Botswana is known to have the highest elephant population in Africa, The Chobe River front was once only a part of the ancient elephant migration routes but with civil war in Angola and the war of liberation in Namibia the elephants fell victim to mass poaching.Rival armies were killing elephants for target practice and to sell ivory for weapons.The end of the war in Namibia, and relative peace having returned to Angola, the elephants have slowly but surely started moving across the Chobe River again.