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South Luangwa & Kawaza

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This safari will provide you with some of the best wildlife watching in Africa, based in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park and based at luxury camps in beautiful regions of the reserve. However you also have the opportunity to see life in a real rural African village as you stay for one night in award-winning Kawaza village.

Using the Robin Pope Safaris camps as your safari base, enjoy plenty of game viewing by vehicle or on foot in the areas around Nkwali and also in the Nsefu sector further north.  Kawaza village is about 30 - 60 mins drive from Nsefu or Tena Tena camps and it's a real treat to spend time with the local people of this part of Zambia.  Money from overnight stays here go direct to the village.

Nsefu and Tena Tena are open from mid May to end of October.  Nkwali and Kawaza village all year round.

Trip highlights

  • Some of the best camps in Luangwa
  • Superb guiding
  • Can walk between Tena Tena and Nsefu
  • Experience a real African village overnight
  • Fantastic wildlife

Itinerary

Day 1:
Fly from Lusaka to Mfuwe airport, South Luangwa. Transfer to Nkwali Camp for 3 nights.  Day and night drives and walks.

Day 4:
Transfer to Nsefu Camp for 2 nights, day and night drives and walks.

Day 6:
A day in Kawaza village (with your guide too). Then overnight here.

Day 7:
Transfer to Tena Tena Camp for 2 nights.  Day and night drives and walks.

Day 9:
Transfer to Mfuwe airport for flight to Lusaka in the afternoon. Transfer to Chaminuka Lodge (overnight in Lusaka required if flying BA to London - due to flight timings).

Day 10:
Transfer to airport for flight home.

NOTE:  The direct BA flights to Lusaka and back operate 3 times a week, so your itinerary will be chosen around those flight dates.

Price

From £2655 per person not including international flights. Shoulder season 2008 (end May - June or October), ask for peak season prices. Based on 2 people sharing a room.

Call us for single supplement details

Duration and details

10 days.

Is it for you?

You need to be comfortable with staying in a mud hut for one night, with very basic facilities and local food (basic but tasty).

Best times to go

The dry season from May to October is when wildlife begins to congregate at the dwindling water sources, offering good viewing opportunities. October is the hottest month, with temperatures sometimes reaching 40°C or more.

View Zambia climate chart

Included

Lusaka-Mfuwe-Lusaka flights, transfers, most drinks, laundry, national park fees, game viewing excursions, donation to Kawaza village.

Not included

Premium drinks and champagnes.

Getting there

There are several direct flights each week from Europe to Lusaka. It is about a 10 hr flight. There are also daily flights to Johannesburg (South Africa). We can arrange the internationals from the UK and all connecting flights. Return flights to Lusaka from the UK start from about £500.

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