Chobe Crocodile Farm — Attraction in Chobe District

A visit to a commercial crocodile breeding farm owned by White Botswanan Ms Sue.Slogrove .Seems I have done a short term course on " CROCODILES" during this stay in Africa.Got to understand the commercial breeding of crocodile akin to chicken farming. Sue.Slogrove's farmhouse has 800 crocodiles with a stock of 60 breeding crocodiles producing a average of 3000 baby crocodiles. Sue surprised me by saying that her farm was small in comparison to some farms that had 30,000 or more crocodiles .One tank had only baby crocodiles which were 4 years old." Moremi" who is supposed to be over 100 years old is the prized breeding crocodile of this farm.The next crocodile of importance " Mr Big Boy" is the second oldest crocodile on the farm at supposedly 90 years of age. Her prized and most famous crocodile on her farm was " Nelson" who lived over 100 years of age expiring in 2004 and was also on the...

The owner Sue is really knowledgeable and friendly. We all learned a lot about crocodiles and had new experiences like holding the crocodile’s skull to feel the weight and like touching the teeth of the crocodiles to feel the sharpness etc.. and to top it off, you get to hold a baby crocodile with your hands. It was a great experience! $10 each (adult) for a 45-min tour. The government is making it really difficult for the business to survive with all the regulations and rules. Hopefully more people will visit this place to learn, to experience and to help...

The tour we had was great, really informative. Sue, the lady owning the Farm, knew the answer to every question, was very kind and told you a lot about the challenges crocodiles face in the area. After the tour we also had a chat with her where she showed us around her garden which wasnt less interesting than the tour itself. The Farm is only a little hard to finde since there are no signs anywhere which would be nice for...