"Built in 1972 inside Chobe National Park, Chobe Game Lodge plates riverfront safari dining at sunset — book the boma BBQ."
Chobe Game Lodge was built in 1972 and remains the only permanent lodge inside Chobe National Park, set along the Chobe riverfront near Kasane. The address earned global fame when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married here in 1975. Dining is part of an all-inclusive safari stay — a terraced fine-dining experience built around the river, the wildlife and the light.
Meals run from an à la carte and buffet terrace restaurant to themed boma barbecues on the grassy banks of the river, where game meats, roasts and grills are cooked over open coals. The kitchen draws on Botswanan and pan-African flavours, with seafood, vegetarian plates and a respectable wine list. Because dining is folded into the safari rate, the experience is full-board rather than priced per dish — pitched firmly at the luxury end.
The draw is the setting: open-sided dining decks and intimate boardwalk spots looking straight onto the Chobe, with elephants and hippos often in view at the water's edge. As the sun drops, colours pour across the river. Service is safari-camp attentive, and the rhythm follows the game drives — early breakfasts, lazy lunches, dinners under the stars.
For a honeymoon, an anniversary or a bucket-list safari in Botswana, Chobe Game Lodge is unmatched: riverfront dining inside the national park, a boma barbecue on the banks and the wildlife at arm's length. A natural anniversary table.
Not for a quick à la carte meal or a budget night out — Chobe Game Lodge dining comes as part of an all-inclusive luxury safari stay, not a standalone restaurant visit.
Chobe Game Lodge sits on the Chobe riverfront inside Chobe National Park, near Kasane in Botswana's North-West District. It is the only permanent lodge built within the park itself.
Chobe Game Lodge was built in 1972 and became world-famous when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married there in 1975. It remains the only lodge inside the national park.
Dining runs from a terrace à la carte and buffet restaurant to themed boma barbecues on the riverbank, with game meats, roasts, grills, seafood and vegetarian dishes, plus a wine list.
Yes. Meals are part of an all-inclusive luxury safari stay rather than priced per dish, so the lodge is booked as a full-board package rather than a standalone restaurant.
Yes. With riverfront dining inside the park, intimate boardwalk tables and the Taylor-Burton history, it is one of Botswana's strongest choices for a honeymoon, anniversary or proposal.
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