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Kawaza Village

Kawaza Village is home to villagers of the Kunda tribe and is located adjacent to world-famous wildlife safari destination, South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. Kawaza offers travellers the opportunity to visit a genuine Zambian rural village and to get involved with local people and village life.

Robin Pope Safaris provide much needed financial support to the village and for ten years had supported the school in the Nsefu village area - the Kawaza School now has a reputation in Zambia as a great example of how tourism can improve a community.  Guests can visit by day or stay overnight in the village, next to the school.  Many of the camp staff live in the area.  Accommodation and food is totally African.

There is chance to meet the Chief, a local traditional healer and you can spend a morning with the ladies collecting water and cooking, helping with village chores.  This is not a set up tourist village, it is a chance to spend time with an African family and community.  A donation to the school is included in the overnight fee.

Highlights

  • A genuine option to explore the way rural Zambians live.
  • Provides much needed funding for the local community.
  • The project offers a wide range of activities in which guests can become involved.

Viewpoints

Situation

Kawaza village is located in the Luangwa Valley, bordering South Luangwa National Park, in Zambia ’s Eastern Province.

Activities

Bush walks, visits to the Chief’s Palace, the local health clinic or the traditional healer can be arranged. You could attend a local church service, or see how the children are taught in the nearby school. Visitors can also take part in daily life activities e.g. grinding maize using stones, fishing in the lagoons or preparing traditional meals.

Facilities

The villagers have built four roundavel huts, each with two beds complete with clean linen, blankets and mosquito nets. There are open-air showers surrounded by reed screens with heated water and the toilets are traditional ‘long-drops’ with a comfortable, wooden throne to sit upon.

Child policy

Families welcome.

Open

Open from April - November.

Meals

All meals are included - visitors taking their meals in the village’s chitenge – a thatched, open-sided shelter with traditional wooden chairs and reed mats.

Best times to go

It is rainy from about November to March however this is when the parks are at their greenest and most scenic. The walking safari season runs from June - October.

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Included

All activities within the village are included.

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