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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Arrival Zambia| Travel To Lower Zambezi National Park | Thrilling Game Drive

Arrival Zambia| Travel To Lower Zambezi National Park | Thrilling Game Drive

Kubwa Five Safaris representative will pick you up from your Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in the morning hours and drive to Lower Zambezi National Park. You will have lunch at the hotel. After lunch, you will go for a thrilling game drive. A wide variety of larger mammals may be found within the Zambezi National Park including elephant, lion, buffalo and leopard. In addition, herds of sable antelope, eland, zebra, giraffe, kudu, waterbuck and impala as well as many of the smaller species of game can be viewed.

Please note that: All African countries require a PCR test certificate with a negative result valid for 72 hours. You will be required to take the covid-19 test before leaving Zambia since you will be required to present a PCR test certificate with a negative result on arrival in your country.

Dinner and overnight at Kiambi Lower Zambezi.

Main Destination:
Lower Zambezi National Park
Best Time To Visit July to October (Animals are easy to find)
High Season July to September (Busy and high-season rates apply)
Best Weather April to August (Cooler and it hardly ever rains)

Wildlife in Lower Zambezi NP

ElephantAbundant
LionCommon
LeopardCommon
BuffaloAbundant
ZebraCommon
HippoAbundant
Show more
HyenaOccasional
Wild DogOccasional
Accommodation:
Kiambi Lower Zambezi
  • Mid-range lodge located outside Lower Zambezi NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Morning River Game Drive Safari | Evening Game Drive | Sunset Cruise On Mighty Zambezi River

Morning River Game Drive Safari | Evening Game Drive | Sunset Cruise On Mighty Zambezi River

You will have a morning river safari on the Zambezi River, while on this safari we might see Hippos, Elephants, Crocodiles, Lions, and many other animals that live in the park. You will head out for an evening game drive. With its floodplains, grasslands and tall forests the Lower Zambezi Valley supports fantastic game densities such as leopards, Impala are everywhere and kudu, eland, waterbuck, zebra and wildebeest are common.

The sandy river banks are home to iridescent carmine bee-eater colonies while kingfishers and African skimmers flit above the waters. This Park is still relatively undeveloped, its beauty lying in its wilderness state. The diversity of animals is not as wide as the other big parks, but the opportunities to get close to game wandering in and out of the Zambezi channels are spectacular.

To end the day, we shall have a Sunset Cruise.

Dinner and overnight at Kiambi Lower Zambezi.

Main Destination:
Lower Zambezi National Park
Accommodation:
Kiambi Lower Zambezi
  • Mid-range lodge located outside Lower Zambezi NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Fly To Mfuwe Airport | Breathtaking Game Drive In South Luangwa National Park

Fly To Mfuwe Airport | Breathtaking Game Drive In South Luangwa National Park

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Lusaka airport for a flight to Mfuwe Airport. On arrival at the airport, Kubwa Five Safaris representative will pick you up from the Airport and drive to South Luangwa National Park. You will have lunch at the hotel. After lunch, you will go for a thrilling game drive. The park has a high density of wildlife and it is famous for its large population of leopards.

Dinner and overnight at Marula lodge.

Main Destination:
South Luangwa National Park
Best Time To Visit July to October (Animals are easy to find)
High Season July to October (Busy and high-season rates apply)
Best Weather April to August (Cooler and it hardly ever rains)

Wildlife in South Luangwa NP

ElephantAbundant
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
LeopardCommon
BuffaloAbundant
HippoAbundant
Show more
ZebraCommon
HyenaCommon
Wild DogOccasional
Accommodation:
Marula Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside South Luangwa NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

River Safari | Walking Safari | Evening Game Drive In South Luangwa National Park

River Safari | Walking Safari | Evening Game Drive In South Luangwa National Park

You will have a morning river safari on the Zambezi River, while on this safari we might see Hippos, Elephants, Crocodiles, Lions, and many other animals that live in the park. After the walking safari with an armed guide, you will go to back your hotel, relax until evening hours. You will head out for an evening game drive in South Luangwa National Park. The park is right at the end of Africa’s Great Rift Valley with the river winding through the vast parklands making for epic landscapes.

This abounding natural beauty also attracts wildlife and huge concentrations of big game can be found here, such as lions, leopards, giraffes, elephants, hippos, and many other animal species.

Dinner and overnight at Marula lodge.

Main Destination:
South Luangwa National Park
Accommodation:
Marula Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside South Luangwa NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Morning Game Drive | Travel To Luambe National Park | Evening Game Drive

Morning Game Drive | Travel To Luambe National Park | Evening Game Drive

After breakfast, head out for the morning game drive in South Luangwa National Park. After the morning game drive, you transfer to Luambe National Park. Get away from the crowds and enjoy a truly unspoilt wilderness experience in Luambe National Park, with excellent lion, elephant, leopard, crocodile and hippo sightings.

The park has a fantastic wildlife viewing experiences in spectacular surroundings. Elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, hyena, giraffe and puku are some of the more commonly seen land animals, whilst the Luangwa River flowing through the park ensures excellent crocodile and hippo sightings, as well as superb birding.

The hippos of Luambe are unreal – up to 700 hippos congregate in the deep pool that runs below Luambe Camp. Their interaction and behaviour can keep you entertained for hours!

Dinner and overnight at Luambe Camp.

Main Destination:
Luambe National Park
Best Time To Visit July to October (Animals are easier to find)
High Season July to October (The park is little visited)
Best Weather April to August (Cooler and it hardly ever rains)

Wildlife in Luambe NP

ElephantCommon
BuffaloCommon
HippoAbundant
GiraffeOccasional
LionOccasional
ZebraOccasional
Show more
WildebeestOccasional
HyenaOccasional
Accommodation:
Luambe Camp
  • Luxury tented camp located inside Luambe NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Breathtaking Game drives, walking safaris, and bird watching

Breathtaking Game drives, walking safaris, and bird watching

You have will have a full day to explore Luambe National Park. Luambe National Park should have the highest volume of large mammals for its size in Zambia. The Park has remained essentially unchanged largely because it’s off the beaten track, a secluded, tranquil place not covered by the usual tourist routes.

Apart from game drives, you will havea walking safari, birding.

Dinner and overnight at Luambe Camp.

Main Destination:
Luambe National Park
Accommodation:
Luambe Camp
  • Luxury tented camp located inside Luambe NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Travel To Mutinondo Wilderness

Travel To Mutinondo Wilderness

After breakfast, you will travel to Mutinondo Wilderness, it is a private 100 square km preserve of indigenous miombo woodland.
Mutinondo Wilderness is a paradise for outdoor activities, with excellent opportunities for hiking and birding in particular.

We'll be sure to enjoy an afternoon guided hike down the escarpment to Mutinondo Waterfalls. Otherwise, there are other less strenuous hiking trails you can undertake on your own. Mutinondo Wilderness is huge ‘whalebacks’ (granite boulders) scattered in between the Miombo forest create the unique landscape of Mutinondo.

Dinner and overnight at Mutinondo Wilderness.

Main Destination:
Mutinondo Wilderness
Accommodation:
Mutinondo Wilderness
  • Mid-range chalet located inside Mutinondo
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Travel To North Luangwa National Park

Travel To North Luangwa National Park

Have breakfast and travel to North North Luangwa National Park. In the afternoon we will take a walk along the river and it is possible to take a refreshing bath in the mountain stream.

Dinner and overnight at campsite. We will spend our first night in the park near the northern Mano Gate, at the Samala Campsite. Participants are requested to help with setting up tents and loading the vehicle.

Main Destination:
North Luangwa National Park
Best Time To Visit July to October (Animals are easier to find)
High Season July to October (The park is little visited)
Best Weather April to August (Cooler and it hardly ever rains)

Wildlife in North Luangwa NP

ElephantCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
Show more
Black RhinoOccasional
LionOccasional
Wild DogOccasional
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • In or near North Luangwa NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Whole Day Game Drives In North Luangwa National Park

Whole Day Game Drives In North Luangwa National Park

On this day, we will descend down the escarpment to our next campsite on the park borders. This southern section of the park is fantastic country for walking safaris, allowing us excellent views of Buffalo, Elephant and Lion. If lucky, we may even encounter some of the increasingly common African Wild Dogs that roam here.

Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Main Destination:
North Luangwa National Park
Accommodation:
Budget camping
  • In or near North Luangwa NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Travel To Kapishya Hot Springs

Travel To Kapishya Hot Springs

After the breakfast, your destination today is Kapishya Hot Springs on the private Shiwa Ng’andu Estate. Shiwa Ng’andu is a manor house and farm built by Sir Stewart Gore-Browne in the 1920s and which today welcomes tourists as a game farm, historical site and unique accommodation. The 100 square km estate offers good walking and horseback riding for competent riders. Birding is also excellent. Kapishya Hot Springs is located 30 kms from the manor house. Chalet accommodation here is set in lovely gardens only a few minutes’ walk from the hot springs. Kapishya Hot Springs surrounded by tangles of leafy trees. The secluded spot feels like a hidden gem within a corner of a sprawling 20th-century colonial estate.

A retaining wall keeps the naturally heated reservoir at a perfect temperature and keeps any curious crocodiles at bay.

Dinner and overnight at Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge.

Main Destination:
Kapishya Hot Springs (Highlight)
Accommodation:
Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located Kapishya Hot Springs (Highlight)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Water Rafting, Hiking, And Mountain Bike Riding

Water Rafting, Hiking, And Mountain Bike Riding

On this day, you will relax at the lodge and have some activities of your choice. The Kapishya Hot Springs lodge has an array of activities that you could get lost in, such as white water rafting, hiking, mountain bike riding as well as guided walks around surrounding area which is rich in exciting sites such as Bare Back Hill climbed by Dr Livingston or rock shelter with paintings estimated to be 60 000 years old. Less than a mile down the road is an incredible scenic hike, allowing you to view deeply into the Shiwa valley..

Dinner and overnight at Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge.

Main Destination:
Kapishya Hot Springs (Highlight)
Accommodation:
Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located Kapishya Hot Springs (Highlight)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12

Travel To Lusaka | Evening City Tour | Visit Freedom Statue | Visit Kamwala Market

Travel To Lusaka | Evening City Tour | Visit Freedom Statue | Visit Kamwala Market

You will depart to Lusaka immediately after your breakfast.
On arrival to Lusaka, you will have an evening city tour. The town center market is something like an electronics or home depot open market, not interesting for buying stuff, but it is great to walk around here as a tourist. This is NOT the place where you go souvenir shopping it is all about the soaking in the real life of the Zambian people living in Lusaka. Other places that we will visit the Kamwala Market is to me one of the best things to do in Lusaka. This is a real local market where you can find almost anything, from food to electronics and from clothes to even livestock.

If time allows, you will also visit the Freedom Statue near the central Intercity bus station and the New Government Complex and the National Museum. On top of the freedom statue you will find Zanco Mpundu Mutembo. He is the symbol of freedom and independence of Zambia.

Dinner and overnight at Mama Tembo Cheza.

Main Destination:
Lusaka (City)
Accommodation:
Mama Tembo Cheza
  • Budget guest house located in Lusaka (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 13

Final Day | Flight Back Home

Final Day | Flight Back Home

After breakfast, you will be driven to town for shopping, have lunch in town, then you will be dropped off at the Lusaka Airport for your scheduled flight back home.

Main Destination:
Lusaka Airport (Lusaka)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.
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