11 day Mobile Walking Safari, South Luangwa, Zambia

Day 1: Nkwali Camp

On arrival at Mfuwe International Airport, a representative will meet you. Enjoy the 1 hour drive to Nkwali Camp through colourful local scenes of villages, agriculture as well as bush. On a private land and overlooking the South Luangwa National Park with a wide view of the Luangwa River, Nkwali Safari Camp is ideally situated for the start of your Zambia tour.

The six rooms all look out over the river and have open air bathrooms. Depending on your arrival time in the day you will enjoy a lunch looking out over the lagoon to the back of Nkwali or arriving in the afternoon you can sit down for tea and enjoy the following afternoon / night game drive.

Day 2: Nkwali Camp

At dawn, breakfast is served around the campfire. Traditionally the porridge will be heated on the fire and toast cooked by the coals. The morning walk or drive will leave soon after, entering the park by boat from the camp or by the nearby pontoon. Game in the area is excellent - and includes many family herds of Elephants and the endemic species of Giraffe, the Thornicroft Giraffe.

A mid morning break of tea, coffee and cake will be taken by a scenic point on a lagoon or the Luangwa River. Around midday you will return to your Safari camp for lunch and can later cool off in the swimming pool or enjoy a nice siesta. Tea will be served in the afternoon and then you will head out again for an another game drive that continues into the early night giving you the chance to see the nocturnal world.

Day 3: Mobile Camp

After an early breakfast, you will be heading north to start your walking mobile which has become known as probably the finest wilderness experience of the South Luangwa. Your drive is some 90kms to the Mupamadzi River along a bush road, through remote parts of the South Luangwa National Park.

You arrive in your safari camp for lunch around mid day. The camp is already set up for your arrival with well-equipped walk-in tents. The shower is under a tree and the toilet is a long drop with a wooden throne.Enjoy a relaxing siesta after lunch before tea and going for a walk around the camp in the afternoon to return for sundowners and dinner in under the stars!

Day 4: Mobile Camp

You will be awoken at sunrise for an early morning walk. The area is remote and wild, the terrain and habitats varied and the game shy and unused to man. From Ant's to Buffalo, a bird's nest to tracking a Lion, you will learn the many facets of the bush. The mobile camp will be packed and moved to Camp 2 where a delicious lunch will be ready as the guests arrive late morning. You will again enjoy fascinating game walks in the afternoon after a vitalising siesta during your Zambia tour.

Day 5: Mobile Camp

You will spend the whole day exploring the area on foot and return to sleep in the same campsite.

Day 6: Mobile Camp

Today, the camp will be moved again to camp 3 during the morning as you walk further down the river. The Mupamadzi River a major tributary of the Luangwa. All walks are led by an experienced naturalist and accompanied by an armed game scout.

Day 7: Mobile Camp

You will spend the whole day exploring the area on foot and return to sleep in the same campsite.

Day 8: Tena Tena Camp

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to the Luangwa River crossing point opposite Tena Tena on a 3 - 4 hour drive through the Luangwa National Park. Tena Tena staff will assist you on your boat transfer across the river and on the scenic 20 minute drive to Tena Tena camp.

This remote and small camp lies within the National Park and enjoys a stunning location on a sweeping bend of the Luangwa River. A grove of mahogany trees shade the large custom-made tents. From the thatched dining room and bar guests can watch the Elephants, Hippo and Antelope on the riverbank. 

Most meals are taken under the shade of a huge Mahogany tree in the centre of the camp. On arrival you will be shown to your tent and then lunch will be served followed by a well deserved siesta before the afternoon and evening game drive.

Day 9: Tena Tena Camp

Today, is a chance to visit the spectacular Buca Buca lagoon, where a whole morning can be spent quietly sitting while the game comes down to feed and drink. Being remote and so small, you have these scenes to ourselves. Or you may head out to explore the Nsefu Sector of the National Park with an all day picnic drive to the salt pans that will cover very different habitats - a truely exceptional day safari.

Day 10: Tena Tena Camp

Being the last whole day at Tena Tena you resume game activities in the morning and evening with the possibility of visiting Kawaza village as an option to meet local people and experience life in a real Zambian village. (Optional activity - please mention your wish to visit the village when booking your holiday)

Day 11: Departure Day

Depending on your flight time, you will be transferred by vehicle to Mfuwe Airport which is approximately 1.5 hrs drive from Tena Tena. Where possible we would incorporate a game drive.

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