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Reviews of Mfuwe Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

18 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Mfuwe Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Oct-2019, 10 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Mfuwe Lodge.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

90% success

Wild dog

50% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Buffalo

80% success

Spotted Hyena

80% success

Wildebeest

20% success

Aardvark

0% success

Eland

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Roan antelope

0% success

Sable antelope

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Rowena
London

"Mfuwe Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 20 Nov 2023
"Mfuwe Lodge was superb. Warm smiles greeted us and we felt at home immediately. The chalet with its direct outlook onto the bush was thrilling, sighting elephants each morning at 5.30am from the room, as well as impala and cheeky baboons. There were warthogs with piglets, vervet monkeys and baboons everywhere but the sight of whole elephant families with their babies in the Lodge eating all the fruit and walking through Reception each day was truly magical.

Mabel and Ornacious, our safari guides, were expert and we learned so much from their detailed commentary, explaining about the bush, trees, plants and birds as well as all the animals. I liked it that they sat with us for lunch and dinner so we could chat about what we had seen, especially the pride of 9 lions with 2 cubs who were feeding on a buffalo they had killed the day before. To see them so close up was stunning. It was thrilling sighting giraffe, zebra, hippos and we also saw many Kudu, Puku and Bushback Antelope, as well as Waterbuck (4), crocodiles, the mongoose, genet, civet, monitor lizard and a chameleon.

All the staff were kind and helpful, full of laughter and smiles. Our brief visit to Tribal Textiles and Mulberry Mongoose in the village with Jeremiah was worthwhile and I would highly recommend these 2 shops. I found everyone at Mfuwe Lodge gracious, kind and charming.

A truly exciting and wonderful stay." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

2 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Jaki
Norway

"Mfuwe Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 9 Oct 2023
"Premium guides and hospitality. (Though drinks are not included here as they were for Kafunta and Three Rivers)

Bonus with nicely working air conditioning in the chalets." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs B
Witney

"Mfuwe Lodge 8 to 10 November 2022"

2 nights Arrived 8 Nov 2022
"It was back to Mfuwe Lodge for 2 nights to end our trip – a good place to start and end a trip to the bush camps.

Not wishing to lose a moment of wildlife viewing we chose to do the morning activity at Chindeni (our last bush camp), and travel back to Mfuwe after brunch even though it was in the heat of the day, and then in less than an hour of our arrival at Mfuwe we were out on the evening game drive. Our keenness paid off, as amongst other wildlife, we saw 3 lionesses on the morning activity from Chindeni, and within an hour of starting the game drive from Mfuwe we saw a leopard and a pack of 31 wild dogs!

Apart from the wildlife survey list of species, we did see several other species that we would count as notable ‘sightings’, such as: genet, bushy tailed mongoose.

An excellent end to our visit to South Luangwa! Of the many trips we have now made to Africa, it remains one of our favourite destinations.

There did seem to be a bit of confusion when we checked in, both at the start of our trip and at the end, as to which chalets we were to occupy. This was not a problem, but when we came to settle our bill it did lead to us being given a bill that did not belong to us. However, this was soon sorted out and we received the correct bill." See all these reviews: 19n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

8 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

2 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Zebra

8 sightings

Mr & Mrs B
Witney

"Mfuwe Lodge 23 to 25 October 2022"

2 nights Arrived 23 Oct 2022
"We had 2 nights at Mfuwe Lodge before setting off for the bush camps – a good place to start the trip, giving us a full day of game viewing in the area.

On a previous visit we spent some time with Gilbert, who is an excellent guide, during which we had some memorable experiences – it was great to have him as our guide once again.

It felt so good to be back, and to see some familiar faces!" See all these reviews: 19n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

4 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

5 sightings

Hippo

2 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

3 sightings

Zebra

8 sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Caterham

"Mfuwe Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 4 May 2022
"5th visit to Mfuwe Lodge and still love it.

We had a lagoon view room and heard and saw hippos. The room was very nice as recently renovated.

Staff were amazing, food was good. Our guide James was very good, only draw back was the length of the game drives at 4 plus hours twice a day.

I appreciate they try hard to find more elusive animals but they are still long." See all these reviews: 7n in Malawi; 4n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

L&M Canada
Dunham, QC

"Mfuwe Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 22 Nov 2021
"Mfuwe is a good place to start or end a bush trip. It offers the comfort of a hotel with good game drives.

The game drives were not as intimate as the ones we experienced in the bushcamps but the diversity of the sightings was superlative and the landscape just beautiful.

Service was excellent and the staff is simply adorable. Just happy people!" See all these reviews: 16n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

3 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wild dog

4 sightings

Zebra

4 sightings

Mrs E
Yardley, PA, US

"Mfuwe Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 18 Aug 2021
"(I was actually at Mfuwe Lodge for one night 18 August instead of two at this point in my trip.)

I always enjoy staying at the Lodge at some point during my visit to SLNP because the staff are wonderful and the wildlife viewing right from the chalets is great. Wildlife sightings in this area of the park are abundant and varied. Unfortunately this is the busiest part of the park due to its proximity to the main gate, but Mfuwe Lodge guides do their best at staying away from busy areas if you ask them to. The Lodge offers luxury in the bush - AC, limited WIFI, a gift shop, outdoor exercise area and spa. The recently refurbished chalets are bright and well appointed. The staff pay careful attention to covid protocols but still manage to put guests at ease." See all these reviews: 19n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

2 sightings

Hippo

2 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Mr J
Coventry

"Mfuwe Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 7 Nov 2020
"Just like Sausage Tree, I would place this lodge in my top 5 of all the lodges that I have stayed at over the last 12 years. The chalet was excellent with loads of space, a safe, tea making facilities and best of all in the hot weather, air conditioning and two fans. We also saw loads of different animals walking past our lodge and drinking from the water hole.

The staff were great and we had a good laugh with them especially Abraham who seemed to have a similar sense of humour to myself. Ian, the manager and I share a love of football and he kept me up to date with Coventry City's results and also emailed me photos showing Mal and myself, George, the elephant, having a kip every day under the tree in the lodge but unfortunately there wasn't enough fruit dropping for the whole herd to march through reception as they usually do at this time of the year. I must also say thank you to Amy for filling in and emailing the locator form to the British Government, although they are that incompetent we were never asked for it at Heathrow.

Food was great but far too much for me but it helped that often it was a buffet which meant that I could have smaller portions.

Game viewing was really enjoyable with Alec and Charles doing their best to find us interesting sightings. We saw lions, hyenas wild dogs and two Leopards. We also saw all 3 endemic species, Crawshaw's Zebra, Cookson's Wildebeeste and the Thornicroft Giraffe. We also saw a Bushy Tailed Mongoose for the first time. All in all a brilliant time." See all these reviews: 20n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Buffalo

4 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

4 sightings

Spotted Hyena

5 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Miss A
Haywards Heath

"Convenience stop"

1 night Arrived 30 May 2019
"I'm a safari camp novice so had chosen the lodge a) to see what it was like and b) in case I needed something a little more familiar than an open bathroom etc. before transferring to another camp.(Pathetically afraid of the cold and I do like my creature comforts.) My apprehension about Nsefu was a gross misjudgment, that's for sure, but even so, I didn't mind finding our about the Lodge .I had no intention of taking part in any activities.

Room was certainly up to scratch. Excellent facilities. A pity the lagoon had dried out but I was endlessly entertaind by the baboons as I sat on the deck. The trees beyond captured the light beautifully..

The Manager kindly offered to sit with me for meals as I was alone but I'm used to that so released him from that duty. I appreciated the table they had prepared for me for luncch - prime position. However, he was very attentive during afternoon tea and drinks at the bar.

After Nsefu, food was inevitably a disappointment.though needless to say, I enjoyed breakfast. They cater for groups and the food reflected that.

Nevertheless, it served it's purpose. A good night and another experience." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Average
Mr C
Harvest

"Visit of a lifetime"

4 nights Arrived 8 Nov 2016
"Each year elephants visit the lodge to get to a great old mango tree. When the mango is in fruit (usually late October through December) the elephants may walk through the lobby to get to the fruit. They did that the first and last day of my 4 night stay, and I videoed them both times.

My room was a two story (sort of a tree house) overlooking a stream. The crocodile (the name of the room) has a loft, balcony, two toilets, four sinks, a tube and shower, as well as a porch. I counted as many as 13 elephants in my back yard at one time." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
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