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Zambia is well known for excellent guiding and top-class walking safaris.

...while some bushcamps in the South Luangwa exclusively offer walking safaris.

There's always plenty of time in between activities to relax with a drink...

...and watch the local wildlife!

From the smaller animals...

...to the biggest - there's a huge amount of game to be viewed in the different parks.

...you can find more luxurious lodges here as well...

...and every camp goes the extra mile to provide special touches to your safari.

Zambia

Zambia: reviews from our travellers

Unedited reviews written by our most recent Zambia travellers

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B family
Switzerland

"My Oct 2013 trip"

I visited Zambia between 5 Oct 2013 and 19 Oct 2013
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr S
Southam

"Full on 8 day action packed trip!"

I visited Zambia between 4 Oct 2013 and 12 Oct 2013
"We had a fantastic time, 2 great camps, some wonderful wildlife, good game drives, superb walks and river activities including catching Tiger fish, excellent company, good food, top quality guiding and camp staff and have some wonderful memories." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Ms S
Wimbledon

"October trip generally"

I visited Zambia between 4 Oct 2013 and 18 Oct 2013
"Overall the trip was enormously enjoyable and successful.

We thought that our visits to Lilongwe and Chipata, both the SOS Children's villages and the experience of smaller towns, added considerable interest to the trip and added an extra dimension to the safaris, since we met local people and saw the country beyond the slightly false environment of the safari camps. Everyone we met was extremely friendly and welcoming. We also enjoyed our short stay in Nairobi, staying as before at the excellent but unfussy Fairview Hotel.

The safaris were very enjoyable. Lion Camp was our favourite of the two camps and could not be faulted, and we would definitely recommend it to anyone. Its location is exceptional and the game plentiful. We saw lots lions, a leopard on 3 occasions and many elephants - these three being our favourites - and the reviews of the plentiful sightings of lions and leopards were a major factor in selecting Lion Camp. We were not disappointed.

Puku Ridge was also lovely and suffered in our estimation only because of the wonderful experience we enjoyed at Lion Camp and the unfortunate fact that we were the only guests. The wildlife was not as plentiful but the guide made the drives very enjoyable nontheless.

We identified the safari camps we wished to visit and made some of the other accommodation arrangements ourselves, but Expert Africa's Claire Scott was happy to talk through our proposals and offer alternatives for our consideration, and most importantly she made the travel arrangements to fit our plans as well as booking the safari camps and our overnight stays outside Lusaka, so that everything worked seemlessly. She also held our complicated international flight bookings longer than we imagined possible while we delayed fixing our dates due to difficulties finalising when we could visit the SOS Children's Villages. All the travel arrangements and connections went smoothly." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr S
Hong Kong

"Stu Spencer Zambia Oct 2013"

I visited Zambia between 1 Oct 2013 and 9 Oct 2013
"Brilliant.
Wonderful.
Flawless.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Keep on doing what you've been doing. I have recommended you on numerous occasions. I could not imagine a trip to a country in your portfolio without going through you." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Lisvane

"Highly Enjoyable"

I visited Zambia between 29 Sep 2013 and 14 Oct 2013
"Zambia is a great country to visit and offers a very diverse and great safari experience. The Luangwa valley is a superb park but beware Tsetse flies! We last visited the Lower Zambezi in 2007 and stayed outside the park and did not enjoy the experience so it was great to return and stay at two great camps inside the park.

Old Mondora, Nsefu amd Tafika are all great places to visit." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Harvey and Jo
Lewes

"My Sep 2013 trip"

I visited Zambia between 27 Sep 2013 and 12 Oct 2013
"Our fourth trip back to Africa booked through Expert Africa, and we recommend lots of people to do the same on the basis of the high quality of information given to help design the holiday, and the excellent delivery of the product on the ground/in the air.

On one previous trip, local problems arose and were immediately sorted out. No problems on this trip, only a seamless transition through Lusaka airport (good assistance from local reps there) and three different camps in Luangwa - all of which said they rate Expert Africa highly for their organisation and the detailed feedback they pass back to the camps from clients, which the camps value.

Luangwa in October is hot (up to 42 degrees max) but manageable and gives great concentration of game, has lots of good dirt roads for access, includes a wide range of environments in the Nsefu sector (so we saw wild dogs for the first time) and plenty of chances to see lion and leopard. Bird life is great even if you're not a twitcher. We went on 5 walks in 12 days, all very well guided, as were the drives by day and night.

We will go back once we can afford it again and if we are not too old by then ....." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
M & M Oxford
UK

"Excellence again from EA"

I visited Namibia and 2 other countries between 26 Sep 2013 and 10 Oct 2013
"This was another excellent trip to Southern Africa organised for us by Expert Africa. Thank you Gwynneth. The advice from EA concerning 2WD versus 4WD vehicles for this trip was appropriate. The lodges were of a standard equal to or better than our expectations, especially the Garden Lodge in Kasane where our guides John and Innocent provided expert advice and guidance. The section of the trip after leaving the hire car in Kasane progessed smoothly and the cross border transfer into Zambia was effected efficiently. The transport arrived on time in Kasane as did the transfer from the Zambezi Sun to Livingstone airport., As noted earlier, at no stage were we asked for the Yellow Fever Certificates." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 6 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Dr B & Ms B
Horsham

"My Sep 2013 trip"

I visited Zambia between 26 Sep 2013 and 10 Oct 2013
"Absolutely amazing safari. It greatly exceeded our expectations and was a truly memorable experience.

Claire was highly professional, knowledgable, friendly and provided excellent advice - fine tuning our initial ideas and correctly assessing what would be good places for us to stay. We were very impressed by the whole organisation - flight timings were perfect and having Tours Africa to ease immigration was fantastic. They were also great when transferring to and from our hotel.

We will be travelling with you next time!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No. It was excellent." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Dr & Mrs C
Henley

"my sep 13 trip"

I visited Zambia between 20 Sep 2013 and 5 Oct 2013
"another fine trip and Shiwa was an excellent add-on as so different.
Please can we talk about 2014 possibilities especially about some info we have on Zimbabwe and Kafue from other guests we met." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs H
Kent

"My Sep 2013 trip"

I visited Namibia and 3 other countries between 20 Sep 2013 and 13 Oct 2013
"The trip was wonderful from start to finish and thank you to Maruska for her brilliant organisation and in depth knowledge of the region.

The combination of Zambia with Namibia worked very well, as we were able to spend time in one of the prime game viewing areas of Africa as well as have the freedom to see things for ourselves once we had the use of our vehicle. We will be back as soon as we can!

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

The only suggestion we would have for improving our itinerary would be to spend 2 days driving across Etosha national park rather than one, and staying in the intermediate camp. This would allow more time for game viewing while making the transit on what were quite rough roads.

On the other hand, the gravel road to Waterberg plateau was much better than expected and only took about 20 minutes to transit.

Overall, we were very glad that we had upgraded from a standard car to a SUV." Read full review: 23 nights in Africa; 8 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
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