Includes: all safari activities, meals, local drinks, laundry & park fees
Excludes: imported wines, premium brands & spirits
Detailed Itinerary: 1 night Nkwali Camp, 5 nights Mobile Walking, 1 night Nsefu/Tena Tena
Day 1: Nkwali Camp
On arrival at Mfuwe International Airport a guide from Robin Pope Safaris will meet you. The drive to Nkwali Camp is 1 hour through colourful local scenes of villages, agriculture as well as bush. Nkwali Camp has a wide view of the Luangwa River. Nkwali is located on Robin’s private land, overlooking the South Luangwa National Park and ideally situated for the start of your safari. The camp’s six rooms all look out over the river with open-air bathrooms. Depending on your arrival time during the day you will enjoy a lunch looking out over the lagoon or afternoon tea before the afternoon and night game drive.
Day 2: Mobile Camp
After an early breakfast, you will be heading north to start your walking mobile safari. Your drive is some 90kms to the Mupamadzi River along a bush road, through remote parts of the park. You arrive in camp for lunch around midday. 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 camp in the afternoon before returning for sundowners and dinner in the open under the stars!
Day 3: Mobile Camp
This morning will be up at sunrise for the morning walk to explore this remote and wild area with varied terrain and habitats where the game is shy and unused to man. From ants 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 and lunch will be ready as you arrive late morning. Lunch will be followed by siesta and an afternoon walk.
Day 4 - 6: Mobile Camp
Day four will be spend exploring the area on foot before returning to the same campsite. On day five the camp will be moved again to camp 3 during the morning as you walk further down the river. The Mupamadzi River is a major tributary of the Luangwa. All walks are led by an experienced naturalist and accompanied by an armed game scout.
Day 7: Tena Tena or Nsefu Camp
After an early breakfast, transfer to the Luangwa River crossing point opposite Tena Tena. This is a 4 to 5 hour drive. Tena Tena staff will meet and boat the party across the river for a 20 minute drive to Tena Tena camp.
This small, remote camp lies within the National Park and enjoys a stunning location on a sweeping bend of the Luangwa River. A grove of mahogany trees shades the large custom-made tents. From the thatched dining room and bar, guests can watch the elephants, hippo and antelope on the riverbank. Tena has 5 tents, each with a dressing room, open-air bathroom and private verandah overlooking a water hole. 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. Time to rest those weary legs!!
NOTE – Tena Tena can be replaced by Nsefu Camp for the last night.
On a sweeping bend of the river, 12 kilometres north of Tena Tena, lies Nsefu. Nsefu was the first game camp in Zambia and dates back to the early fifties. The Nsefu Sector was recognised then as a phenomenal area and it still is. The camp was reopened in 1999, in keeping with the original style. The view of the river is superb and includes a terraced area where game grazes during the day. The bar, tucked in beside a huge dormant termite mound, overlooks a waterhole that is very productive for game. The original rondavels have been extended, with a spacious bathroom added. Each room has a clear view of the river.
Airstrip Transfer Time: 1 hour from Mfuwe Airport
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RPS Mobile Walking
Walking in the Luangwa Wilderness
Photographer credit: Dana Allen
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The Mobile Walking Safari
The Tents
Photographer credit: Robin Pope Safaris
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RPS Mobile Walking
Tent interior - camp cot option available
Photographer credit: Dana Allen
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RPS Mobile Walking
Animals of the Luangwa
Photographer credit: Robin Pope Safaris
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RPS Mobile Walking
Lions of the Luangwa
Photographer credit: Robin Pope Safaris
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RPS Mobile Walking
The Luanwgwa Wilderness
Photographer credit: Dana Allen
Three twin walk-in Meru tents, maximum six guests.
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Walk-in Meru tents
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