“Immerse in the vast beauty of Zambezi”
4 Day Breathtaking Safari with an Overnight Canoe Safari in Lower Zambezi National Park
Kiambi Safari Lodge, Lower Zambezi National Park, Central Province, Zambia
Amazing Zambia Safari
Welcome to Zambia, where the natural beauty of its landscapes coexists with the vastness of its wilderness. Absolute Zambia Safaris will take you to Lower Zambezi, one of the country’s most famous parks, to appreciate everything the park has to offer, including the animals, their habitats, and the different activities held within the park. You’ll return home with many wonderful memories and a deeper appreciation for animals.
Key information
- Group and private safari possible, rates will vary depending on this
- Children policy: For a canoe safari, the minimum age is 15 years old
- English speaking guides
- Starting point and ending point: Lusaka
- Park fees: 1-day park fees for Lower Zambezi National Park are not included (USD 25.00 per person)
Highlights
- Explore Lower Zambezi National Park
- 1 sunset boat cruise and 1 overnight canoe safari
- 1 full-day dame drive safari in Lower Zambezi National Park
- Elephants, hippos, crocodiles, birds, and tigerfish viewing
- Jeep / land cruiser transport during the safari
- All private airport and road transfers
- Daily meals and tea and coffee
- 3 nights accommodation
Styles
2 activity days
Airport transfer included:
Kenneth Kaunda International Airport
Accommodation
Facilities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Bar
- Dining area
- Garden
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Restaurant
- Free parking
- Laundry
Kiambi Lower Zambezi is your first gentle, mellow taste of the Lower Zambezi, and sets the uniquely African stage for your forthcoming journey of discovery. Kiambi Safari owns and operates an exclusive lodge in the Lower Zambezi Valley - Kiambi Lower Zambezi, situated in the Chiawa Game management area of the Zambezi Valley, in a prime location on the confluence of the Zambezi and Kafue Rivers.
The lodge welcomed the first guests at Kiambi Lower Zambezi in May 1999 and has from its inception, enchanted one and all by truly capturing the essence of the Lower Zambezi. Kiambi Lower Zambezi offers a unique composite experience, a rare combination of Africa’s culture, scenery, and wildlife.
This is the real Africa. Each of the luxury thatched chalets is set on a raised wooden platform, with spacious en-suite facilities and private verandas with a view over the Zambezi. While relishing the supreme comfort, furnished stylishly in Rhodesian teak and equipped with the necessities to make your stay comfortable; Kiambi guests never lose that close-to-nature experience.
Program
Itinerary
Day 1: Meet and greet / transfer to Kiambi Safari Lodge
The representative will meet you at Lusaka International Airport (LUN) and accompany you on about 2.5 hours to 3 hours road transfer to Kiambi Safari Lodge in the Lower Zambezi Valley, where you will stay for three nights and have an incredible Zambian safari experience.
Check-in and, depending on your arrival time, you’ll be served lunch, followed by a complimentary sunset boat excursion and, in the evening, a delicious dinner will be served with a wonderful view of the Zambezi River and under the stars before retiring to your room at your leisure.
Day 2: Overnight canoe safari - Lower Zambezi
Breakfast is served at 07:30, followed by a briefing from your canoeing guide on the canoeing excursion, dangerous animals, safety precautions on the river and in the campsites, and canoeing methods.
The trip begins at the jetty and continues down the river. A tea stop is made, which is organized by the backup boat. Following that, you’ll pause for lunch, which will be provided by the backup boat. After lunch, you proceed downriver.
The backup boat goes ahead to the location to set up camp. You arrive at Buffalo Beans Campsite, which is located on an island, in the late afternoon. Tents, bedrolls, washrooms, a drop toilet, and a bucket shower facility will all be set up when you arrive. Dinner, as well as fresh drinking water and juice, is always provided.
Day 3: Lower Zambezi National Park game drive safari
Today you will have a mini-breakfast, early tea/coffee, and snacks before being picked up by a motorboat from the lodge with a lunch (packed). An early morning adventure cruise to the Chongwe Conference, where you will find a 4×4 open-sided safari car.
You will pay park entrance fees here and then board the vehicle, where your guide will give you a briefing. You will enjoy game viewing in this great park, and then your guide will pause for breakfast before continuing your game viewing until around 1 p.m. when you will have lunch in the bush. Relax for a while before continuing till around 3 p.m., when you’ll return to the Chongwe Confluences and board the boat for 1.5 hours. Returning to the lodge shortly before nightfall is a great way to end the day.
You will then return to your room to freshen up and relax for a little before diner time served on a breathtaking Riverview of wide blue sky and stars. You are free to enjoy some cold beverages from the bar after dinner then at bedtime at your leisure.
Day 4: Road transfer to Lusaka Internation Airport
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and the driver will take you on an about 2.5-hour to 3-hour road transfer to Lusaka International Airport, depending on your departure timing out of Lusaka or onward plans.
Location
This safari will take place in Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia.
Lower Zambezi National Park
This park is still relatively undeveloped, its beauty lies in its wilderness state. The diversity of animals is not as wide as the other big parks, but the opportunities to get close to game wandering in and out of the Zambezi channels are spectacular. The park lies opposite the famous Mana Pools Reserve in Zimbabwe, so the whole area on both sides of the Zambezi River is a massive wildlife sanctuary.
The River’s edge is overhung with a thick riverine fringe, including ebony and fig trees. Further inland is a floodplain fringed with mopane forest and interspersed with winterthorn trees and huge acacias. The hills which form the backdrop to the park are covered in broadleaf.
Even though the Lower Zambezi National Park covers an area of 4092 square kilometers, most of the game is concentrated along the valley floor. There is an escarpment along the northern end which acts as a physical barrier to most of the park’s animal species. Enormous herds of elephant, some up to 100 strong, are often seen at the river’s edge. ‘Island hopping’ buffalo and waterbuck are common. The park also hosts good populations of lion and leopard, and listen too for the ubiquitous cry of the fish eagle.
Zambia
Zambia is a big country as large as France, Switzerland, Austria, and Hungary combined, covering some 750,000 square kilometers and lying in the tropical belt on South Central Africa, 10 to 18 degrees south of the equator.
Being on a high plateau, averaging 1,300 meters above sea level, the climate is very temperate with little humidity. The country is landlocked but has many, lakes and rivers with beaches and water sports to be enjoyed in uncrowned and uncluttered surroundings.
Indeed the unspoiled nature of Zambia is perhaps its greatest tourist asset. Rich in scenery and wildlife, Zambia today has become the tourist heart of a great continent which offers something that is becoming progressively rare in this shrinking world, the chance to escape from holiday masses and sour something of an environment that has remained unchanged since the very beginning of time.
Food
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Soda
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- 3 nights in accommodation (first and last night luxury ensuite tented chalet and second night overnight canoe on the island)
- All meals (breakfast, lunch, and three course dinner)
- 1 complementary sunset boat cruise
- 1 overnight canoe safari
- 1 full day game drive safari in Lower Zambezi National Park
- Return Lusaka to Kiambi Safari Lodge road transfers
What's not included
- Visa fees
- Travel insurance
- Flights and laundry service
- 1 day park fees for Lower Zambezi National Park (USD 25.00 per person)
- Anything of personal nature
How to get there
Recommended Airports
LUN
Kenneth Kaunda International Airport
85 km
Transfer included
Airport: Kenneth Kaunda International Airport
Airport transfer included: Kenneth Kaunda International Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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