After clearing the entry formalities for Zambia you will be met in the arrivals hall and then transferred through to the camp which is just outside the town of Livingstone and right on the boundary of the Mosi - oy -tunya NP, overlooking the Zambezi River a few km's upstream of the iconic Victoria Falls.
Being here is a great place to just sit back and relax and enjoy the elephants walking through the grounds on their way down to the River in the late afternoon, a cold drink , a beautiful sunset will complete the picture.
Today you have a full day to explore the Victoria Falls area and there are a host of activities that you may want to include. Part of the price of the safari is a trip to see the Victoria Falls from the Zambian side but you may want to include a visit to see them from the Zimbabwean side, or do some of the adrenalin activities like bunjee jumping and white water rafting, or a little calmer with a sunset cruise or helicopter ride over the falls. There is lots to do here in this area and we can discuss all of these with you to make sure your day is well filled and planned.
You will be collected today from the lodge after breakfast and then set off for the Kafue National Park.
The first part of the journey is on a good paved road to Kalomo, here you turn off and start heading down bush roads through a number of small and rural villages before reaching the Musa gate in the very South of the Park. Here you will change over to a camp vehicle and you continue on with a game drive transfer through the park stopping for a picnic lunch along the way so there is no time pressure to get into camp.
You should arrive in camp mid afternoon in time to settle in have a nice tea laid out with some snacks and then maybe a late afternoon drive or bush walk near the camp area.
You have two full days in the Nanzhila Plains to enjoy this beautiful wilderness area. You are in the only camp in virtually the entire Southern part of the Kafue which is a wonderful combination of open grasslands, mature miombo woodlands and narrow rivers and water lines.
This area has an impressive diversity of species with most of your classic animals both large and small, so you will always find something new here that you may not have seen before, and an excellent place to look for the small cats, serval, wildcat and caracal.
You will be able to do Morning and Afternoon Game Drives - Bush Walks and Night Drives to make sure you get the most from this wonderful area.
This morning another early morning safari start but you will now be moving North up to the shores of Lake Itezhi Itezhi. It will be a game drive the whole way, with the plan to get you into camp in time for lunch, so you can settle in and maybe a have a siesta before you start exploring this very different area from where you have just come.
You have two full days to explore the area around Lake Itezhi Itezhi - Here you will find the wide open shorelines of the lake and the nearby mature woodland a really beautiful place to spend your safari time - there are also rocky areas as well which always contain some diversity of birds, plants and small mammals, in stark contrast are the wide open shorelines which are a magnet for herds of buffalo, hippo, and elephants along with a host of antelope species like Puku and Defassa Waterbuck. You will easily fill your time here doing game drives and bush walks.
Today you will be transferred to the nearby bush airstrip for the flight to Lusaka which will be timed to suit your International Flights.
