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Z A M B I A

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Z A M B I A

A  W e a l t h  o f  W i l d l i f e  a n d  W o n d e r s

Why Go on a Zambia Safari?

Marvel at the Might of Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls has earned its local name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, or ‘The Smoke that Thunders’. Nothing prepares you for your first sight of the Zambezi River in full flood thundering over the drop – 500-million litres of water per minute crashing into a deep gorge, throwing a cloud of mist and rainbow-lit spray high into the air.

Superb, Year-round Game Viewing

Zambia is one the world’s greatest wildlife sanctuaries and is the birthplace of the walking safari. From tracking beloved and sometimes rare wildlife on foot in the verdant Luangwa Valley to canoeing the Lower Zambezi skirting crocodiles and yawning hippos, Zambia’s staggering diversity makes it an unforgettable wildlife destination.

One-of-a-Kind Experiences

From a microlight flight above the spray of Victoria Falls or bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls bridge to close encounters with the endangered African wild dog - Africa’s painted wolves, Zambia offers bucket-list experiences found nowhere else on earth.  

Exclusive Lodges & Camps

Luxury accommodation and Zambia are synonymous. Expect grand experiences from luxury suites with four-poster beds, private plunge pools and spacious decks for romance seekers to safari villas with a personal chef and guide for travelling families.

Quick & Easy Air Transfers

Zambia has dedicated airports that service most of its national parks that stretch for miles between them. See Zambia from a unique perspective as you fly over its expanse and spend more time on safari without the hassle of long transfers.

Convenient Add-ons

Frequent flights and accessibility make it easy to combine your Zambia safari with other spectacular destinations like South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Pair a safari with a beach vacation by visiting Cape Town’s beaches.

Top Safari Destinations in Zambia

The Kruger

South Africa’s biggest and best-known national park is home to the country's greatest diversity of animals and exquisite safari lodges on private game reserves. As one of the oldest conservation areas in Africa, it boasts healthy populations of wildlife and highly sought-after sightings of cheetah and wild dog. But the Kruger’s pièce de résistance is the almost guaranteed encounter with the super-celebrities of the safari circuit: Africa’s iconic Big 5.

Dry Season: 

May–Oct

The dry winter season is considered the best time to go to Kruger for game viewing. Vegetation is low and sparse, making animals easier to spot and follow, and wildlife will not move far from remaining water sources at this time of year. It’s a very comfortable time for a safari with few mosquitoes around, little if any rain, and pleasant temperatures.

Highlights

• Luxurious lodges with spas, gyms, private pools and star-beds

• 5-star service and exquisite cuisine – some of the best safari food in Africa

• Virtual guarantee to see all the Big 5

Green Season:

Nov–Apr 

The summer’s afternoon thundershowers transform the Kruger into a beautiful, thriving green landscape that makes for superb photography. Game viewing is still good – with many young summer-born animals around it's a predator's paradise – and it's the best time to visit the Kruger for bird watching plus safari-and-beach holiday combinations.

When To Go

The Kruger

South Africa’s biggest and best-known national park is home to the country's greatest diversity of animals and exquisite safari lodges on private game reserves. As one of the oldest conservation areas in Africa, it boasts healthy populations of wildlife and highly sought-after sightings of cheetah and wild dog. But the Kruger’s pièce de résistance is the almost guaranteed encounter with the super-celebrities of the safari circuit: Africa’s iconic Big 5.

Dry Season: 

May–Oct

The dry winter season is considered the best time to go to Kruger for game viewing. Vegetation is low and sparse, making animals easier to spot and follow, and wildlife will not move far from remaining water sources at this time of year. It’s a very comfortable time for a safari with few mosquitoes around, little if any rain, and pleasant temperatures.

Highlights

• Luxurious lodges with spas, gyms, private pools and star-beds

• 5-star service and exquisite cuisine – some of the best safari food in Africa

• Virtual guarantee to see all the Big 5

Green Season:

Nov–Apr 

The summer’s afternoon thundershowers transform the Kruger into a beautiful, thriving green landscape that makes for superb photography. Game viewing is still good – with many young summer-born animals around it's a predator's paradise – and it's the best time to visit the Kruger for bird watching plus safari-and-beach holiday combinations.

Days

Diverse South Luangwa

DESTINATIONS:

• South Luangwa

THE EXPERIENCE:

Get whisked to Mfuwe Lodge, overlooking the Luangwa River. Then venture deeper into South Luangwa to Chindeni, positioned on the edge of a lagoon teeming with wildlife. Your penultimate location is Bilimungwe, which overlooks a waterhole frequented by variety of wildlife. Finish up at Zungulila, which has only four tents in a pristine wilderness setting.

Expect thrilling wildlife encounters in the company of expert guides on game drives and nature walks in pristine South Luangwa. This tour easily accommodates an add-on visit to the spectacular Victoria Falls.

Days

Zambia Safari Trip Ideas

Private Safari: 

Private Safari: 

Zambia's Falls, Zambezi & Luangwa

DESTINATIONS:

• South Luangwa and Lower Zambezi

THE EXPERIENCE:

Experience excellent game viewing in Zambia's top reserves while staying in superb luxury lodges on this 10-day safari. The combination of the Mosi-Oa-Tunya, Lower Zambezi and South Luangwa National Parks ensures a diverse range of habitats and offers the opportunity to explore not only by 4X4 but by canoe and on foot, too.

Pack in a tour of the Victoria Falls, canoeing on the Zambezi River, night drives, and a walking safari in South Luangwa National Park - this itinerary delivers a comprehensive and authentic African safari.

Consider Adding… 

Here are some of our best packages, all completely customisable to your requirements and travel wishes:

This trip is perfect for couples or honeymooners. Each accommodation on this safari is an elegant tented camp with facilities such as swimming pools, spa treatments and private dining. The distances between destinations are taken care of by short flights, enabling you to enjoy as much time on safari as possible. You can look forward to a unique rhino tracking adventure and seeking out the Special 5 – Beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, long-neck gerenuk and Somali ostrich – in Samburu, plus incredible game viewing in private conservancies along the Masai Mara. 

Rates generally depend on timing (i.e. key travel seasons like holidays) and level of luxury (the type of amenities and exclusivity). As a guideline, South Africa safaris can range anywhere from approximately 450 USD per person per night in low season to over 1 550 USD at the finest lodges in high season.

How Much is a 
South Africa  Safari?

How Much is a Zambia Safari?

How Much is an African Safari?

Rates generally depend on timing (i.e. key travel seasons like holidays or events like the Great Migration) and level of luxury (the type of amenities and exclusivity). As a guideline, Southern Africa can range anywhere from approximately $500 USD per person per night in low season to over $2 000 USD at the finest lodges in high season. For East Africa, low season rates start around $450 USD per night per person and reach upwards of $1 500 USD at peak season.

What Costs are Included?

Most accommodations are all-inclusive; all of your meals, snacks, beverages, alcohol (with some exceptions) are part of your room rate. In addition, your game drives, walking safaris and other excursions will all be included. To operate in such remote areas at such a high level of hospitality, it takes some serious logistics and often means guest-to-staff ratios of more than 5-to-1. Not to mention many accommodations offer services like laundry, so you can pack light and travel easy.

The only things you’ll have to pay for are special activities (like hot-air balloon rides and spa treatments) and, in some cases, imported spirits. Beyond that, just gratuities for the incredible staff who will make your stay at each lodge so memorable.

Rates generally depend on timing (i.e key travel seasons like holidays) and level of luxury (the type of amenities and exclusivity). As a guideline, Zambia safaris can range anywhere from approximately 450 USD per person per night in low season to over 1650 USD at the finest lodges in high season. 

Consider Adding …

Liuwa Plain National Park is not a regular feature on a Zambia safari, but its vast open grasslands are remote and impossibly stunning, and home to incredible numbers of animals including hyena, the endangered wild dog and buffalo. This park has one of the oldest conservation histories in Africa. 

Mana Pools National Park

Mana Pools is the golden child of the Zambezi Valley, rugged and beautiful, it is home to a wonderful mix of grassy floodplains, woodlands and riverine forest. Forming the park’s northern border is the broad Zambezi River, its backdrop the mountains of the Rift Valley Escarpment across the waters in neighbouring Zambia.

Liuwa Plain National Park

Every year from about October to December, the skies around Kasanka National Park come alive with around 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats. That's right, East Africa's Great Wildebeest Migration is not the largest mammal migration in the world! 

Kasanka National Park 

Victoria Falls, Walking Safaris, Big 5 & More

Zambia is the land of the legendary African walking safaris, Victoria Falls, the wild Zambezi River and abundant wildlife, all within a raw and bewildering wilderness. Many establishments are world-class and luxurious, making it a top-rated safari destination where service standards are high. It is an immersive African adventure that will leave you with a kaleidoscope of memories including the passion of its enthusiastic guides.  

From

$350

USD pps

Victoria Falls

Clocking in at twice the height of Niagara Falls, the Victoria Falls is one of Africa’s greatest and most-visited attractions. The area is known as Africa’s Adventure Capital because there is so much to see and do. Hit the water in a canoe, raft or cruising boat; meet habituated elephants; leap off the historic bridge; and swim in the famous Devil’s Pool. There’s also plenty of shopping and history, as well as lazy days in the sun after a safari.

South Luangwa

South Luangwa National Park is famous for its walking safaris; in fact, this sizable national park is the birthplace of one of the most exciting ways to see big game in the wild. Leaving the 4X4 game-drive vehicle at camp, you set out on foot with a guide and an armed national park ranger to walk among elephants, antelope, zebra and even the occasional predator, always maintaining a safe distance from these magnificent creatures.

Kafue National Park 

The largest of Zambia’s conservation areas, Kafue National Park is an off-the-beaten track safari experience: excellent game viewing but with barely another vehicle in sight. It’s a beautifully wild landscape with just a handful of luxury tented camps. Plus, Kafue is also a mecca for birdwatching with over 400 species recorded.

Lower Zambezi Park 

One of Zambia’s prized safari destinations, the Lower Zambezi National Park lies along the northern bank of the Zambezi River with Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools set opposite. Together these two parks form a wildlife-rich region that offers a first-class safari experience with day and night game drives, guided nature walks, river cruises and fishing expeditions.

When to Go

Dry Season:

The dry season runs from May to October and it’s the best time to go to Zambia for game viewing - the wildlife is easier to spot and there’s hardly any rain, along with pleasantly mild daytime temperatures. September and October are known for being the extremely hot months where the African sun beats down on the plains in all its glory. Although it is considered a popular season for safari travel to Zambia, most of the parks won’t be crowded except for Victoria Falls.

May–Oct

Rainy Season:

The rainy season is commonly referred to as the ‘green season’ or the ‘emerald season’ because the bush is beautifully thick and verdant. It’s a wildlife photographer’s dream! With so much rain around, there is a myriad of bird, plant and animal life which seems even more vibrant than usual. Not to mention the amount of baby animals born at the end of the dry season, which makes for beautiful pictures and lots of predator action.

Dec–Apr

Victoria Falls:

The best time to visit Victoria Falls on the Zambia side is the at the end of the rainy season when the Zambezi River is in full flood and the Falls are at their most spectacular. Expect to be drenched by the Spray! During October and November there may be no water coming over the Zambian side, in which case you would cross over into Zimbabwe to see the action.

Mar–May

Highlights

• Crowd-free game viewing, nature walks and off-road game drives in private game reserves

• Custom-made safaris for every traveller type – from families and honeymooners

• Incredible year-round game viewing, especially predators

• The Great Wildebeest Migration (December to October)

Consider Adding … 

Mana Pools National Park

Mana Pools is the golden child of the Zambezi Valley, rugged and beautiful, it is home to a wonderful mix of grassy floodplains, woodlands and riverine forest. Forming the park’s northern border is the broad Zambezi River, its backdrop the mountains of the Rift Valley Escarpment across the waters in neighbouring Zambia.

Liuwa Plain National Park

Liuwa Plain National Park is not a regular feature on a Zambia safari, but its vast open grasslands are remote and impossibly stunning, and home to incredible numbers of animals including hyena, the endangered wild dog and buffalo. This park has one of the oldest conservation histories in Africa.

Kaswanka National Park

Every year from about October to December, the skies around Kasanka National Park come alive with around 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats. That's right, East Africa's Great Wildebeest Migration is not the largest mammal migration in the world!

Days

Private Safari 
Diverse South Luangwa

Also Consider Kenya

Samburu National Reserve 

Samburu is an arrestingly beautiful, rocky landscape that heralds Kenya’s vast northern deserts. It’s the traditional homeland of the Samburu people and a haven for the unique Special 5: Beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, long-neck gerenuk and Somali ostrich.

Laikipia

The high plains of Laikipia are increasingly recognised as one of Kenya’s 
best safari regions. It’s home to some of the country’s most encouraging conservation success stories like Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, a sanctuary 
for black and white rhinos as well as Grevy’s zebra.

Kenya Beaches

Relaxing along Kenya’s dazzling tropical coastline is one of the best ways to crown your safari. From family-friendly resorts to exclusive beach villas, the country’s coastline offers excellent accommodation and superb diving and snorkelling spots.

Zambia Safari Trip Ideas

Here are some of our best packages, all completely customisable to your requirements and travel wishes:

• South Luangwa
  

Get whisked to Mfuwe Lodge, overlooking the Luangwa River. Then venture deeper into South Luangwa to Chindeni, positioned on the edge of a lagoon teeming with wildlife. Your penultimate location is Bilimungwe, which overlooks a waterhole frequented by variety of wildlife. Finish up at Zungulila, which has only four tents in a pristine wilderness setting. Expect thrilling wildlife encounters in the company of expert guides on game drives and nature walks in pristine South Luangwa. This tour easily accommodates an add-on visit to the spectacular Victoria Falls.

Days

Private Safari 
Zambia's Falls Zambezi &  Luangwa

• South Luangwa and Lower Zambezi

Experience excellent game viewing in Zambia's top reserves while staying in superb luxury lodges on this 10-day safari. The combination of the Mosi-Oa-Tunya, Lower Zambezi and South Luangwa National Parks ensures a diverse range of habitats and offers the opportunity to explore not only by 4X4 but by canoe and on foot, too.

Pack in a tour of the Victoria Falls, canoeing on the Zambezi River, night drives, and a walking safari in South Luangwa National Park - this itinerary delivers a comprehensive and authentic African safari.

THE EXPERIENCE:

DESTINATIONS:

DESTINATIONS:

THE EXPERIENCE:

How Much is a Zambia Safari?

Rates generally depend on timing (i.e. key travel seasons like holidays) and level of luxury (the type of amenities and exclusivity). As a guideline, Kenya safaris can range anywhere from approximately 350 USD per person per night in low season to over 1 450 USD at the finest lodges in high season.

Rates generally depend on timing (i.e key travel seasons like holidays) and level of luxury (the type of amenities and exclusivity). As a guideline, Zambia safaris can range anywhere from approximately 450 USD per person per night in low season to over 1650 USD at the finest lodges in high season.

What Costs are Included?

Most accommodations are all-inclusive; all your meals, snacks, beverages, alcohol (with some exceptions) are part of your room rate. In addition, your game drives and other excursions, like walking safaris and cultural village visits, will all be included. To operate in such remote areas at such a high level of hospitality, it takes some serious logistics and often means guest-to-staff ratios of more than 5-to-1. Not to mention many accommodations offer services like laundry, so you can pack light and travel easy.

The only things you’ll have to pay for are special activities (like hot-air balloon rides and spa treatments) and, in some cases, imported spirits. Beyond that, just gratuities for the incredible staff who will make your stay at each lodge so memorable.

How Much is a Zambia Safari?

Why Travel With Go2Africa

We are African

Based in Cape Town, our team of experts are all born and raised in Africa. We spend our own holidays on safari, and understand what goes into making every trip a once in a life-time experience.

We have first-hand knowledge of every single destination, lodge and activity we recommend. We spend more than 365 days a year on safari to ensure you get the best, unbiased advice.

We are safari experts

Our size and trusted relationships with Africa’s top operators gives us access to the best possible rates. If you find a better quote for your itinerary, let us know and we’ll match it.

Our best price promise

Your money stays in Africa

 As an African company, we ensure 100% of the money from your safari stays in Africa, supporting local communities and conservation projects, making a difference long after you return home.

24/7 On-safari support

Book with us and we’ll be alongside you from our first chat, offering 24/7 assistance and local know-how from the right time zone, whenever you need it.

Why Travel with Go2Africa

Complete financial protection

Your money is safe with us. All our clients are protected by our supplier default insurance and our accreditation bond with the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association.

We are African

Based in Cape Town, our team of experts are all born and raised in Africa. We spend our own holidays on safari, and understand what goes into making every trip a once in a life-time experience.

We are safari experts

We have first-hand knowledge of every single destination, lodge and activity we recommend. We spend more than 365 days a year on safari to ensure you get the best, unbiased advice.

Our best price promise

We have first-hand knowledge of every single destination, lodge and activity we recommend. We spend more than 365 days a year on safari to ensure you get the best, unbiased advice.

Your money stays in Africa

 As an African company, we ensure 100% of the money from your safari stays in Africa, supporting local communities and conservation projects, making a difference long after you return home.

24/7 On-safari support

Book with us and we’ll be alongside you from our first chat, offering 24/7 assistance and local know-how from the right time zone, whenever you need it.

Complete financial protection

Your money is safe with us. All our clients are protected by our supplier default insurance and our accreditation bond with the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association.

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