About each bushcamp

Each of the three Its Wild! bushcamps are located in game management areas outside Luangwas national parks. Their locations were carefully selected by the local community to provide the true wildness visitors seek, far from the noise and digital world of the city where it is possible melt into the African bush and feel its special magic. Wildlife numbers cannot compare with the high concentrations found in the park, but game viewing is always within walking distance of the bushcamps where one can expect to see most of the wildlife species Luangwa Valley offers. Elephants, hippo and buffalo are never far away and armed escort scouts accompanied by a local guide provide security for your walks. Safari hunting is an activity practiced in all of Luangwa Valleys game management areas and provides another important source of income to local communities. Its Wild! bushcamps are situated in these hunting areas. Both safari operators and bushcamp staff cooperate to ensure these two activities coexist for the safety of bushcamp visitors and the total benefit of promoting conservation and income support to the local community.

Chifunda Bushcamp

Chifunda Bushcamp is located within easy walking distance to scenic riverine lagoons lined by towering mahogany trees, graceful cathedral mopane forests and sprawling grassy plains a diversity of wildlife habitat matched by an impressive richness of wildlife species. Surrounded by tall shade trees, the Chifunda Bushcamp overlooks the Luangwa River where hippos spend their days sleeping from long nights of feeding. Opposite the camp is Zambias premiere wildlife protected area, North Luangwa National Park, which is accessible by pontoon for vehicles to cross. Its location between Mwanya and Chikwa Bushcamps makes this bushcamp a convenient stopping point for your Luangwa Valley expedition.

From the comforts of your chalet, feel the gentle breeze of an early morning sunrise as you wake to the melodious singing of a Palm Thrush or the bellowing of hippos returning to their sleeping hole. A full day of adventure awaits you. Late afternoon will give you a chance to pull up a chair by the river and capture the magic of an African sunset. Enjoy your meals cooked on an original wood-burning Dover oven, prepared by cooks eager to serve you. Dine beneath the spreading canopy of an ancient tamarind tree where the ambience of evening bush sounds will add special meaning to your dining experience.

Chifunda community bushcamp is located approximately 227km North of Mfuwe International Airport. The bushcamp has two chalets with each housing two people per night on twine beds. Just like each of the three bushcamps, Chifunda bushcamps has a fully equipped kitchen that will give you the opportunity to prepare various meals and dishes, and to enjoy them in a serene dining area that caters for more than six people. Catering rates are $80 per person per night excluding airport pickup and $170 per person per night with accommodation, airport transfers and meals catered for. Chifunda bushcamp also has a fenced campsite for those interested in outside camping.

Chikwa Bushcamp

Chikwa Bushcamp provides a special charm for living close to Luangwa Valleys wildness. Chalets are tucked beneath spreading canopies with magnificent views of the Luangwa River. At this end of Luangwa Valley, the river runs clear and cool and nearby reeds give shelter to waterbucks and impalas as they venture out to drink. Old-growth forests surround the bushcamp and close by are lagoons that enhance the areas tranquility. If you are looking for a place to escape from urban pressures or the clutter of modern day gadgets, find real meaning to nature and simplicity at Chikwa Bushcamp.

Purple-wing loeries, green pigeons, sunbirds and barbets will ease you out of bed in the morning to a symphony of bird songs. After a cup of hot fresh brew, allow your sense of adventure to take you across the Luangwa River and explore the game trails that lead to salt licks and the green oasiss at nearby lagoons. The Luangwa River at this part of the Valley is shallow enough to walk across. While crossing, examine the moist surface of the river sand and discover a story of footprints left by river otters, leopards and elephants during the previous night. Your guide is John Kachali, a long-time poacher who reformed as part of the COMACO program. Johns eyes and ears are legendary and he will give you an extraordinary experience unlike any safari youve ever had.

Chikwa community bushcamp is located approximately 279km North of Mfuwe International Airport. The bushcamp also has two chalets just as Chifunda and can accomodate four poeple. Catering rates are $90 per person per night excluding airport pickup and $170 per person per night with accommodation, airport transfers and meals catered for.

Mwanya Bushcamp

At Mwanya Bushcamp you will find yourself beneath a grove of towering mahagony trees frequented by many different bird species. The site is on an elevated ground surrounded by floodplain and the old channel of the Luangwa River, where today a lagoon remains to attract animals almost to your doorstep. Visitors often prefer to have their breakfast right on the bank overlooking the lagoon to watch animals come to drink. Across the lagoon is an undisturbed island called Chilufya, which supports an extensive patchwork of smaller lagoons, hammocks and open plains ideal for game-viewing, all within a 30 minute walk from your chalet!

Mwanya community, as are all communities managing their bushcamp, proudly welcomes you into their world and provides non-stop service and hospitality by staff entirely from the local community. COMACO has assisted each community with the training of camp staff. Visitors often explain their profound pleasure by the friendliness and quality of service staff they receive as well as by the wildlife viewing they enjoyed. As is true for all Its Wild! bushcamp, a 20 to 30 minute drive will bring you to a traditional African community, where your guide can arrange an authentic experience of meeting local residents to see and experience some of the traditional ways of life in Luangwa Valley.

Located approximately 57km from Mfuwe Infernational Airport, Mwanya Bushcamp has three chalets that can accomodate a total of six people. Like the other two bushcamps, Mwanya also has a fully equipped kitchen, serene dining area and a campsite for outside camping. Catering rates are $90 per person per night excluding airport pickup and $175 per person per night with accommodation, airport transfers and meals catered for.

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