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Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp
Luangwa River Camp

Reviews of Luangwa River Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

73 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, 30 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Luangwa River Camp.
Lion

79% success

Leopard

83% success

Wild dog

31% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Spotted Hyena

83% success

Buffalo

80% success

Eland

4% success

Sable antelope

4% success

Roan antelope

4% success

Wildebeest

3% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
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

Dr and Mrs K
Derby

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Oct 2023
"Luangwa River Camp is comfortable, food was good and game drives with Sebastian ecellent. Good location. Enjoyed the boat ride across the river to access the camp each time we left." See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs H
Worcs

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 23 Sep 2023
"See previous review [Ed: see below]" See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
A&J
San Francisco

"Luangwa River Camp review"

1 night Arrived 16 Sep 2023
"Luangwa River Camp had beautiful facilities at a lovely location. Our room and the food were both top notch. Daudi and Bianca did a great job looking after the guests. Our guide Chilumbo was very passionate about his work and shared interesting information and provided several excellent sightings.

One comment (no fault of the camp) is that this area of the park can be extremely congested, especially during the weekend with self-drivers. We had Kenya level congestion at sighting of a lion, while some cars obstructed the path of the lion. At another sighting of a hyena, a group of local tourists in a truck shouted and made noises at the hyena and scared it. These episodes were pretty upsetting to see and I hope the park will take steps to prevent poor behavior that disturbs the animals." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 2n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs H
Worcs

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2023
"Had 2x2night stays. Lovely camp, 2 excellent game guides Daudi and Jonah.

We had stayed 5 years ago and Jonah had been our guide then so it was great that we remebered each other. Both were excellent on birds as well as animals.
Wonderful bird sightings, with Pels fishing owl a particular highlight. Also wild dogs, lions and leopards.

As it was very hot we enjoyed cooling off in the pool. Bianca was excellent as were all the staff.
Food as at all the camps was excellent.

Crossing the river by boat was fun, a level of fitness is needed, but assistance was always at hand.
The staff at all the camps were very caring." See all these reviews: 13n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
A&J
San Francisco

"Lovely camp but in congested area"

1 night Arrived 15 Sep 2023
"Luangwa River Camp had beautiful facilities at a lovely location. Our room and the food were both top notch. Daudi and Bianca did a great job looking after the guests. Our guide Chilumbo was very passionate about his work and shared interesting information and provided several excellent sightings.

One comment (no fault of the camp) is that this area of the park can be extremely congested, especially during the weekend with self-drivers. We had Kenya level congestion at sighting of a lion, while some cars obstructed the path of the lion. At another sighting of a hyena, a group of local tourists in a truck shouted and made noises at the hyena and scared it. These episodes were pretty upsetting to see and I hope the park will take steps to prevent poor behavior that disturbs the animals." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 2n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Miss S.
Brockenhurst

"Luangwa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 12 Aug 2023
"As always luangwa river camp was good & I liked the improvements.

But again I found the steps up & down from the boat to the vehicle.

I shared with a lovely English family which I really enjoyed." See all these reviews: 9n in Zambia; 4n in Malawi
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

3 sightings

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

3 sightings

Hippo

6 sightings

Leopard

4 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Zebra

3 sightings

Mr & Mrs. E.
Zurich

"Luangwa River Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 23 Nov 2022
"+ Daudi and Kim were excellent
+ Breakfast out in the open with view of the river and breakfast prepared over the fire was an absolute treat and a wonderful way to start the day
+ Daudi went out of his way to show us the animals such as lion cubs, leopard and wild dogs
+ great fun with the whole team
+ we were treated to local mangos
+ Kim went out of her way to decorate drinks after the afternoon safari
+ fantastic wildlife sightings
+ buffet lunch was a delight
+ all the chalets are located underneath trees which supply lovely shade
- the chalets are dark, not so cosy, and our bathroom was also dark and not inviting" See all these reviews: 11n in Malawi; 5n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs H
W. Sussex

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 19 Sep 2022
"Wow! What can we say about this camp other than we wished we had booked for at least a week. Our hostess Kim couldn't do enough to look after us and we had an amazing time. She even organised a special romantic champagne dinner for 2 outside our tent as she must have been told this trip ( meant to be last year) was to celebrate our Ruby Wedding anniversary. Our guide Daudi (The president!) was very experienced and knowledgeable and we had some great sightings including a pride of 8 lions.
Hippos were very noisy at night and even munched right outside the tent at night." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 5n in Malawi
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

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Ms G.
Tring

"Luangwa River Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Sep 2022
"I was greeted in the dark with smiles & a hot towel and I could have cried. My first camp on my first safari on my first trip to Africa. I was made to feel so welcome!

Kim was a great host. The other guests welcomed me! My first game drive was amazing & I’ll never forget it! Seeing animals I’d never heard of!

Daudi..(spelling?) the guide was so knowledgable…his talk on termites by a huge termite mound I’ll never forget! His passion & commitment & eagerness to share his sights & details was inspiring.

The food and this particular chef on this camp was 5*… really really good! I saw so much & enjoyed what I learnt & the great company on my 2 night, one day, stay there, I was sad to leave & move on!" See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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