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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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LOWER ZAMBEZI 4 DAY SAFARI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEPARTS: MONDAYS 9am

 

 

 

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 in the park. Lunch and sundowners en route followed by a night drive back to camp for dinner.

 

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 breakfast, then a return transfer back to Lusaka arriving approximately 17:00.

 

Please note this schedule is a guideline. Your safari guide will provide you with options to decide upon round the campfire at the end of each day.

 

 

DETAILED ITINERERY

 

DAY ONE
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 TWO
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 THREE
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 FOUR
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).

 

SPECIAL OFFER FULL PACKAGE PRICE US$995 per person.

 

DEPARTS MONDAYS AT 9am

 

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

TRIP INCLUDES: 

1. ROAD/BOAT TRANSFERS BETWEEN LOWER ZAMBEZI AND LUSAKA.
3. FULL BOARD ACCOMODATION (ensuite chalets with river views)
4. ALL GAME DRIVES, BOATING AND WALKING SAFARIS
5. ALL MEALS (cash bar)
6. ALL PARK ENTRY FEES

 

Trip does not include any flights to Lusaka prior to the trip.

 

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Email: safari@bongwesafaris.com. 305 Ngwezi Road, Roma, Lusaka. Telephone: +260 (0) 977 762096