Forget dusty tracks. On a Serene Tours boat cruise, the Chobe River, the Okavango panhandle, or the hidden Linyanti waterways become your private highway through Africa’s greatest wildlife spectacle. No rumble of engines in the distance—just the soft purr of our silent electric pods or the gentle slap of water against a double-decker pontoon at sunset. This is Botswana from the water’s edge, where elephants swim trunk-to-tail and crocodiles sunbathe like dinosaurs.
Why Serene Boat Cruises Are Legendary
- 100 % Private Boats: Never shared. Your group, your skipper, your playlist (or total silence). Max 8 guests on our flagship or 4 on intimate electric pods.
- Sunrise & Sunset Daily: Two cruises per day included—dawn coffee with hippo yawns, sunset gin with 10,000 carmine bee-eaters exploding into the sky.
- Electric Silent Mode: Switch to zero-noise electric motors and drift within 3 m of drinking elephants or fishing leopards. They don’t even look up.
- Upper-Deck Photographer Platforms: Elevated 360° decks with gimbal mounts, bean bags, and charging stations for 600 mm lenses.
Serene Tours’ Secret Boat-Cruise Hotspots
- Chobe Riverfront “Elephant Highway”: July–Oct: 2,000+ elephants per hour cross the river. Watch babies snorkel while adults form protective circles—closer than any game drive allows.
- Linyanti Swamps “Predator Channel”: Silent electric pods glide through lily forests where lion prides swim between islands and wild dogs cool off on sandbanks.
- Savuti Channel Reborn: First operator to run boats on the newly flowing Savuti Channel. Drift past bull elephants drinking knee-deep while fish eagles dive inches away.
- Xakanaxa Lagoon (Moremi): Double-decker pontoon among red lechwe and sitatunga. Pole-position for Pel’s fishing owl at dusk—the rarest owl in Africa.