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LOWER ZAMBEZI ACCOMMODATION

 

The Lower Zambezi package offers a few more luxuries to the rusticness of our Seclusion package in the Kafue.

 

The lodge sits on the banks of the Zambezi River and consists of thatched chalets with en-suite ablutions. All chalets have a view of the river and each one has been designed with a Zambian style in mind.

 

The lodge is situated just 10 minutes from the Lower Zambezi National Park but with the amount of game around the lodge, game viewing begins the second you step outside of your chalet each morning. It is not uncommon to have elephants wander through the camp each day.

 

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ANIMALS TO LOOK OUT FOR

 

The Lower Zambezi National Park covers an area of 4092 square kilometers, but most of the game is concentrated along the valley floor. There is an escarpment along the northern end which acts as a physical barrier to most of the parks animal species. Enormous herds of elephant, some up to 100 strong, are often seen at the rivers edge. ‘Island hopping’ buffalo and waterbuck are common. The park also hosts good populations of lion and leopard and listen too for the ubiquitous cry of the fish eagle.

 

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KAFUE ACCOMMODATION

 

The camp sits on the banks of the Kafue River and consists of thatched chalets with en-suite ablutions. All chalets have a view of the river and the gentle rapids of the river can be heard throughout your stay - some have said it sounds like being on the ocean. But you dont get the sounds of hippo, lion and the whooping of hyena near the ocean!

 

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ANIMALS TO LOOK OUT FOR

 

Some species found in the Kafue cannot be found anywhere else in Zambia. This is due to the different habitat and higher altitude. There are always the usual suspects to look out for such as lion, leopard, elephant and many antelope, but here is the only place to see cheetah, sitatunga, oribi, blue duiker and roan to name a few.

 

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KAFUE/LOWER ZAMBEZI/LUANGWA 12 DAY COMBO

 

 

Below is a proposed trip schedule but is by no means set in stone. Some people would prefer more walking on safari whilst others would rather use that time in the vehicle to explore further. Your guide will always provide you with options which, together, you can discuss and decide upon as your trip progresses- the camp fire at the end of each day is a great time for this.

(Please let us know if you require overnights in Lusaka to be arranged which are exluded from the price but can be arranged according to your budget requirements)

 

This trip can be done in any order you prefer (dependant on flights to/from Mfuwe).

 

TRIP SCHEDULE

 

DAY 1 Leave early morning from Lusaka for a road transfer to the Lower Zambezi (+/--‐ 3.5hrs). Lunch in camp followed by an afternoon boat cruise, sundowners and a night drive. Back to camp for dinner.

 

DAY 2 Early breakfast, followed by an all day game drive. Lunch and sundowners in the park followed by a night drive. Dinner back in camp.

 

DAY 3 Morning game drive before you return to camp for breakfast afterwhich you head out on a river cruise. After lunch and a little relaxing it is time to head out on an afternoon drive into the park followed by sundowners and another night drive.

 

DAY 4 Morning drive and waterfall walk. Back to camp for full brunch, then the return transfer back to Lusaka arriving approximately 17hrs to enjoy a night at our Guest House.

 

DAY 5 Leave Lusaka after a hearty breakfast for the drive--‐in to camp (+/--‐ 4hrs) Pristine Miombo and open plains welcome you to camp in time for lunch. Back in the saddle again by 14hrs for your first game drive sundowners and a night drive. Back to camp for dinner.

 

DAY 6 After early breakfast set off for a full morning drive, with lunch in the bush. Late afternoon river cruise followed by a night drive back to camp for dinner.

 

DAY 7 Early morning game drive followed by a cooked breakfast in camp. Bream fishing from the bank or just relax in camp. After lunch afternoon game drive, sundowners and a night drive. Back to camp for dinner.

 

DAY 8 Early game drive (+/--‐ 3 hrs) followed by a leisurely brunch. Some time to relax before the transfer back to Lusaka arriving around 17hrs.

 

DAY 9 Morning transfer to the airport to catch the flight to Luangwa. Collection from the airport in Luangwa and driven to camp. Lunch in camp followed by an afternoon game drive, sundowners and a night drive. Back to camp for dinner.

 

DAY 10 Early start for the morning safari drive in the South Luangwa National Park. Back to camp for lunch followed by an afternoon walking safari. Back to camp for sundowners, relaxation and dinner.

 

DAY 11 All day drive in the national park. Breakfast, lunch and sundowners in the park followed by a night drive. A BBQ dinner back in camp.

 

DAY 12 Morning game drive to the Kakumbi Salt Pan where a bush breakfast is served. Slow drive back to camp for lunch followed by a visit to Tribal Textiles (time permitting). Afternoon drive to the airport for the flight back to Lusaka.

 

 

DETAILED ITINERERY

 

DAY ONE
Leave Lusaka early morning for the road transfer to the camp in the Kafue National Park (+/- 4hrs). Lunch will then be served in camp after which you have some time to relax and familiarise yourself with the beautifully secluded surroundings. From this point onwards you wont see another vehicle or tourist for days except your own party, your guide and your game drive vehicle! In the mid afternoon you set off on a game drive into the most protected area in the region. Because of this protection the wildlife is extremely abundant and elephant and lion and leopard are not uncommon. This part of Zambia is where you experience the African wild as it should be. As the sun starts to set over the river, your guide will find a good vantage point to stop where you can sip sundowners and watch the diurnal world fall asleep and the nocturnal world awake. Once the sun has set you set off on a night drive where you may see porcupine, civet, leopard, bush baby, hippo and lion amongst other things. The drive then brings you back to camp in time for dinner. After dinner you can relax and chat around the fire or you can turn-in early ready for the early start the following day.

 

DAY TWO
You wake up at the crack of dawn and have some tea, coffee and a biscuit as the sun rises. Once everyone is awake and ready to go you depart in the safari vehicle and head out for the full day game drive. Around 9.30 am when the stomach is rumbling you will stop somewhere with a great view of the river or the open plains and have a bush breakfast. After a relaxing breakfast you then continue slowly onward watching the wildlife go about its daily business. After a hearty picnic lunch you continue onward on an afternoon game drive following the meandering river where the wildlife tends to concentrate during the afternoon heat. You will then stop somewhere with a good vantage point of the sunset and sip a few sundowners as the day turns to night. Once the sun has set it is time to night drive your way back to camp where dinner will be served. After dinner is a good time to sit around the campfire and talk about what you have seen so far. Your guide will be more than happy to give more detail about the day's sightings.

 

DAY THREE
Depart the camp early in the morning and enjoy a game drive in the local area, perhaps looking for the animals you heard throughout the night and may still be in the neighbourhood. After a camp breakfast your guide will then escort you, along with an armed scout, into the bush on foot. Here your guide will tell you about all the things you can’t see from a vehicle like spore, droppings, tracks and hiding places. Your guide will also get you as close as possible to the wildlife in a safe manner and without disturbing the animals. After a few hours of seeing the wildlife in the most natural way possible you will return to camp and have lunch. After lunch you can either do a spot of fishing or take a slow river cruise down the Kafue river and do some wildlife spotting from the water. After a little relaxing and boating it is time to head out on a late afternoon drive followed by sundowners and another night drive. Dinner is then served in camp around the usual time of 8.30pm.

 

DAY FOUR
The last chance to enjoy the surrounding wildlife on your last drive in the Kafue Park. The final day of your Kafue safari starts at the crack of dawn. After tea, coffee and biscuits you take your last safari drive of the Kafue trip with picnic breakfast. You are then driven back to camp for lunch. After lunch is where you can relax and/or do some fishing and then prepare for the journey back to Lusaka (+/-4hrs). An overnight in Lusaka is required before departing the following morning. There are several guest houses, backpackers and hotels in Lusaka which we can organise depending on your budget.

 

DAY FIVE
Leave Lusaka early morning for the road transfer to Lower Zambezi (+/- 2hrs). You then meet our boat on the Zambezi River for the boat cruise to camp (+/-2 hrs). This could be your first wildlife encounter as the animals, especially elephants, come down to the river to drink throughout the day. Lunch will then be served in camp after which you have some time to relax and familiarise yourself with your surroundings. In the mid afternoon you set off on a game drive into the park where you experience the African wild up close as you take in the sights and sounds of the first safari of the trip. As the sun starts to set over the river, your guide will find a good vantage point to stop where you can sip sundowners and watch the diurnal world fall asleep and the nocturnal world awake. Once the sun has set you set off on a night drive where you may see porcupine, civet, leopard and lion amongst other things. The drive then brings you back to camp in time for dinner. After dinner you can relax and chat around the fire or you can turn-in early ready for the early start the following day.

 

DAY SIX
Day two is all about the park! You wake up at the crack of dawn and have some tea or coffee and biscuits as the sun rises. Once everyone is awake and ready to go you get into the safari vehicle and head for the national park where you will spend the whole day. The full day safari drive gives you the best chance of seeing the wildlife you want to see as you can go deep into the park and go to places that are not normally visited often. Around 9.30 am when the stomach is rumbling you will stop somewhere with a great view of the Zambezi River and have breakfast. After a relaxing breakfast you then continue your safari slowly through the park until lunch time. A picnic spread lunch will then be laid on in a nice shady area with another great view over the river and the park. After lunch it is then back onto the safari vehicle for more game viewing which will take you up to sunset. Sunset is then the time to reflect on the day’s game viewing so far as you sip your drink of choice watching the sun set over the Zambezi River. After sundowners and the world is in darkness, it is then time to night-drive your way back to camp where dinner will be served.

 

DAY SEVEN
You depart the camp early in the morning and take a slow game drive in the local area where you can try and find the animals you heard throughout the night.  You return to camp for breakfast afterwhich you head out on a river cruise. Seeing an elephant cooling off on the river banks from the vantage point of a boat is an incredible experience, and would no doubt be a highlight of your safari! Finally you get back to camp in time for lunch. After lunch and a little relaxing it is time to head out on a slow afternoon drive into the park followed by sundowners and another night drive. Dinner is then served in camp around the usual time of 8.30pm.

 

DAY EIGHT
No safari is complete without a walking safari. The final day of your Lower Zambezi safari starts at the crack of dawn. After tea, coffee and biscuits your guide will escort you, along with an armed scout, into the bush on foot. Here your guide will tell you about all the things you can’t see from a vehicle like spore, droppings, tracks and hiding places. Your guide will also get you as close as possible to the wildlife in a safe manner and without disturbing the wildlife. After a few hours of seeing the wildlife in the most natural way possible you will have a picnic breakfast after which you will be met by the safari vehicle. You are then driven back to camp where you can relax and/or do some fishing for the mighty tiger fish. Lunch is then served after which you pack your bags and begin your boat cruise back upstream (+/- 3 hrs) where you will meet your transfer vehicle back to Lusaka (+/-2hrs). Overnight in Lusaka required.

 

DAY NINE
Your South Luangwa Safari starts mid-morning as you are collected from the airport and transferred to our beautiful campsite located within the surrounds of Wildlife Camp. Game viewing begins an hour before reaching camp as we drive through the heart of Lupande Game Management Area, so eyes peeled! After a quick briefing and a short while to settle into the camp, you’ll have a lazy lunch before heading off on the first game drive. You leave camp as soon as everybody is ready to get ahead of the 16:00 rush, allowing for both an afternoon and night drive rolled into one. The early departure gives a head start on the other lodges and means you can enjoy sundowners at one of the beautiful oxbow lagoons in an area that few other vehicles reach on their drives. Driving through the park after dark offers excellent chances of seeing leopard, lion, honey badgers and all the other nocturnal surprises this amazing park is waiting to reveal. You’ll arrive back at camp between 20:00 and 20:30 for a delicious home cooked dinner.

 

DAY TEN
It’s an early wake up call in preparation for the morning drive. Enjoy a light breakfast, served with coffee or tea before setting off for the second foray into the national park. During the drive there are excellent chances of sighting elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hippo and zebra. You return to camp at around 11:00 in time for a welcome brunch. The early afternoon is yours to enjoy at your leisure; perhaps you fancy a snooze, a swim in the Wildlife Camp pool, or just the opportunity to swap stories and photographs at the bar. In the cool of the early afternoon we’ll eat lunch and then it’s time to leave camp on foot with an experienced walking guide and armed escort scout for the walking safari. While you walk the guide will explain the art of tracking and all about the varied fauna and flora of the valley, all the while keeping eyes and ears open for the big game that frequent the area. You arrive back at camp in time for sundowners followed by a delicious dinner. The evening is spent around the campfire, looking at the stars and discussing the adventures so far.

 

DAY ELEVEN
The third day is really the highlight of the safari, as the drive heads deep into the South Luangwa National Park, venturing further than most visitors ever get. After an early start and a light breakfast at the camp you set off on the all-day adventure, heading towards more northerly sections of the park. Following a welcome breakfast break in the vicinity of the Tena Crossing, you continue your game drive north, and lunch time finds you at Fish eagle Lagoon which is home to several pods of (very vocal) hippo. The heat of midday is spent relaxing in the shade of a grove of Sausage trees, perhaps catching 40 winks in the process. In the afternoon the journey continues through the ebony groves and lagoons of the northern section of the park. This is wild area and always carries the anticipation of sighting rare game such as wild dog or eland en route to the sundowners spot. After the sunset the night drive begins with excellent opportunities to spot shy nocturnal animals such as genets, civets, bush babies and maybe even the diminutive Sharpe’s Ghrysbok. The adventure ends back at camp in time for a welcome BBQ dinner, drinks and a warming campfire. This is a long but hugely rewarding day, and you might fancy an early night on your return!

 

DAY TWELVE
The final breakfast is a scrumptious affair, with a big fry up at the Kakumbi Salt Pan. Although you should keep a sharp lookout for all the usual game, this is a particularly special day for the birders. The route passes through the hauntingly beautiful Cathedral Mopane Forests, so besides the elephant and giraffe, eyes will be on full alert for the specialised woodland birds, such as racket-tailed rollers and white-helmet shrikes. The salt pan itself attracts a host of water birds, and large flocks of the majestic crowned cranes are a virtual certainty. Finally it’s back to camp to get ready for the transfer to the airport, but there will be some time to catch up on your safari, journal or simply relax by the pool before you depart. We will then drive you back to the airport to catch your flight back to Lusaka.

 

 

 

SPECIAL OFFER FULL PACKAGE PRICE US$3185 per person.

 

Zambian resident's rates available. Please contact us for more information.

TRIP INCLUDES: 

 

1. ROAD TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE KAFUE, LOWER ZAMBEZI AND LUSAKA.
2. FULL BOARD ACCOMODATION ON SAFARI (ensuite chalets & walk-in safari tents)

3. ALL GAME DRIVES, WALKING SAFARIS, CANOEING AND BOATING
4. ALL MEALS, SOFT DRINKS AND SUNDOWNER DRINKS (BEER AND WINE)
5. ALL PARK ENTRY FEES

*6. FLIGHTS BETWEEN LUSAKA AND MFUWE (SOUTH LUANGWA)

 

*Flights are $500 per person return. You may find cheaper flights online which you can book yourself at www.proflight-zambia.com and we will reduce the price of the trip by $500. If you would prefer us to book them we will require payment for the flights first as security.

 

Trip does not include any flights to Lusaka prior to the trip and also excludes Luaka overnights.

 

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