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Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
Kafunta River Lodge
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Reviews of Kafunta River Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

45 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Kafunta River 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 Jun-2018, 22 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Kafunta River Lodge.
Lion

95% success

Leopard

100% success

Wild dog

20% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Buffalo

90% success

Spotted Hyena

85% success

Eland

13% success

Wildebeest

12% success

Sable antelope

5% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Roan antelope

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Mrs C.
Chippenham

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 5 Oct 2023
"Super…. Two nights there and then move on to Three Rivers for two nights or three - then two nights at Island Bush Camp - returning to Kafunta for one night before making the long journey home/UK!" See all these reviews: 11n 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

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Jaki
Norway

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

3 nights Arrived 3 Oct 2023
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs C.
Chippenham

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 27 Sep 2023
"The ultimate Safari…. Nothing could better it." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs C
Bristol

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 25 Aug 2023
"Kafunta River Lodge was a wonderful place to start our Zambian safari. Its location in front of a marshy wetland meant that there was always something to look at, with water fowl, puku and hippos featuring prominently.

Our accommodation, a raised chalet with a deck that overlooked the same marsh, was very clean and comfortable. Being an unfenced camp meant that there were some interesting nocturnal visitors, including hippos (very noisy eaters!) and even a leopard.

The food was excellent all round, with evening meals comprising 4 courses: soup, a starter, a main and a dessert. Lunch and breakfast were both buffets, and there was cake at tea time, just before the evening safari drive, which included nibbles with a sundowner. No chance of going hungry!

Most of our activities were drives in a safari vehicle, but we did have one morning walk. This was really interesting and a great opportunity to hear about some of the smaller creatures, as well as the plants and their traditional uses. In both cases our guide J. was very knowledgable and engaging. The pontoon crossings into the park were good fun and quite a novelty.

In the time between brunch and tea there was the opportunity to use the pool, which was a pleasant way to keep cool. This also had a view of the wetland and the river beyond, and one afternoon we were able to see a large group of elephants making their way to the river, as we swam.

Having heeded the advice to travel light we did not have loads of clothes, but the laundry service worked very efficiently with items being washed and returned within a day." See all these reviews: 12n 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

8 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

4 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

3 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Mr & Mrs H
Kent

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2022
"We had a brilliant stay here. The lodge is well located away from most other lodges and overlooking a lagoon near the Luangwa river.

On game drives we were able to drive through the Luangwa river into the park proper, thus avoiding having to drive for 30 minutes to the main gate. We had some amazing sightings, and our guide Solomon was superb. We saw lions close up on almost every drive, as well as several leopard sightings. We were lucky enough to see a lion kill of a buffalo, with the herd still sticking around distressed.

The lodge food was on the whole excellent, with the only gripe being the main course of the evening meal which tended to be dry and a little unappealing. All staff were very attentive and efficient, with special mention for Kolo and Betty. Our cabin was perfect - a good size with a veranda overlooking the lagoon where there was plenty of wildlife to watch.

The public areas of the lodge were very attractive looking and very comfortable and welcoming." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia; 6n in Malawi
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

5 sightings

Elephant

7 sightings

Giraffe

5 sightings

Hippo

7 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

8 sightings

Spotted Hyena

5 sightings

Zebra

7 sightings

Charity
Scottsdale, A

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 8 Sep 2022
"We only spent one night and wish we had more time there.

It was a nice mid-range camp. Access to the park via the river was nice.

We had excellent game drives, very happy with our guide. The main lodge area was nice." See all these reviews: 6n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

1 sighting

Elephant

4 sightings

Giraffe

1 sighting

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Zebra

2 sightings

Mrs & Mr B
Canada

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

4 nights Arrived 9 Jul 2019
"A very nice lodge, lovely location but again due to lack of rain the river was low.

We were looked after very well, and were presented with tin water flasks to keep. Other lodges could take a suggestion to do this to stop plastic water bottles. Staff were so friendly, helpful.

First class stay and we were sorry to leave." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 8n in Zambia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs. E.
Zurich

"Good as the first lodge but not as the last"

3 nights Arrived 28 Nov 2018
"Negative:
- bigger lodge (10 chalets vs. 5-6)
- different type of guests (loud, obnoxious and smoking guests)

Positive
- nice location by the plains
- Abel our guide was very competent and knowledgeable
- nice surprise on our last day
- great animal sightings with Abel" See all these reviews: 15n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Globetrotters
Belgium

"Great place to relax and end the trip"

2 nights Arrived 10 Sep 2018
"Kafunta Lodge is a wonderful place to end the trip. It has a wonderful swimming pool and hairdryers in the rooms. This way you can get yourself back into a civilized shape for the trip home. The first day we relaxed and went on the safari drives the second day. Again here the food was good, but not at all comparable to Robin Pope standards. The bar is nicely set up and the general look of the place is very nice. The rooms are very good and the ceiling fan just what you need. The plain and waterholes in front of the camp is a wonderful for just looking at to see wildlife come and go for a drink or grazing. The last evening drive offered us 2 different sightings of leopards! The wildlife in the area is very good and we saw Ginger and Garlic lions twice. We saw a Scops Owl and many other birds. Again, in this area there are more cars, but it is not a hinder.

I have written unsure about the number of sightings per animal, as usually it was many times a day. In average I think it would be around 2-3 times a day for the lions and leopards, elephants at least 10 times a day. Giraffe 2-3 times a day. The antilope we mainly saw were, Bush Buck, Water Buck, Impala, Puku and Kudu

We saw a herd of baboons chasing a leopard during our transfer from Nsefu to River Camp. That was amazing but it went so fast we could not film or photograph it. The leopard did escape!" See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs H
Worcs

"Kafunta River Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2018
"See previous comments above about this camp [Ed: see below]" See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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45 reviews of Kafunta River Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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