Where we go
Seven national parks. One country.
Zambia is one of the great safari countries in Africa — and one of the least crowded. Here are the parks our guides know best.
Eastern Province
South Luangwa
The birthplace of the walking safari, with the densest leopard population in Africa, an exceptional resident lion presence, and the elephant family that walks through Mfuwe Lodge each October. The Luangwa river is the heart of it — the bend, the bank, and everything that comes to drink.
Eastern Province
North Luangwa
Wilder, harder to reach, and almost entirely walking-only. North Luangwa is one of the few places in Africa where black rhino have been successfully reintroduced — a different kind of safari, on foot, with serious guides.
Central Province
Lower Zambezi
A wide, slow stretch of the Zambezi flanked by escarpment and floodplain. Canoe and boat safaris lead the day; game drives lead the afternoon. Sundowners on the river are the experience guests come back for.
Southern Province
Victoria Falls
One of the seven natural wonders of the world — and a perfect bookend to a bush trip. Helicopter flights over the gorge, sunset cruises above the falls, and the most photographed plume of mist on the continent.
Central / Western Provinces
Kafue
Zambia’s largest park — and one of the largest in Africa. Lions, leopards, wild dog, the seasonal Busanga plains, and the river at the centre of it all. A safari for the second or third trip, when you’re ready for somewhere a little less crowded.
Western Province
Liuwa Plains
The second-largest wildebeest migration in Africa, with almost no other vehicles to share it with. Liuwa is for travellers who want something they haven’t seen on Instagram.
Central Province
Kasanka
Home to the annual fruit-bat migration — ten million fruit bats arriving on a single forest, one of the great wildlife spectacles. Outside the migration window, Kasanka stays quiet and wonderful.
Not sure where to go?
We’ll help you choose.
Most trips combine two or three parks. Tell us what you’d like to see — predators, rivers, walking, wildebeest, or just somewhere quiet — and we’ll suggest the right combination.
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