Safari purists, teenaged families, and active types who don’t just want to sit in a game viewing vehicle.
On a meander of the Luangwa River, in the pristine game viewing area of Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park.
Deluxe huts with simple décor, thatched roofs and reed walls. Showers at Tafika are open to the skies, and at night, hippos can be heard chomping on the lawn outside.
Food is good home cooking: unfussy and delicious. Dinner’s taken under the stars, breakfast on the river bank and afternoon tea under a shady tree. Be prepared to down cutlery and race out of camp at any moment if any game wanders nearby!
Where to begin? Dawn and dusk game drives, afternoon mountain biking safaris, visits to the local village, and early morning micro light flights over the bush. Walking safaris are a speciality of the Luangwa Valley and a two or three day walking trail to Tafika’s remote bush camps are heartily recommended.
For the ultimate undiscovered African secret, fly north to spend a few days at Mwaleshi, Tafika’s sister camp in North Luangwa, one of the least visited parks in Africa.