Pangolin Chobe Hotel
Photographic safari hotel · Kasane plateau above the Chobe River · Pangolin Photo Safaris
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Safari company
A 14-room hotel on the plateau above the Chobe River in Kasane, owned and managed by Pangolin Photo Safaris and built around photography. The park boundary is, in its own words, 'a few hundred meters away'. Pangolin's eight-seat, shallow-hulled photo boats with gimbals and rotating seats are moored below the hotel, and its page says Canon cameras and lenses come with the room. It sells packages rather than nights: the seven-day Best of the Chobe runs from March to November from US$5,495 a person. All rooms are en suite and air-conditioned. Choose it if photography is the point of the trip; skip it if you only want a bed.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Photo boats with gimbals moored below the hotel
- Camera equipment included, per Pangolin
- Small, at 14 rooms
- A few hundred metres from the park boundary
Cons
- Packages only; no nightly rate
- No contact details on the pages read
- No child policy published
What's here
- En-suite bathrooms
- Air conditioning
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
Read from Pangolin Chobe Hotel's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Chobe National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryP270 a day for non-residents, roughly $20 at P13.5 to the dollar.
- $20per person, per day
- VehicleP115 a day for a foreign-registered vehicle, roughly $9 (P30 for a Botswana-registered or hired car).
- $9per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $147 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Chobe National ParkRates at Pangolin Chobe Hotel
Packages from $5,495 (7 days). No nightly rate is published; the hotel sells packages. 'The Best of the Chobe', a 7-day photographic safari from March to November, costs from US$5,495 per person sharing. Pangolin's page says Canon cameras and lenses are included in the room rate.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 4 October 2026, per person per night sharing, from each property's own website or rate sheet where one is published. Desert & Delta, Belmond, &Beyond, Bush Ways, Machaba and several Kasane lodges publish none, so those figures come from two resellers, chobe.com and the Siyabona network (safari.co.za), and are marked as a reseller rate; the houseboat and Ichingo figures from chobe.com are in South African rand. SKL's campsite table is undated. Kwando Safaris, African Bush Camps and several smaller lodges publish no rates at all. Park entry is P270 per non-resident per day for a private visitor and P190 on an operator's activity, and many Kasane packages leave it out, so check what your rate includes.
Questions about Pangolin Chobe Hotel
Can you book a single night at Pangolin Chobe Hotel?
The pages read show packages only, such as the seven-day Best of the Chobe from US$5,495 per person, March to November. Ask Pangolin Photo Safaris whether shorter stays are possible.
Is Pangolin Chobe Hotel inside the park?
No. It sits on the plateau above the Chobe River in Kasane, and the park boundary is a few hundred metres away, on Pangolin's own description.
Do you need your own camera at Pangolin Chobe Hotel?
Pangolin's page says Canon cameras and lenses are included in the room rate, and its photo boats have gimbals and rotating seats. Bring your own kit if you prefer it, and ask what equipment is available on your dates.