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From US$ 8384.00 pp sharing
Rates Information
The Above Rates should be used as a guideline only.
- All rates are subject to availability
- Rates may vary according to season
- Lodging may change depending on your budget
- All rates may change without notice
- Single supplement may apply
Safari Information
- Departure; Scheduled and tailor-made departure dates
- Duration; 11 Days / 10 Nights
- Lodging; Luxury Bush Camps
- Group Size; Minimum 2
- Note: Travel insurance is compulsory for all safaris
Safari Itinerary
Day 1: South Luangwa
- There is a short guided 1hr drive to Nkwali Camp after you arrive at Mfuwe International Airport.
- Arriving at Nkwali Camp one gets to encounter and view the famous Luangwa River for the first time full of hippos and crocodiles and spectacular birdlife.
- Nkwali Camp is situated with a private concession bordering this National Park.
- Lunch and a brief siesta time is on offer before we embark on our first game drive.
- Overnight: Nkwali Camp
Day 2: South Luangwa
- Wake up to a warm and delicious breakfast cooked over a campfire before setting off on our morning wildlife activity.
- We enter the South Luangwa National Park by boat or pontoon, either way, this is a highlight with all the hippos surrounding us.
- On return a relaxed lunch and siesta time awaits.
- Late afternoon we depart on a game drive that lasts into the early evening, leopards and lions are what we are aiming to see.
- Returning to the lodge around 20h30 for a scrumptious dinner and recounting the stories of the day's activities.
- Overnight: Nkwali Camp
Day 3: South Luangwa
- After an early breakfast, a transfer game drive through the park takes you to a crossing point on the Luangwa River.
- The Nsefu staff will meet the party, cross the river by boat, and then a 45-minute drive to Nsefu camp, game viewing on route.
- Nsefu Camp location dates back to the 1950's and forms part of the history of the South Luangwa National Park.
- The camp offers some of the finest views of the Luangwa river of any camp in the area.
- On arrival get settled and then lunch will be served.
- A afternoon and evening game drive is then on the cards with Africa's wildlife waiting to be photographed.
- Dinner is served after returning to the camp and getting oneself freshened up.
- Overnight: Nsefu Camp
Day 4: South Luangwa
- Game drives and walks are offered today through the surround ebony groves that guarantee fantastic wildlife and birdlife.
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served as per usual.
- If you get the chance ask and see with there is a chance you can see the salt pans, the birdlife here is second to none.
- Overnight: Nsefu Camp.
Day 5: Lower Zambezi
- From Mfuwe Airport there is a 1 and a half hour flight to the spectacular Lower Zambezi Valley.
- From the landing strip we are transferred to Chiawa Camp, our home from home for the next few days.
- The transfer is more game drive as the wildlife sightings along the way are nothing short of spectacular.
- Chiawa Camp offers that up close and personal feel with the Zambezi river only metres away, listen to the sounds of Africa on your doorstep.
- Buffalo, elephant, hippo, leopard and lion are found on mass on the banks of the Zambezi River.
- A later afternoon sunset boat cruise is something not to be missed.
- Overnight: Chiawa Camp
Day 6: Lower Zambezi
- Chiawa Camp is not short of activities that you can choose from including canoe trips, river safaris on safe, stable pontoon boats and catch & release angling for the infamous tiger fish.
- One of the highlights is going to sleep with the sounds of Africa filling your chalets.
- Overnight: Chiawa Camp
Day 7: Kafue
- After breakfast and farewells, a drive through the park to the airstrip to meet the plane taking you to the Kafue National Park (1.3 hours).
- Landing on the private airstrip of Lunga River Lodge you will be met with welcome drinks.
- The camp is only 5 minutes from the airstrip and so you are soon settling into your spacious chalets.
- The main area overlooks the Lunga River and the craftsmanship of the bar and decking is exceptional.
- Lunga also has a swimming pool and steam room.
- The river is clear and deep and lined with lush trees in which live many interesting birds.
- The Kafue area hosts many species of birds and mammals not (or rarely) seen in the Luangwa and Zambezi Valleys including hartebeest and sable antelope and cheetah.
- Overnight: Lunga River Lodge
Day 8: Kafue
- The day will be spent exploring the area with the option of boating, canoeing, walking or game drives.
- Overnight: Lunga River Lodge
Day 9: Kafue
- After an early breakfast, you will leave on the transfer to Busanga Bush camp.
- This is a wonderful drive though exceptional miombo woodland, with a good chance of seeing sable and hartebeest.
- After an hour or so leaving the woodland behind the road breaks through onto the wide open plains of the Busanga Swamps.
- This vast area is flooded during the rains but dries up annually leaving short and rich grazing for the many herds of different antelope.
- And where there is wildlife in numbers, so there are predators.
- The lion population in the area is well known, and there is a good chance of sighting cheetah.
- You will arrive in time for lunch - at the small and discrete bush camp built on an "island" in the plains.
- After a siesta and tea, the afternoon game drive will continue into the night when there is a good chance of following lions.
- Overnight: Busanga Bush camp
Day 10: Kafue
- The bush camp is built of grass and reed - each room with a view of the floodplain and an en suite bathroom (with long drop loo).
- It is simple and extremely remote and makes a superb base from which to explore the unusual ecosystem of the floodplains.
- In the morning the chance to drive up the waterway of the floodplain will be an excellent long morning drive.
- There is also the option of a morning walk.
- Overnight: Busanga Bush camp
Day 11: Safari Ends
- After breakfast, a morning activity, time permitting, you will be transferred to the airstrip for your flight to Lusaka where you will meet your connecting flight.
Rates Include
- Accommodation as stated
- All meals and activities as per itinerary
- All game viewing
- Laundry
- Bar
- National Park fees
- Transfers and internal flights (not for North Luangwa)
Rates Exclude
- All meals and activities as not stated
- Visas
- Airport taxes
- Premier wines and spirits in some camps
- Some activities in Livingstone
- Items of a personal nature
Kapinga Camp
Kapinga Camp is situated in the extreme north of the Kafue National Park, and in the north-west corner of the Busanga Plains. The camp has been designed to blend in with the environment and natural products have been used as much as possible in the construction of the camp.
Nsolo Camp
Nsolo Camp is one of the more historic camps in Zambia. It was cited by Norman Carr in 1987 and Shaddy, the Camp Manager and guide has been studying the wildlife and conducting walking safaris from this camp for over 10 years. One of the more remote camps in the Luangwa.
Shumba Camp
Shumba Camp is situated in the northern region of the Kafue National Park, in the famed Busanga Plains area. The Plains, covering approximately 750 square kilometers, is considered one of Zambia's most important wetlands as well as a wildlife paradise with a wealth of plains game, predators and birds.
Puku Ridge Camp
Puku Ridge Camp has a very intimate atmosphere and combines an authentic safari experience under canvas with panoramic views over the abundant floodplain below. Each of the seven oversized tents has picture windows out onto the floodplain over a private viewing deck.
Busanga Bush Camp
A Kafue bush camp the lies in the heart of the Busanga Plains, a wildlife paradise that is situated in Kafue National Park. Busanga is about as 'wild' as you can get in today's world: an unfenced mosaic of expansive grassy seasonal floodplains and "dambos".
Chichele Presidential Lodge
Chichele Presidential Lodge is approached through a majestic arched entrance leading to a huge colonial-style lounge. The lodge is accessible year-round and is an ideal base for exploring the prolific wildlife that populates the different habitats that surround the Luangwa River.