Safari accommodations in Zambia

Zambia's general accommodation infrastructure isn't sophisticated. The safari industry however, is small but specialised and the safari accommodations compare very favourably against those found in Botswana and Zimbabwe - this applies as much to the lodges as it does to the seasonal bush camps and the few mobile-tented safaris that operate in the Luangwa, Kafue and Zambezi regions.

Scroll down for a listing of preferred safari operations in Zambia...

South Luangwa

• Chibembe - twelve-bedded tented lodge on the confluence of the Chibembe and Luangwa Rivers - also has two seasonal bush camps (June to October only)
• Chinzombo Lodge - nine double chalets under a grove of mahogany trees, highly praised by the Illustrated London News (May to December only) - the logistics base for Kuyenda and Chamilandu
• Kuyenda - Phil Berry's six-bedded reed and thatch seasonal camp on the banks of the Manzi River (June to October only)
• Chamilandu - Andy Hogg's rustic 6 bedded seasonal camp overlooking the Luangwa River and Nchindene hills (June to October only) - relocated 4 km upstream in July 1999
• Tena Tena - Robin Pope's tented camp inside the park in the Nsefu Sector (June to October only)
• Nkwali Camp - twelve-bedded camp on Robin Pope's private land east of the Luangwa (June to December only) - logistics base for all of Robin's operations
• Nsefu Camp - the oldest camp in the Luangwa, restored and re-opened in 1999 under Robin Pope (June to October only)
• Mupamadzi Safari - Robin Pope's 5 day mobile walking safari following the course of the Mupamadzi River (June to September only)
• Phil Berry's portered walking safari - 7 day portered walking safari (on special request, June to October only)
• Tafika Camp - John and Carol Coppinger's home in the northern sector of South Luangwa - ideal for family safaris

Kafue National Park

• Lunga River Lodge - Ed and Rona Smythe's luxurious lodge - considered to be the Kafue's most sophisticated
• Busanga Bush Camp - four twin thatched huts in the heart of the Busanga Plains - ideally done in combination with Lunga River Lodge
• Busanga Plains tented camp - eight-bedded tented camp overlooking the Busanga Plains (June to mid-November only)
• Kafue Mobile Safari - combines the Busanga Plains with Myukuyuku Tented Camp in the centre of the park

The Upper Zambezi and Victoria Falls

• River Club - one of the old "Legends of Africa" lodges, now managed by Wilderness Safaris
• Thorntree Lodge - "SafPar's" lodge on the banks of the Zambezi, 18 kilometres upstream from the Falls
• Tongabezi Lodge - eighteen-bedded lodge 15 kilometres upstream from the Falls - ideal for honeymooners
• Sindabezi Island - an exclusive and private eight-bedded camp on the Zambezi
• Mukolo Island - private eight-bedded tented camp - used on upper Zambezi canoe safaris year round
• Livingstone Island - eight-bedded tented camp on the edge of Victoria Falls - ideally combined with Mukolo Island (June to December only)

Lower Zambezi

• Mwambashi River Lodge - an excellent fourteen-bedded lodge best accessed by canoe or on a fly-in basis
• Sausage Tree Camp - fourteen-bedded tented camp on the banks of the Zambezi opposite Mana Pools
• River Horse Canoe Safaris - Ant Elton's full participation four-day canoe safari from the Kafue to Chongwe Rivers - tackled from Kariba, Zimbabwe
• Safari Par Excellence - offers the best "backed-up" canoe safari on the Zambian side

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