Chobe and Zambezi Tiger Fishing

What makes fishing in our waters so famous?

Ichingo Chobe River Lodge, lying on the southern side of Impalila Island on the Chobe River, has a unique geographic location that allows boat access to over 100 kilometers of prime water on the famed Chobe and Zambezi Rivers. In addition, there are many more productive waterways that connect the two renowned rivers. This eastern Caprivi area is also the home of extensive floodplains leading to diverse habitats and year-round fishing and the variety of waters provide many opportunities to experience the thrill of catching the hard-fighting tiger fish.

From the deep wide upper Zambezi  and the meandering Chobe, through the well known Mambova and Chobe rapids with their shallow gravel beds and through the small channels and backwaters, each habitat offers its own unique challenges whether using conventional or fly-fishing methods. There is something for everyone - beginner and experienced angler alike. While the undoubted champion of the area is the tiger fish which grows to 20lbs in these waters, there is an enviable array of 'bream' species, catfish, African pike and upper Zambezi yellowfish that draws anglers to the region.

It is the annual flood in January and February that swells the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, saturating the surrounding floodplains and rejuvenating the fish numbers. The high waters that last through until March/April allow the fish to breed in massive numbers, thus repleneshing the fish population for the year ahead.  Once the water starts to recede from the floodplains, incredible numbers of minnows and small baitfish are flushed back into the main channels which is an event the tiger fish take full advantage of. For this reason fishing is not only excellent in the traditional summer months, but has spectacular 'frenzies' in winter.

Ichingo Chobe River is renowned for their excellent guides and for the number and quality of their tender boats.  We use well maintained boats and engines and also have two jet boats allowing us to access the rapids, even in low water.  The complete flexibility that the lodge offers also means that you have unlimited access to fishing as an activity as you can utilise your own private guide and boat in hours that suit you best.

Ichingo Chobe River Lodge is also a premier fly fishing destination and we encourage anglers to try their hand at fishing for tiger on fly - for more information on fly fishing please click here