“But for me it’s the Chobe River — this is Africa’s heart.” It’s not hard to understand why Chobe elicits such reverence. Dividing Botswana from Namibia, the wildlife-rich waterway ...

Our group had gathered on one of the ship’s upper-deck terraces for a predinner cocktail, chatting away as the Queen plied a tranquil stretch of the Chobe River, one of southern Africa’s ...