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Day 1
Depart at 1850 from London's Heathrow Airport on British Airways flight BA255 to Lusaka International Airport.
Days 2 to 6
On arrival at 0650 you will be met and assisted onto a scheduled light aircraft flight taking you into the Lower Zambezi National Park. Over the next five days you will be taken to stay at two contrasting camps in the National Park (fully inclusive of meals and activities).
The Lower Zambezi National Park is set on a vast area of the floodplains of the half mile wide Zambezi River, an area with a wide range of beautiful trees including baobab, sausage and acacia. While parts of the floodplain are flat there are also hills and river valleys leading down to the Zambezi and on the edge of the plain is a shimmering escarpment.
The wildlife is prolific with excellent herds of elephant, large herds of buffalo sometimes numbering 300, around ten types of antelope and a range of other plains game including zebra and wildebeest. This is also a very good place for predator spotting and there are lion, leopard and wild dog. The birdlife too, is rich and rewarding with over 300 species including fish eagles, storks, herons and kingfishers.
Days 2 and 3
On arrival at Jeki airstrip you will be met and taken by 4x4 to Old Mondoro where you stay for your first two nights in the Lower Zambezi National Park.
The owner's of Chiawa Camp and Sausage Tree Camp have combined their resources to establish Old Mondoro. The concept of the camp is simple - to step back from the ultra-luxurious lodges seemingly springing up everywhere, and rather provide guests with an authentic remote safari that concentrates on the wildlife and bush experience. Where the call of the hyena replaces the hum of a generator, where harsh electric light is replaced by the soft glow of a lantern, where some of the best guides in Africa will help guests experience a closer look at one of Africa's finest wildlife sanctuaries.
The camp is set in a grove of acacia winter thorn trees on the banks of the Zambezi River in the Lower Zambezi National Park, near the Chakwenga River confluence. It is a beautiful site overlooking a maze of hippo-inhabited islands and channels where elephant and buffalo swim out to feed. Here, the park is characterised by vast flood plains and open woodland creating ideal walking and game viewing opportunities. This is very different from the rest of the park, which is on higher ground with thicker bush and large inland lagoons. The park offers excellent game viewing throughout.
Whilst Chiawa Camp and Sausage Tree Camp are more luxurious and sophisticated, guests will also enjoy the very different "back to the bush" atmosphere of Old Mondoro. Appropriately constructed of canvas and natural materials, the camp has an open and more adventurous feel, yet offers personalised service and provides a comfortable retreat after a day filled with excitement in the bush. There are some excellent walking areas right out of camp and in the afternoon you would usually combine a short walk with a night drive with a spotlight.
The "bush chalets", have en-suite facilities with flush toilets and canvas bucket showers and washbasins. Paraffin lanterns provide natural light. The bush chalets are left with open views during the day and at night canvas drop-down blinds with windows are lowered to provide more privacy and security. Three have two twin-beds and one has a double, all with thick foam mattresses, comfortable bedding and large mosquito nets. All bush chalets have outstanding views of the Zambezi or the Old Mondoro lagoon.
The lounge and dining area rests under a winter thorn tree and next to a sausage tree overlooking the Zambezi. A traditional bush kitchen supplies outstanding meals and fresh bread baked daily from a homemade oven. The entire experience is unpretentious and uncomplicated, but promises a unique safari that gives guests the best bush experience possible.
Days 4 to 6
After your morning activity you will be taken by speedboat up river to Chiawa Camp where you stay for three nights.
Situated in the Lower Zambezi National Park, this remote camp is family owned and run by the Cumings family.
Chiawa consists of nine spacious tents, each set on its own elevated timber platform with panoramic views of the wide, slow moving Zambezi River. The tents are insect proof and have twin or double beds with mattresses, and there is solar lighting and spacious semi open en suite bathrooms with hot and cold running water. The camp also serves excellent food, which includes champagne bush breakfasts, outdoor barbecues under the stars and lunch on a specially adapted riverboat. There is a pool, spacious lounge and upstairs viewing deck. There is also a variety of spa treatments available.
One of the principal attractions of Chiawa is the wide range of game viewing activities that can be enjoyed. The highly expert guides will take you walking with an armed scout and tracking animals on foot through the bush learning a huge amount about the flora and fauna as you go. You might like to spend the latter part of the afternoon paddling a stable canoe on the Zambezi watching animals coming down to drink and interact by the water's edge. Chiawa's open-topped vehicles would also take you further afield and at night a spotlight is used to see nocturnal creatures such as civet, porcupine and leopard on the prowl. Anyone who wants to try their hands at tiger fishing might catch a fish up to 20lbs and be assured of a good fight! A strict catch-and-release policy is observed.
Days 7
You will be transferred to Royal airstrip where you board a scheduled light aircraft taking you to Lusaka, where you will connect with your onward flight home to London.