Zambia’s three stunning premier parks featured here are all different. The lagoons and riverine woodland of the Luangwa, the escarpment and water experience of the Zambezi, the miombo woodland and vast open plains of North Kafue are contrasting and all host exceptional game. The camps are small, personal and owner run. This is a spectacular safari through Zambia - through remote areas, with dedicated guides and excellent game.  

Day 1 & 2:

Guests are met on arrival at Lusaka airport where they connect onto a charter flight to Mfuwe in the South Luangwa National Park. Accommodation has been reserved for 2 nights at Nkwali Camp on a full board basis, including all meals, drinks and game activities.

Nkwali Camp is located on Robin Popes private land, overlooking the National Park. The land is superb gameviewing country, with a beautiful area of ebony woodland and open grass plains. Elephants often cross the Luangwa, seen from the bar, or come to the waterhole near the thatched dining room. The 6 chalets are comfortable, cool, spacious and en suite. Access to the park is through the main entrance over the bridge, by boat from the camp or by our nearby pontoon. The area is famous for leopard and giraffe sightings.

Day 3 & 4:

After breakfast guests are transferred by road to Nsefu Camp for 2 nights accommodation on a full board basis, including all meals, drinks and game activities.

Nsefu Camp is situated on a large bend of the river, 12 kilometres north of Tena Tena. Nsefu was the first game camp in Zambia and dates back to the early fifties. We reopened the camp in 1999, in keeping with the original style, and so operate the only 2 camps in the Nsefu Sector of the park. The view of the river is superb and includes a terraced area where game grazes during the day. The bar, tucked in beside a huge extinct termite mound, overlooks a waterhole that is very productive for game, especially leopard at night. The 6 rondavels have been extended, with a spacious bathroom added. Each room has a clear view of the river, through large windows and from the new wooden veranda.

Day 5 & 6:

Today, guests return to Mfuwe for the flights to Jeki in the Lower Zambezi National Park for 2 nights accommodation at Chiawa Camp on a full board basis, including all meals, drinks and game activities.

Chiawa is set deep inside the park, on the banks of the Zambezi River and in the heart of big game country. The 8 en suite tents, each set on it’s own elevated wooden platform, over look the river where game is constantly coming down to feed and water. In addition to drives and walks, the camp offers boating and fishing.

Day 7 & 8:

Today, guests fly from Jeki to the Kafue, where they are met and driven a short distance to Lunga. Two nights accommodation at Lunga River Lodge on a full board basis, including all meals, drinks and game activities.

Lunga River Lodge is situated on the banks of the beautiful Lunga River where it enters the Kafue park in the North Eastern border. The six chalets are large and extremely comfortable. The camp has a swimming pool, platform over the river and a steam room. Activities include game drives and walks in the pristine bush and boat excursions along the river. Boating on the river is a bird watchers dream, and very peaceful.

Day 9 & 10:

After breakfast, you depart for the Busanga Plains by vehicle. Two nights accommodation at Busanga Bush Camp on a full board basis, including all meals, drinks and game activities.

From Lunga River Lodge a game drive through an exceptionally old Miombo Forest and over the flood plain to Busanga Bush Camp is a great opportunity to see sable and roan. The North Western section of the Kafue park is dominated by the Busanga Plains, a seasonal flood plain fed by the Lufupa river system. In essence a mini Delta during the rains, which dries up in May/June attracting large volumes of game, noticeably lechwe and puku as well as the large plains game species such as roan, sable, hartebeest, zebra and wildebeest. The concentration of plains game attracts a good number of lion and cheetah. Busanga Plains Bush Camp, which is located on a fig tree ‘island’ in the middle of the plains is a small 6 bedded camp. Accommodation is in comfortable thatch huts, with ensuite bush showers and long drop toilets.

Day 11:

After an early morning activity, guests are driven back to Lunga for the charter flight to Lusaka, to connect with onward international flights.

Includes:            All accommodation, meals, air charters, road transfers, national park entry fees, game activities, government taxes, local drinks, domestic flight departure taxes and emergency evacuation cover.

Excludes:            International flights, international airport departure taxes, immigration visa fees (if required), gratuities, personal travel insurance and items of a personal nature.

Notes:   Guests are strictly restricted to 12kg of luggage per passenger for charter flights (soft duffle bags only). We reserve the right to transfer guests by commercial flight if necessary. Itinerary is based on a minimum of 2 guests traveling together.

Children:            This itinerary is suitable for children of 12 years and over

Season:                        01 June – 31 October

South Luangwa National Park is Zambia’s premier wildlife destination and covers an area of 9050 km sq to the east of the country. The park, renowned for its unspoilt beauty and varied habitats, supports one of Africa’s richest concentrations of game and birdlife. Over forty species of large mammal and some four hundred species of bird thrive in this last haven of wild Africa. The meandering Luangwa River with its many ox-bow lagoons and shady ebony groves forms the eastern boundary of the park, whilst the western horizon is dominated by the spectacular Muchinga escarpment, rising almost a kilometre from the Valley floor. Game viewing activities are tailored to the guests within each camp and are generally day and nighjt game drives and walking safaris. Night drives with a spotlight are one of the highlights of the Luangwa Valley, giving the chance to see nocturnal animals, particularly leopard, for which the area is now famous. Luangwa is regarded as the home of walking safaris and during the dry season (1 June to 31 October) those with a sense of adventure can set out on foot with a guide and armed scout for morning walks from their lodge or enjoy a more extensive foot safari from their bush camp.

Lower Zambezi National Park is still unspoiled, new to tourism and is afforded a high level of protection from the Zambian Government and the local tour operators. It was only declared a National Park in 1983, and the Cumings Family, who own and operate Chiawa Camp, brought the first tourists to the Park in 1990. Only licensed operators may conduct safaris in the area, and only the few lodges situated within the Park may conduct river & canoeing trips there. Visitors to the Park are thus assured of seeing very little human activity. With over 300 bird species, lion, leopard, vast herds of elephant and buffalo, prolific hippo, gigantic baobab trees and magnificent stands of acacia, the Lower Zambezi National Park and Chiawa Camp have become one of Africa’s most exclusive safari destinations. Situated on the banks of the Zambezi River in the southeastern part of Zambia, opposite Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park, the Lower Zambezi National Park occupies 4092 sq. kms, with 120kms of river frontage. The legendary Zambezi River is in itself a spectacle and is the namesake of this pristine wilderness. Along its 2700km course, the Zambezi fertilises the Barotse floodplains, plunges over the Victoria Falls and replenishes the massive Lake Kariba before reaching the Lower Zambezi. Here, a myriad of islands have formed, creating a home and feeding ground for an incredible amount of diverse wildlife.