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Kaingo Camp
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The well-established Kaingo Camp overlooks the Luangwa River from beneath an old grove of ebony trees. Owned by Derek Shenton and his family, it's one of the few independent camps remaining in South Luangwa National Park. Derek, and his very engaging wife Jules, live in ... Read more about Kaingo Camp
Tafika
|27%| 
Home to John and Carol Coppinger, the founders of Remote Africa Safaris, Tafika is a small and apparently fairly rustic camp on the banks of the Luangwa River, in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park. Its location on the northern side of the beautiful Nsefu Sector makes ... Read more about Tafika
Tena Tena
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Run by Robin Pope Safaris, Tena Tena is in the remote Nsefu Sector, on the north side of South Luangwa National Park in an area rich with game. In August 2012 the camp was moved to a new location, due to the changing course of the river, and it’s now situated about a kilometre ... Read more about Tena Tena
Avani Victoria Falls
|14%|
Opened in 2001, the 3-star Avani Victoria Falls Resort (formerly known as the Zambezi Sun) is a sprawling resort hotel with an informal atmosphere, and a colourful, fun design throughout. The closest hotel to the Victoria Falls, it's really all about the location as you're ... Read more about Avani Victoria Falls
Nkwali
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Built on the banks of the Luangwa River, Nkwali Camp sits under the shade of tall mahogany, ebony and sausage trees. Owned and run by Robin Pope Safaris the camp is well situated a relatively short drive from Mfuwe Airport and overlooking South Luangwa National Park.
Nkwali ... Read more about Nkwali
Mwamba Bushcamp
|13%| 
Mwamba Bushcamp is set beneath the shade of tall ebony trees overlooking a waterhole in the usually dry bed of the seasonal Mwamba River. Owned by Derek and Jules Shenton, it is a very natural yet comfortable camp: small, intimate and very remote.
Mwamba is the smaller ... Read more about Mwamba Bushcamp
Nsefu
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Nsefu Camp, run by Robin Pope Safaris, is located on a wide bend of the Luangwa River in the remote and game-rich Nsefu sector of the South Luangwa National Park. An hour's drive from their base at Nkwali, and originally built in the 1950s, it is the South Luangwa's oldest ... Read more about Nsefu
Old Mondoro Bushcamp
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Taking its name from the Shona word for 'lion', Old Mondoro is owned and operated by the Cumings family. It's a small, relatively simple bushcamp situated in a remote area of Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park, and overlooks reed islands in the Zambezi River where elephants ... Read more about Old Mondoro Bushcamp
Pioneer Camp
|8%| 
Pioneer Camp is situated just outside Lusaka, twenty minutes from the international airport - and this location is key to why we sometimes recommend it. If you have an early morning flight out of Lusaka, then spending your last night here might make sense. It's in a fairly ... Read more about Pioneer Camp
Mchenja Bushcamp
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Mchenja Bushcamp is Norman Carr Safaris' flagship and most luxurious bushcamp. It's a beautiful camp in a lovely setting within an ebony grove, beside a bend of the Luangwa River. We loved Mchenja Bushcamp when we recently visited in June 2010! The whole camp, including ... Read more about Mchenja Bushcamp
Chikoko Tree Camp
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Chikoko Tree Camp is an exceptionally small, intimate and rustic bushcamp that overlooks the seasonal Chikoko River – a scenic, winding channel lined by shady ebony trees. It is set in a remote area of Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park that is exclusive to walking safaris; ... Read more about Chikoko Tree Camp
Crocodile Bushcamp
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The tiny and stylishly rustic Crocodile Bushcamp – also known as Crocodile River Camp – is one half of a pair of bushcamps, known as Chikoko Trails Camps, that occupy a remote walking-only section of Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park. Made of reed and thatch, and rebuilt ... Read more about Crocodile Bushcamp
Tsika Island Camp
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Tsika Island Camp is a sister-camp of Chongwe River Camp, which started this as a community partnership project on an island near a local village. The village's name, Mgugrumenu, means 'pulling teeth'!
Tsika Island is approximately a 30 to 45-minute boat ride from Chongwe River Camp ... Read more about Tsika Island Camp
Islands of Siankaba
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Upstream from the Victoria Falls, about 45km from Livingstone, the very peaceful Islands of Siankaba is built on two densely forested islands, linked by short suspension bridges. Well away from the hustle and bustle of the Falls, it offers upmarket facilities in a secluded environment... Read more about Islands of Siankaba
Kapani Lodge
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Kapani, which means 'the place of the Mopane trees', is situated on the banks of a permenant oxbow lake, just outside South Luangwa National Park.
After serving as a gateway for visitors to the South Luangwa for a number of decades, Kapani closed to the public at the end of 2015... Read more about Kapani Lodge
Kakuli Bushcamp
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Kakuli Bush Camp is a small, intimate camp situated in an area of South Luangwa National Park known for its high density of wildlife. One of Norman Carr Safaris’ seasonal camps, it overlooks a floodplain from an elevated bank of the Luangwa River, not far from its confluence ... Read more about Kakuli Bushcamp
Nsolo Bushcamp
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Taking the local name for the greater honeyguide bird, Nsolo Bush Camp overlooks a bend of the usually dry Luwi River, a tributary of the Luangwa. One of the Expert Africa team first visited the camp in 1995, when its rustic style and firm focus on walking safaris was almost ... Read more about Nsolo Bushcamp
Taj Pamodzi Hotel
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The Taj Pamodzi Hotel, in the centre of Lusaka, and is most frequently used by our travellers as a stop-over hotel for just one night.
It's a large, slightly impersonal hotel, with comfortable en-suite, air-conditioned rooms, and a selection of restaurants. As the Taj ... Read more about Taj Pamodzi Hotel
Tongabezi
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Set on the steep banks of the Zambezi River, about 18km upstream from the Victoria Falls, Tongabezi has long been one of the region's most romantic – and exclusive – hideaways. It was founded in 1990, many years before most of Africa’s safari lodges, and from the beginning ... Read more about Tongabezi
Robin Pope Safaris bush-camp
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If you stay at either of Robin Pope safari's camps in the Nsefu Sector of the South Luangwa National Park, Nsefu or Tena Tena, then it's also possible to opt (in advance) to go on a RPS bushcamp for a night or two – to sleep out with your guide, deep in the bush, around a campfire... Read more about Robin Pope bush-camp
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