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Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
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Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
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Reviews of Luangwa River Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Mar-2018, 39 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Luangwa River Camp.
Lion

78% success

Leopard

76% success

Wild dog

38% success

Elephant

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Giraffe

97% success

Spotted Hyena

83% success

Buffalo

82% success

Sable antelope

3% success

Eland

3% success

Roan antelope

3% success

Wildebeest

3% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
jonah
london

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 20 Oct 2024
"Fantastic accommodation, great location.

Tisi our host, went to great lengths to make us feel welcome including a special meal on the first night to celebrate my retirement. Including personal notes from the lodge team and complimentary sparkling wine. An extremely thoughtful touch and much appreciated.

A generous and friendly camp vibe with the host leading by example." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

3 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

h_sapir
Israel

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 16 Oct 2024
"Great safari camp, wonderful atmosphere. Breakfast at the start of each day on the banks of the river was wonderful, a great start to a great day exploring the reserve with the excellent guides.

Guides were both extremely knowledgable and great company during the drive. Food was excellent, including the Mongolian fire side dinner.

Safari lodge at it's best." See all these reviews: 13n 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

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr M
United Kingdom

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 21 Aug 2024
"We had a great time during our stay where we had the camp largely to ourselves the whole time.

The perfect introduction for first timers as it is located near the main area of the park, before moving to one of the more remote camps for more private game viewing.

We also visited a local village which is highly recommended and offers a different experience." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia; 6n in Malawi
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr G
Bristol

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Aug 2024
"Excellent first camp option as only around 1 hour from Mfuwe airport initially through the town & villages & then into the GMA (game management area) as you get nearer to camp.

Met positively by the camp host (Bianca) & given the full tour of camp & my room for the 2-night stay. This was followed by a light lunch & then a few hours down time to sort my stuff prior to coffee & cake before the first drive!

Points to note :-

1. All drives will be in the South Luangwa NP which is on the opposite side of the luangwa river so every drive starts & ends with a river crossing - I believe by September river levels will have dropped enough to allow for a vehicle crossing.

2. Rooms are large with big bathrooms containing bath & shower options - plus good water pressure!

3. Baboons & vervet monkeys regularly in camp but no significant issues." See all these reviews: 14n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

3 sightings

Elephant

8 sightings

Giraffe

6 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Zebra

5 sightings

Miss P
London

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Aug 2024
"It was a lovely surprise to find Kiki in charge temporarily, and to have Julius as a guide (he guided me many years ago at Tena, left RPS for a while but is now back with the company).

It was a short stay of 2 nights with a late arrival on the first night. I love the flexibility of RPS and the focus on the game viewing - when Julius heard of wild dogs quite a long way from our location towards the end of our morning drive, he offered us the option to go and see them, which we did even though it made for a late return and a late lunch.

We then had an early afternoon departure to go back to watch them wake up. I love that the RPS managers and guides are happy to accommodate these variations to the "standard" schedule, and indeed often proactively suggest them!

The rooms here don't have the open feel that I love about Nkwali, although on this trip I ended up spending very little time in my room!" See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Harvey and Jo
Lewes

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 22 Jun 2024
"Excellent guiding and happy to answer lots of questions, good sense of humour. Staff all very good, guides also joining guests in the evenings for dinner.

Being in the centre of the park we found more traffic in the park here than further north (which has become a pattern in recent visits) - but not as much as near Mfuwe and further south two years ago. River crossing for each session to access the park worked well, no problem.

Game was plentiful and varied (lion, dogs, honey badger, hyena, buffalo, lots of zebra and giraffe, good birds)" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

4 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs S
Oxon

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 14 May 2024
"There was a warm welcome on arrival from Willie, the camp manager, and his staff. It was good to be back. We were pleased to meet Bianca, the host, and very much enjoyed talking to her.

Every meal was delicious. Teatime treats were worthy of the Great British Bake Off final!

We enjoyed every game drive with Julius our guide. His ability to make accurate bird and animal calls was amazing as was his humorous commentaries about their behaviours. This year we saw a lot more waterbuck and zebra than in previous years.

Wilson was our night spotter and also did a great job. We were delighted to see a honey badger on one of the night drives." See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs M
chorleywood

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 2 May 2024
"Back to stay at Luangwa for a few days. Rooms here are a little tired compared with Nkwali.

Monkeys also came over here and I saw an elephant and hippo on the beach from the garden.

Food was good and again someone was always with me to talk to.

Fantastic wildlife sightings this time including a very very special night drive - lions, leopards, mother and baby hippo, jenet, civet and wild dogs!!!!" See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs M
chorleywood

"Luangwa River Camp review"

1 night Arrived 26 Apr 2024
"Welcomed by friendly driver Sebastian. Also welcomed every day back into camp.

BBQ night this night - very tasty. Arrived at night and transferred in morning so little to comment on.

Room was comfortable." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Zebra

1 sighting

Richard/Mary
England

"Luangwa River Camp review"

5 nights Arrived 1 Nov 2023
"We have visited this Camp before to lunch with our old friend. Daudi. It was very well run and we were made very welcome.

We were guided by our old Chilumba who had first met when he was on the pontoon about 12 years ago.

He has developed into an outstanding guide. His guests ae ALWAYS his main priority." See all these reviews: 22n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
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

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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