Journeys

South Luangwa and the Lower Zambezi

The home of the walking safari, then the river.

  • Eight nights
  • Two stays
  • Zambia
  • Walking safari, river, light aircraft
An elephant rubbing against a tree in green woodland in South Luangwa.

Four nights in South Luangwa, where walking safaris began, and four on the Lower Zambezi, by way of Lusaka.

Length
Eight nights
Pace
Two stays
Style
Walking safari, river, light aircraft
Route
South Luangwa to The Lower Zambezi
  1. South LuangwaFour nights
  2. The Lower ZambeziFour nights
A hippopotamus resting in green grass with birds in South Luangwa National Park.
Photo: Dmitrii Zhodzishskii / Unsplash

01

Days 1 to 5 · four nights

South Luangwa

A flight to Mfuwe and a drive to camp. Walks in the morning, drives at dusk with a sundowner, birds and the night sky.

Where you stay

Lion Camp

Lion Camp is in South Luangwa National Park, its suites with private decks over an oxbow lagoon.

A leopard resting on a fallen branch.

02

Days 5 to 9 · four nights

The Lower Zambezi

By way of Lusaka and a short flight to the lodge's airstrip. Drives, walks and canoes, sunset cruises, tigerfish and a night drive.

Where you stay

Royal Zambezi Lodge

Royal Zambezi Lodge is in the Lower Zambezi National Park, beneath the Zambezi Escarpment, ten minutes from its own airstrip.

Ways to make it yours

This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.

Made around you

Most travel is bought. This is designed.

Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.

The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.

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