Responsible Tourism

Bushwalks, Wildlife & Falls

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Highlights of this tour.

• The sights, sounds and smells of the raw African bush: a remote experience.
• Truly excellent guiding on the bushwalks and game drives
• The thrill of seeing herds of buffalo roaming, mounds of hippos basking or hearing the warning calls of baboons
• Sitting round the campfire under the stars and listening to the noctural sounds in the midst of the African bush
• Visiting the awesome Victoria Falls

Example of the itinerary.

Day 1 Fly London to Lusaka
Day 2 After transferring from the airport, you check into your camp accommodation: a perfect place to relax and watch for game that often roams on the riverfront.
Day 3 Guests can choose from a number of activities, including a guided bush walk, cycling safari, game drive, micro-light flight* or a visit to a local village and school.
Day 4 A canoe trip across the Luangwa and guided walk to the first bush camp, following a maze of animal footpaths. Wildlife is prolific and the walking experience provides privileged viewings.
Day 5 Activities are based around walks from the bush camp: normally lasting 3-4 hours. Typical sightings could include buffalo, lion, elephant, zebra, giraffe and baboons.
Day 6 Further walks in the isolated and natural bush, moving on to a second camp. Each walk is different, and you may find yourself looking at large birds nests on one, and herds of buffalo on another.
Day 7 More exploration on foot: wildlife in the area is superb and the expert guides will look for animal tracks and droppings to determine the route.
Day 8 Transfer by road and air to accommodation in Livingstone. There are a number of activities included: this afternoon, perhaps visit the Victoria Falls and take a walk in the gorge below the Falls.
Day 9 In Livingstone: perhaps choose to take a sunrise boat trip, have lunch on a local island with a guided walk, take a guided canoeing excursion or take a mountain bike trail to a local village.
Day 10 In Livingstone: perhaps finish your trip off with a game drive in the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National park (Park fees are extra) and a sunset cruise on the Lower Zambezi.
Day 11 End of Trip: you will escorted to Livingstone airport after breakfast for your return flight to London via Johannesburg
Day 12 Arrive London

The benefits you bring in taking this tour.

 
The lodge owners in the South Luangwa National Park have been highly active in supporting local community projects, including providing books, material, teacher salaries and high school scholarships to the local school, and has provided funds to help in the building of an outpatient clinic in the local village.

The Lodge is locally owned and managed, and their training scheme has enabled locally employed staff to work their way through the ranks and become part of the guiding team that the lodge is proud of and renowned for.

Accommodating a maximum of 14 guests, the lodge provides a unique experience for guests to experience the wildlife and culture without being overwhelming.

Guests to the lodge are invited to bring items to support the local school, such as deflated footballs/netballs, educational posters and maps for the classroom walls, rain and temperature gauges for recording the weather, skipping ropes / Tennis balls / Volleyball net, dice and blocks to use in mathematics classes, coloured pens, pencils and crayons and medical supplies such as ointments, eye drops, antibiotics, bandages, plasters etc.

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