An exceptional opportunity to reach and explore one of Africa's most remote parks – with the help of one of its best safari guides; in November/December 2009, May/June 2010 and November/December 2010 Robin Pope will personally be leading a handful of tiny safaris to witness the amazing wildebeest migration that happens every year in this amazing national park in the extreme west of Zambia.

The dates for these trips are fixed – see below – and it's easily possible to add other trips onto the start or end of this trip – combining Liuwa Plain with a stay elsewhere in Zambia, or even travelling across to Botswana.

For a slightly longer time in Liuwa, spending five nights there instead of four, see the alternative Liuwa Plains Safari B!

Day 1

Starting from London Heathrow, your scheduled British Airways overnight flight takes you directly to Lusaka.

Days 2-5 Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia

Landing in Lusaka in the morning, you'll connect onto a charter flight to Kalabo (about 90 minutes' flight). On arrival in Kalabo, you'll be met and driven in an open 4WD for the approximately three-hour drive to Matamanene Camp, deep in the heart of Liuwa Plain National Park. This will be your base for 4 nights of exploring on foot and by 4WD.

Matamanene Camp (full board & activities)

Your guide for this whole trip will be Robin Pope – one of Africa's leading safari guides – and he has no fixed itinerary. It's really time to explore and discover more about this amazing park.

Days 6-9 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Today you will either be (in Nov/Dec) driven back to Kalabo, or (in May/June) taken by boat across the wide Zambezi floodplain to Mongu. From there, your charter flight will take you to Lusaka to connect with a flight to South Luangwa. On arrival in South Luangwa, you'll be met and taken to Robin Pope Safaris' Nkwali Camp, which is approximately an hour's drive away. This will be your base for a further 4 nights.

Nkwali (full board & activities)

Day 10 Lusaka area, Zambia

After a morning's activity and a delicious brunch, you'll be transferred back to Mfuwe Airport for a 60-minute flight in the afternoon back to Lusaka. There you'll be met by a courtesy vehicle to take you back for a short over-night stop at the charming -

Pioneer Camp (half board)

Day 11

Getting up early in the morning, you will be driven to Lusaka Airport as the city wakes up, arriving in time to connect with your direct flight back to London Heathrow with British Airways. You arrive back into Heathrow in the late afternoon – refreshed after a superb and adventurous trip to Zambia.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
10-May-2010	20-May-2010	£4,173
24-May-2010	3-Jun-2010	£4,370
7-Jun-2010	17-Jun-2010	£4,370
Notes: • This is a fix-dated safari designed to tie in with the dates on which Robin Pope is hosting these pioneering safaris to Liuwa Plains. The dates for this trip are as follows: Four nights Liuwa Plains, four nights Nkwali Camp in South Luangwa National Park: - Departing UK on Mon 10 May / returning to the UK on the afternoon of Thu 20 May - Departing UK on Mon 25 May / returning to the UK on the afternoon of Thu 03 Jun - Departing UK on Mon 07 Jun / returning to the UK on the afternoon of Thur 17 Jun • It's easy to be flexible with the second half of this trip, and to tailor-make alternative arrangements from Lusaka onwards.

This itinerary includes:
• Economy flights, as above, plus UK airport departure taxes
• All transfers in Africa
• All your meals and laundry whilst on safari
• All game activities – walks and drives (all in open 4x4 vehicles)
• Park fees at all the safari camps
• Most drinks whilst on safari (including all soft drinks, house wines and local beers & spirits)
• A comprehensive information pack covering the places that you'll be visiting
• A complimentary copy of the Zambia: the Bradt Travel Guide

This itinerary excludes:
• Champagne, specially imported spirits, fine vintage wines and similarly exotic alcoholic drinks whilst on safari (for which all camps & hotels will charge extra)
• Tips and gratuities (which are optional)
• Zambian airport departure taxes ($25 per person for international flights and $10 per person for internal flights)
• Zambian visa fees ($50 per person travelling on a British or American passport). These are payable on arrival at Lusaka Airport


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