River Safari Company
Kafue 7 Day Itinerary
Day 1
We depart early from Livingstone and travel north towards Kafue National Park. Our lunch spot today will be enjoyed in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. We then head on to Kafue National Park and enter the park using the Lusaka-Mongu road where we have our first opportunity of chancing game as we meander towards Mayukuyuku Camp. This evening, we will have our first opportunity to learn about African campfire cooking and assist with preparing traditional dishes. After a stunning sunset, the evening will be spent around the campfire swapping stories and enjoying the sounds of the Kafue nightfall.
Day 2
We awake for sunrise and some steaming hot drinks before we venture out for a 3 hour morning game drive. We will have ample opportunity to take in the wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles which this park is famous for. Cheetah, eland, sable, elephant, zebra, roan, warthog and lion are common sightings! Back at our camp, your guide will prepare a delicious lunch, and there will be some time to relax and enjoy before a casual afternoon boat cruise on the Kafue River. This three hour cruise will give us another opportunity to see the huge red African sunset across the wilds.
Day 3
After breakfast, we will each have a choice of either a morning fishing excursion, river safari or a participatory canoe safari. After a well deserved lunch, we will depart for a late afternoon game drive. As the night falls, we’ll each take turns with the spotlight to find the nocturnal game in the dark of the park. This is our best chance for gazing up on the shy leopard, the most elusive of the African Big Five.
Day 4
Our early morning will be spent leisurely driving to the gates of Kafue National Park for our last chance of game sightings. After a stopover in Kaoma to refresh ourselves, we will proceed to Mongu, the bustling capital of Zambia’s Western Province. Mongu is located on high ground overlooking the Zambezi flood plain. It is also the centre of Barotseland and the Kingdom of the famous Lozi people. Traditional culture is visibly alive here and the Lozi king, the Litunga, has his winter palace for the dry season at Lealui, 15km north west of Mongu, and his summer palace for wet season at Limulurga 15 kms north of Mongu. It is at Limulunga where we shall be spending our next two nights sleeping in traditional Lozi huts.
Day 5
After breakfast, we will visit the Litunga’s palace and have an informal tour of the surrounding village. We may even have the special opportunity to chat with the Lozi King! There will always be ample opportunity to ask questions, interact and make new friends. You may find that many times the local people have plenty of questions about where you come from! Together we will enjoy a cooked traditional Lozi lunch, with the opportunity to join in and learn some new culinary skills. The afternoon will be spent visiting a company project after which we will visit the Nayuma Musueum to learn more of the Lozi culture and their annual Kuomboka traditional ceremony. The Kuomboka is one of the last remaining, entriely weather dependent traditional ceremonies in Africa. Yearly, thousands of Zambian visitors, tourists and international dignitaries line the river to view the regal splendor of the Lozi King being paddled down river by hundreds of his tribesmen.
Day 6
We have an early start as we follow the curves of the Zambezi River to Senganga town. It is here that we will stop for breakfast and enjoy the views of flood plains rich with wildlife on the banks of the Zambezi River. Continuing on to Sioma Village, we shall go to visit the famous Sioma Falls, also known as Ngonye Falls. These beautiful waterfalls mark the transition point of the Zambezi River’s flow from Kalahari sand floodplain to basalt dyke – the latter eventually contributing to the magnificent gorges of the Victoria Falls.
Day 7
After our last breakfast together, we depart for the journey back to Livingstone through Sesheke town and following the road alongside the Zambezi River. We will arrive into Livingstone in the late afternoon.
Costs
Camping: $795pp
Accommodated: $1780pp
Departure Dates
Departures from Livingstone on the following Sundays for 2010:
6th, 20th June
4th, 18th July
1st, 15th, 29th August
12th, 26th September
10th, 24th October
Minimum number required to confirm this trip is 4 clients, maximum 16 clients
