, Chobe Safari Lodge's extensive upgrade program is nearing its completion with the Safari Rooms and River Rooms sporting a fresh new look. Rra Dinare opened on 1st June and the second camp is nearing completion.

Safari Rooms
°    completely revamped bathrooms
°    new 43” LED TVs
°    new kingsize mosquito nets
°    new curtains & soft furnishings (ongoing)

River Rooms
°    completely revamped bathrooms
°    new airconditioning units (85% complete)
°    new carpets, beds and headboards
°    new curtains & soft furnishings
°    re-plastering/painting (ongoing)

Rondavels
°    Completely remodelled & renovated
°    large modern bathroom
°    new kingsize beds, headboards, mosquito nets
°    new airconditioning units
°    new soft furnishings
°    new 43" LED TVs
°    new & bigger verandah with braai facility
°    international power bank strip incl. USB charging point

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Namibia: Ichingo Chobe River Lodge | Ичинго Лодж Намибия

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Ichingo Chobe River Lodge

The perfect platform to experience all that the Chobe area has to offer.

Ichingo Chobe River Lodge lies on Impalila Island, shaded by a magical tree top canopy with exotic bird life, and overlooking an enchanting area of the Chobe River. Impalila Island offers a unique Chobe River experience, with an intimate location and expert guides.
The perfect platform to experience all that the Chobe has to offer, the 3-star Ichingo Chobe River Lodge is secluded and personalized. Ideal for couples, families and groups, Ichingo Chobe River Lodge is equipped with 8 air-conditioned Meru safari tents, including 1 family tent which sleeps 2 – 4 children aged 12 and under.

Activities

Ichingo Chobe River Lodge offers daily safari excursions on motorized tender boats, allowing guests to explore all that this unique area has to offer:
. Take a magical excursion up the Kasai Channel to the great Zambezi River
. Spot wildlife along the banks of the Chobe National Park with our highly experienced guides
. Visit a 2000-year-old ancient baobab tree on the breathtaking Impalila Island
. Mark off over 450 bird species found in this wetland paradise
. Try your hand at landing a tiger fish in these world renowned waters
. Visit a traditional local village
. Capture Africa's unique beauty on a photographic safari
. Also included for guests staying with us for 2 nights or more – A land based ChobeNational Park game drive on the day of departure (time permitting).

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Botswana Chobe Marathon

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Botswana Chobe Marathon - Safari Run the world has ever seen

What's this Challenge about?
The intention of this challenge is to promote wonderful wild life & beautiful culture in Botswana to the people from all over the world through marathon race in National Park in Chobe. Chobe is one of the most famous place in Botswana with its rich wild life such as elephant, giraffe, hippo, buffalo, ostrich, crocodile and so on. We hope the runner to meet them face-to-face to realize the importance of preservation of this precious environment. It will also contribute to increase the number of supporters of this country in various fields. The event is planned like this for now.

Length of the race: 21km, 10km & 5km

Date: 11th December 2016 (Sunday)
Start from Cresta Mowana Hotel, go through the center of Kasane and go along to the Chobe river in the national park. The latter half of the course is tarred road near to Kasane airport back to the hotel. The course is flat and varied. You may see the wild animals such as elephant or boar during the race.

Why we start this challenge?
My name is Ko Ito, Japanese volunteer working in Botswana Public Service College since 2014. One gentleman Mr Maatha Sebokorodi consulted me about his business ideas of sports event, that was the beginning of our challenge to Chobe Marathon. I love to participate in marathon race in all over the world, so I thought we can launch the marathon event ourselves and invite the runner from all over the world to let them know the beautiful nature and culture in Botswana.

Discover Botswana
I didn't know Botswana at all until I was assigned to my current position. But people in Botswana know about my country through Japanese products such as Toyota or Sony, and the big earthquake in Fukushima. School children in Botswana visited Japanese Embassy right after the earthquake and send a message to Japan which says "Japan is beautiful country. We respect the brave of people in Japan.". Some of the children donated money in their pocket at the embassy. The below is the picture of that time.

Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country that is adjacent to the north of the Republic of South Africa. A mid-sized country of just over 2 million people. Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated nations in the world. Okavango Delta has been registered as 1000th World Heritage Site in 2014. It is also known as the land of Bushman and an unique culture of their own still remains the same as it was.
Chobe is the area that people can enjoy safari & river cruise, 2 hour drive to Victoria Fall and 1.5 hours flight from Johannesburg. Botswana celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence and the world famous guidebook "lonely planet" selected Botswana as the best country to go in this year. (Japan is 2nd place)

Our team
This event is not intended to be large scale such as New York City marathon or Tokyo marathon, we would like to grow it as an unique race the world has ever seen to be sustainable for more than 10, 20 years. This project is led by Mr Maatla Sebokolodi, and implemented with the help of many supporters in all over the world.

Maatla Sebokolodi (Project Manager)
He is 26 years old working as operator of power plant in Botswana Power Corporation.

This project collaborate with Poverty Eradication Project named "Gift from Botswana". Gift from Botswana support marketing activities of the craft products made by the women in rural area in Botswana. We are going to send the voucher ticket which can be used in the site as the return for those who support this challenge.

Budget Plan
Through our cost estimation, we recognized that we have to prepare about 200k pula (20k US$) to execute this project. We decided to get 10k from this site and count on registration fee for another 10k. We really appreciate it if you could donate something for this project. Cost breakdown is like this.

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Namibia: news from Chobe Water Villas

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Chobe Water Villas
 
Chobe Water Villas provides your guests an extraordinary experience. Beautiful 85qm Villas on stilts right at the banks of the Chobe river with a 20qm deck overlooking Sedudu island into the Chobe National Park. Chobe Water Villas, an exclusive and intimate “boutique” Lodge is located in Namibia at the eastern tip of the famous Caprivi Strip now known as the Zambezi Region and opens in July 2015 as an all inclusive experience.

The Luxury Chobe Water Villas all feature a guaranteed 180 degree unobstructed view of the Chobe River and into the Chobe National Park. Perched on stilts over or at the water’s edge the Villa’s elevated view includes the world-renowned Sedudu Island.

These “junior suites” with 85m² of living space feature an open plan lounge and bedroom area and include a 19m² front terrace facing the Chobe River with built in day-bed and a 12m² rear terrace facing the natural bush and spectacular sunsets. 

The generous bathroom features a double vanity and separate bath, shower and toilet. The open-plan bedroom and lounge face the spectacular Chobe view through floor-to-ceiling glass doors, which fold back completely along the entire width of the Room and onto the front terrace. Each Villa offers a mattress/bed configuration of either extra-length “soft-top” King or 2 x ¾ beds.

Amenities include free Wi-Fi, Intercom Phone, Air-Conditioning, Tea & Coffee making stations, stocked Mini-Bar, Hairdryer, Electronic Safe, Linen Bathrobes & Slippers and Writing Desk/Ladies Dresser with multi 220v and 110v plug points for South African, UK, European and USA plugs.

All Villas at Chobe Water Villas Feature

En-suite Bathrooms with double Vanities and separate Baths, Showers and Toilets    Air-Conditioning
Security Door Locks
Mosquito Nets 
Hairdryers and Bathroom Amenities
Torches
Multi 220v and 110v Plug Points
Linen Bathrobes & Slippers
Room Safes
Tea/Coffee Stations and  stocked Mini-Bars
Complimentary Internet Wi-Fi access and  Intercom Phones
Front and Back private Terraces
Large outdoor Day-Beds with river views
Each Water Villa is privately set in its own building on stilts over or at the river

Pilot and Guide Rooms at Chobe Water Villas

Standard twin rooms with spectacular sunset views from a private terrace featuring a separate bathroom with single vanity, shower and toilet. This 34m² room is comfortably furnished with 2 x single beds, which can be converted into one King size bed. Furniture includes a desk, reading armchairs and coffee table.

Amenities include free Wi-Fi, Intercom Phone, Air-conditioning, and Tea & Coffee making stations, Mini-fridge, Hairdryer, Electronic Safe, multi 220v plugs.

Photos: Chobe Water Villas Namibia

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