The Busanga Plains, in the remote north of Kafue National Park are the focus of this luxurious safari staying at two newly-refurbished camps – Lunga River Lodge and Shumba Bushcamp; 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 2-3 Kafue National Park, Zambia

Arriving in Lusaka early in the morning, you'll transfer to an 80-minute flight to Lunga's airstrip, on the north-western edge of Kafue National Park. Meeting your guide, you are barely 10 minutes' drive to your base for 2 nights, overlooking the perennial Kafue River –

Lunga River Lodge (full board & activities)

Days 4-7 Kafue National Park, Zambia

After exploring around Lunga, you drive for a few hours south-west. The landscape opens out onto the wide, flat expanse of the Busanga Plains: a seasonally-flooded area that host huge herds of game and dense predator concentrations. Your base here for 4 nights is the stylish –

Shumba Camp (full board & activities)

Day 8 Kafue National Park, Zambia

After a final morning's safari, drive north from the Busanga Plains and east into the miombo woodlands which surround the plains. It's a great place to take a final evening's relaxing boat trip on the perennial Lunga River. Your last night on safari is 1 night at –

Lunga River Lodge (full board & activities)

Day 9

Leaving very early in the morning, you transfer by 4WD back to Lunga'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-2008	30-Jun-2008	£3,244
1-Jul-2008	31-Jul-2008	£3,270
1-Aug-2008	30-Sep-2008	£3,307
1-Oct-2008	31-Oct-2008	£3,307
1-Nov-2008	30-Nov-2008	£3,307
Notes: • If you want to see this amazing area, but at a lower overall cost, then look towards our excellent-value Puku 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. • For a special safari treat (and at extra cost), we can organise helicopter transfers between Lunga River Lodge and Shumba Camp • 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 £75 / $140 per person for a single entry and £240 / $442 per person for a multiple entry)


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