johan rebel

This really only happens in free-for-all national parks like the Masai Mara or the Serengeti (the remoter or exclusive sections excepted). In private game reserves the number of vehicles at a sighting is strictly limited. The downside is that you may spend a lot of time "taking a standby" and that your time at a sighting of interest may be restricted to ten minutes or so. Almost just as bad.

There are still a few rather affordable private lodges in full B5 reserves in SA. Mosetlha in Madikwe is one, but that reserve is notorious for crowded sightings. That can be avoided if you get the right guide, or even better, sole use of vehicle, and bumble off to the remoter corners of the reserve, which you may well have to yourself.

In the Greater Kruger area there are a few affordable lodges in the Timbavati and the Klaserie. Baobab Ridge, Gomo Gomo, Nthambo, Xanatseni, Shindzela. The latter has exclusive traversing on a large property and shares the rest with only one other lodge, so you often go a whole game drive without seeing any other vehicle.

Given that the Chobe River attracts most game at the peak of the dry season, April or May could well disappoint, all depending on your expectations.

Johan