The Busanga Plains, in the remote north of Kafue National Park are the focus of this luxurious safari staying at three newly-refurbished camps – Lufupa Bushcamp, Busanga Bushcamp and Shumba or Kapinga; it's a great safari to see a stunning area from its first really luxurious safari camps – and this area has Zambia's best population of cheetah, as well as excellent wild dog, lion and leopard.

Because of the black-cotton soil that is found in the Kafue, these camps are only open during the dry season in Zambia, between May and October.

Day 1

Beginning in the evening from London Heathrow, your scheduled British Airways overnight flight will take you directly to Lusaka.

Days 2-4 Kafue National Park, Zambia

Arriving in Lusaka early in the morning, you'll transfer to a 70-minute flight to Lufupa's airstrip, on the north-western edge of Kafue National Park. Meeting your guide, there's a game drive lasting about 90 minutes (or more, depending on what you see) to your base for 3 nights, overlooking rapids in the perennial Kafue River –

Lufupa Tented Camp (full board & activities)

Days 5-6 Kafue National Park, Zambia

After exploring around the Kafwala and Lufupa areas, you'll be taken to the airstrip for your flight north, to Busanga Plains. Arriving in Busanga, you'll transfer by helicopter, giving you a bird's eye view of how the landscape opens out into the Busanga Plains: a seasonally-flooded area that hosts huge herds of game and dense predator concentrations. Your base here for 2 nights is the stylish –

Busanga Bushcamp (full board & activities)

Days 7-8 Kafue National Park, Zambia

After a final morning's safari, you'll be driven across the plains for your last 2 nights in luxury at Shumba Camp. (Alternatively you'll use the nearby, and equally opulent, Kapinga Camp.) Both are set on small 'tree islands', dominated by wild date palms and enormous fig trees – with great views all around over the Busanga Plains.

Shumba Camp (full board & activities)

Day 9

Leaving early in the morning, you transfer by 4WD back to Shumba's airstrip for the short flight back to Lusaka Airport. There you connect to a scheduled flight to Johannesburg and from there to your direct British Airways flight back to London Heathrow.

Day 10

Your flight arrives early this morning at London Heathrow after a superb trip to Zambia.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jun-2012	10-Oct-2012	£4,326
11-Oct-2012	28-Oct-2012	£4,446
29-Oct-2012	31-Oct-2012	£4,326
1-Nov-2012	10-Nov-2012	£4,497
11-Nov-2012	30-Nov-2012	£3,224
Notes: If you want to see this amazing area, but at a lower overall cost, then look towards Wild about Africa's excellent-value Zambia Wildlife Safari - which uses simpler lodges in broadly the same area. The prices shown are per person sharing; call us for single person supplements. It is easy to change the duration of this trip by a few days, either staying longer at the camps, or shortening it by one or two days. Just discuss what you want with us. Note that these camps are only open during Zambia's dry season, between about May and October.

This itinerary includes:

• Economy flights, as above, plus UK airport departure taxes.
• All internal flights and transfers in Zambia
• All meals, laundry and most drinks whilst on safari (including all soft drinks, house wines and local beers & spirits)
• All safari activities, including walking safaris and 4WD safaris in open safari vehicles
  
• Park fees at all the safari camps
• A comprehensive pack of maps and information covering the places that you'll be visiting, including a copy of Zambia: the Bradt Travel Guide, written by Expert Africa's Chris McIntyre

This itinerary excludes:

• Champagne, specially imported spirits, fine vintage wines and similarly exotic alcoholic drinks (for which all safari camps & hotels will charge extra)
• Tips and gratuities (which are optional)
• Zambian visa fees (at present these are $50 per person for a single entry and $80 per person for a multiple entry)

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