Zambia Walking, Culture, Canoe Safari Itinerary Guide

Complete Walking, Culture, Canoe Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Flight from Lusaka Airport to Mfuwe Airport

Our agent will be waiting for you at Lusaka, Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) to help you check in for your local connection flight to Mfuwe Airport, which is located in South Luangwa National Park.

Arriving at Mfuwe Airport, a guide from Zikomo Safari Camp will be waiting to transfer you to the Camp, where you will spend the first two nights of your incredible Zambian safari. We will serve dinner later, so you may relax and enjoy your stay. You are free to choose when you want to go to bed.

Day 2: Explore South Luangwa National Park, Nsefu Sector

Zambia – South Luangwa – Zikomo safari camp – Nsefu

Starting at 6:00 a.m., you’ll have breakfast around a campfire in the Boma area. Then, you’ll go on a game viewing activity, which could be a walking safari or a game drive safari. Along the way, you’ll stop for coffee or tea and snacks. After that, you’ll keep on game viewing the incredible wildlife of the Luangwa Valley.

Then you’ll be back at the camp for lunch and some downtime to relax, during which you can take a nap, take a stroll around the grounds, swim in the pool, or play backgammon in the living room. Afterwards, you’ll have some African tea or coffee with some cakes. Then, it’s time for an afternoon or evening drive. At sunset, you can relax and have some sundowner drinks and snacks. Then, you’ll keep driving into the night so you can see animals that are active at night, like a pride of lions, a pack of wild dogs, or even the elusive leopard. You will return to the campsite just in time for supper and nightfall.

Day 3: Game Viewing /Kawaza Cultural Village

After breakfast, you’ll head off for a morning game drive safari in South Luangwa National Park. After a brief break for tea, your safari will continue for another four hours. After you return to camp, you will have the opportunity to check out and then be transferred to Kawaza Village for an immersive cultural and traditional experience.

You will get a genuine glimpse into Kunda life from this. This is an exciting journey; it gives you a real feel for rural Africa!

You will be welcomed by the village guide, who doubles as the manager of the tourism initiative, upon your arrival at Kawaza village. Upon arrival, he will show you to your traditional mud-and-grass-roofed room (thatched). After that, you’ll have lunch on the house, so you may sample some local specialties.

After lunch, you’ll meet some locals and be invited to pick an activity you’re interested in. You will be given a thorough tour of the school and its facilities before visiting the local clinic. The next step is a guided tour of the hamlet, where you may mingle with the residents and learn about their traditional medical practices. If time permits, you may also meet a local healer, who can fill you in on the various medicinal uses of herbs.

Get a feel for real Africa by helping out with some of the village’s everyday tasks, such making beer, grinding corn, drawing water from the well, and harvesting maize in the fields.

The villagers will put on a performance complete with drumming, dancing, and theater after a traditional evening meal. The most skilled storytellers will regale those gathered around the fire with the ancient and spectacular Kunda tales. You are welcome to go to bed whenever you like.

Day 4: Village Experience / Zikomo Safari Camp

Take pleasure in the flavor of the traditional morning meal served in Kawaza Village. After that, you will take part in traditional hands-on activities like drawing water, grinding grain, or making local drinks, depending on the day’s schedule.

Your last night in South Luangwa National Park will be at Zikomo Safari Camp, and our guide will pick you up and drop you off there in time for lunch after you finish the activities. There will be some downtime when you check in. Guests have the option to either stay at the lodge and make use of its facilities, such as the swimming pool, or have tea or coffee later in the afternoon, just before the afternoon or night game drive safari. Later in the evening, we shall have dinner. You are free to go to bed whenever you like.

Day 5: South Luangwa/ Lower Zambezi Valley

Breakfast will be provided on this day. Depending on your departure schedule to Lusaka, you will have the option to either participate in a morning game viewing activity or depart for the airport right after breakfast.

Upon your arrival at Lusaka’s Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, a driver will be waiting to take you to Kiambi Safari Lodge in the Lower Zambezi Valley. The journey will take approximately three hours, and once you get there, you can either check in or have lunch provided.

Your day will culminate with a two-hour sunset boat cruise; afterward, you’ll have some time to unwind at the lodge before dinner. Sip cocktails while taking in the breathtaking view of the Zambezi River from the bar. Then, relax in your accommodation at your own pace.

Day 6: Overnight Canoe Safari, Lower Zambezi

Zambia: Elephants on a Canoe Safari on the Nkalangi Channel in Lower Zambezi National Park

At 07:30, you’ll have breakfast. After that, your canoeing guide will give you a rundown of the trip, including any potentially harmful animals, how to stay safe while canoeing and at the campgrounds.

Starting at the jetty, the journey continues downstream. It is the backup boat’s responsibility to arrange for a tea stop. After that, the backup boat will supply lunch while you take a break. You continue downstream after lunch.

In order to establish camp, the backup boat heads ahead. We reach the island-based Buffalo Beans Campsite in the late afternoon. Upon your arrival, all the necessary amenities will be set up, including tents, bedrolls, restrooms, a drop toilet, and a bucket shower. You will always be given with dinner, along with fresh water and juice to drink.

Day 7: Back to Kiambi Safari Lodge

Get ready for a hearty breakfast cooked over an open fire at 7:30 in the morning. Savor every bite before setting sail on the Zambezi River with the backup motor boat at 9:00 in the morning. Along the way, you may stop to see a nearby hamlet. Come see the local way of life, the school, and the stores. At Kiambi Safari Lodge, you’ll have plenty of time to unwind and enjoy lunch before you have lunch on the house.

In the late afternoon, you can spend your time at the resort or go on a boat ride to see the sunset. In the evening, dinner is served and then bedtime is followed.

Day 8: Departure

After breakfast today, you’ll take a shuttle from the Lower Zambezi to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, where you may connect with your international flight home.

End of the 8 Days Zambia Walking, Culture, Canoe Safari