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Hippo in South Luangwa

South Luangwa safari

10 days from £7,795pp

Hippo in South Luangwa
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Tour highlights

  • Relax with a drink as you watch the sun set over the Luangwa River from your treehouse at Chamilandu.

  • Enjoy a night safari searching for leopard, bush babies, honey badgers and porcupines.

  • Head out on an early morning walking safari, following the tracks of big game and searching for smaller animals in the bush.

Price includes:

  • Scheduled international and domestic flights
  • In-destination transfers
  • Activities and excursions as detailed
  • All accommodation
  • 24-hour support while you travel
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Itinerary idea in detail

Includes international flights from a choice of UK airports, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

  • Today you begin your journey by boarding your international outbound flight to Lusaka.

  • Arrive in Lusaka and connect onto a light aircraft flight to Mfuwe. Upon arrival in Mfuwe, transfer through the South Luangwa Park to Chamilandu Bushcamp. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the park.

    • Honeymoon Lions, South Luangwa National Park
      Honeymoon Lions, South Luangwa National Park
    • Southern Sun, Lusaka
      Southern Sun, Lusaka
    • Puku, Game Drive, South Luangwa National Park
      Puku, Game Drive, South Luangwa National Park

  • A full day of game viewing in the South Luangwa. You can choose between game drives and walking safaris during the day and night drives after sunset. The game is excellent in this area of the park, and as it is in such a remote area, you are unlikely to see other vehicles.

    • Carmine bee-eater colony
      Carmine bee-eater colony
    • Carmine bee-eaters, South Luangwa
      Carmine bee-eaters, South Luangwa
    • Elephant at dusk
      Elephant at dusk

  • Game drive or walking safari from Chamilandu to Chindeni Bushcamp. Chindeni is situated on a beautiful oxbow lagoon and wildlife often wanders into camp. Afternoon game viewing on foot or in vehicles.

    • Lioness on the banks of the Luangwa River
      Lioness on the banks of the Luangwa River
    • Leopard
      Leopard
    • Young male lion
      Young male lion

  • A full-day game viewing from Chindeni Bushcamp. We highly recommend taking a night drive from Chindeni as it gives you a fantastic chance of seeing leopard.

    • Hippo in the Nile cabbage
      Hippo in the Nile cabbage
    • Young zebra with oxpeckers
      Young zebra with oxpeckers
    • Lion on a buffalo kill
      Lion on a buffalo kill

  • Walking safari to Zungulila Bushcamp. This remote camp is in an area with no roads and the focus is on wild walking safaris.

    • Leopard in a sausage tree
      Leopard in a sausage tree
    • Hippo in the Luangwa River
      Hippo in the Luangwa River
    • Carmine bee-eater colony in the banks of the Luangwa River
      Carmine bee-eater colony in the banks of the Luangwa River

  • Walk and game drive to Kuyenda Bushcamp. Kuyenda is situated in an excellent game area. Spend the afternoon game viewing here.

    • Lioness & cubs drinking from a waterhole
      Lioness & cubs drinking from a waterhole
    • Young impala, South Luangwa National Park
      Young impala, South Luangwa National Park
    • Lion, South Luangwa National Park
      Lion, South Luangwa National Park

  • Full day's game viewing from Kuyenda Bushcamp.

    • Tracking lion on a walking safari
      Tracking lion on a walking safari
    • Elephant in the Luangwa Valley
      Elephant in the Luangwa Valley
    • Sunset on the Luangwa River
      Sunset on the Luangwa River

  • Transfer back to Mfuwe Airport for your flight back to Lusaka to meet your onward flights.

    • Crawshay's Zebra
      Crawshay's Zebra
    • Lion in the Luangwa National Park
      Lion in the Luangwa National Park
    • Elephant crossing the Luangwa River
      Elephant crossing the Luangwa River

  • Arrive home today to complete your journey.

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