This innovative trip completes a 10-night walking trail in Zambia's South Luangwa, using two small, high-quality owner-run operations; you'll walk between most of these camps and follow part of the route that David Livingstone took when he journeyed through the area. It's a great walking safari proceeding camp-to-camp through an area with first-class wildlife, seen with the help of some of the Luangwa Valley's top safari guides.

Day 1

Starting from London Heathrow, your scheduled British Airways overnight flight will take you directly to Lusaka.

Days 2-3 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Landing in Lusaka in the morning, you'll connect to a flight to Mfuwe (about 60 minutes) beside South Luangwa. There you'll be met and driven about two hours to the top small camp of Tafika for 2 nights. You should arrive in time for an excellent lunch.

Tafika (full board & activities)

Days 4-5 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

After 2 days of walks and drives from Tafika, you’ll cross the Luangwa River into the walking-only area run by Remote Africa Safaris; there are no roads or vehicles here. Your luggage will be carried for you, and you’ll then walk for 3 hours or so to reach at –

Chikoko Tree Camp (full board & activities)

Here you’ll stay of 2 nights to enjoy top walking safaris in this the area with an expert guide.

Days 6-7 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

This morning you’ll walk with your guide to Chikoko’s sister-camp (as always, your luggage is carried separately), which will be your home for 2 nights. Your days here are for concentrated, undisturbed big game walking safaris, in the company of an expert guide

Crocodile Bushcamp (full board & activities)

Days 8-9 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Today you’ll walk to another, totally different, small Bushcamp – that’s run by another of the Luangwa’s top, small safari operators: Shenton Safaris. Here you’ll base yourself for another 2 nights, to enjoy a choice of walking safaris and 4x4 drives from –

Mwamba Bush Camp (full board & activities)

Days 10-11 South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

You could drive to Mwamba’s parent-camp, Kaingo, but instead you’ll probably walk and complete your journey on foot. It stands in one of the Luangwa’s best areas for the rare, endemic antelope Cookson’s Wildebeest, and you’ll be based here for 2 nights to explore on walks and 4x4 drives with expert guides

Kaingo Camp (full board & activities)

Kaingo also has several game hides – one in a tree, one on a boat, one in the river bank; these are especially good for photographers, and patient watchers can to get really close views of the game.

Day 12 Lusaka area, Zambia

You'll normally have time for a final walk or game drive before being driven across the park for a couple of hours back to Mfuwe Airport, to catch a short flight back to Lusaka. At Lusaka, you'll be collected by the hotel's courtesy bus and transferred for 1 night to –

Taj Pamodzi Hotel (bed & breakfast)

Day 13

Rising early, you’ll be transferred early in the morning to the airport, by the hotel’s courtesy bus, to connect to your direct flight back to London Heathrow with British Airways. You’ll arrive back into Heathrow in the late afternoon – after a superb trip to Zambia.

Cost of this trip
From	To	Cost
1-Jun-2008	30-Jun-2008	£3,202
1-Jul-2008	31-Jul-2008	£3,269
1-Aug-2008	30-Sep-2008	£3,460
1-Oct-2008	31-Oct-2008	£3,269
Notes: The prices shown are per person sharing; call us for single person supplements. • It is easy to change the duration of this trip by a few days, either staying longer at the camps, or shortening it by one or two days. Just discuss what you want with us. • Note that these bushcamps only open between 1 June and 31 October.

This itinerary includes:
• Economy flights, as above, plus UK airport departure taxes.
• All transfers in Africa
Your meals and laundry at the safari camps (not in Lusaka)
• All game activities – walks and drives (all in open 4WD vehicles)
• Park fees at all the safari camps
• Most drinks whilst on safari (including all soft drinks, house wines and local beers & spirits)
• A comprehensive pack of information covering the places that you'll be visiting.
• A complimentary copy of the Zambia: the Bradt Travel Guide

This itinerary excludes:
• Champagne, specially imported spirits, fine vintage wines and similarly exotic alcoholic drinks (for which all safari camps & hotels will charge extra)
• Tips and gratuities (which are optional)
• Meals other than breakfast, and drinks, when staying at the Taj Pamodzi
• Zambian visa fees (at present these are £75 / $140 per person for a single entry and £240 / $442 per person for a multiple entry)


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