Savuti is the remote interior of Chobe — 160km south of Kasane on sandy tracks that require high-clearance 4WD — and is consistently rated one of the best game-viewing areas in Africa. The Savuti marsh, fed by the Savuti Channel, attracts enormous concentrations of game in the dry season: lion prides hunting buffalo, hyena clans competing for kills, wild dogs denning in the open plain, and the largest gathering of elephants in Botswana outside the Chobe riverfront.
The Savuti lion prides are famous for hunting elephant, a behaviour observed and filmed here more than anywhere else in Africa. The prides developed this unusual specialisation in response to decades during which the channel was dry and game other than elephants was scarce. Watching 20 lions coordinate to bring down a young elephant — a process that can take hours — is both disturbing and unforgettable.
Accommodation in Savuti is by self-catering camp at the public campsite (booking required through Botswana's National Parks authority) or at one of the private safari camps. The drive from Kasane takes four to five hours in dry conditions; the track becomes difficult in the rains. Flying in from Kasane or Maun is a more comfortable option for those in private camps.