Welcome to the capital of Zambia! Many cultures and nationalities have come together in the metropolis over the past decade. Your tour guide will pick you up at the airport and take you to a nearby lodge. There you will have your first tour briefing and you can relax by the lodge's wonderful pool. (B,D)

Wild Dogs Lodge

Travel time approx. 0.5 h

Following the Great East Road, you will reach one of the most breathtaking game reserves in the world, the South Luangwa National Park, in the afternoon. The concentration of wildlife around the Luangwa River with its lagoons and treeless plains is one of the highest in all of Africa and is home to elephants, giraffes, leopards, buffalo, zebras, crocodiles, hippos and many more. Huge colonies of scarlet bee-eaters spend the winter on the sandy steep banks of the river. A walking safari is still the best way to get to know this wild and untouched nature, alongside traditional game drives. You will go on several game drives during the day and at night, when the chances of spotting a leopard are particularly high. You will spend 3 days in the area of ​​the South Luangwa National Park and the adjacent, particularly attractive Nsefu sector, where wild dogs and herds of buffalo are often found - enough time to discover the diverse wildlife on the scenic, wild Luangwa. You will spend the night in a camp where elephants often wander in to nibble on the fruits of the Marula trees. Pure nature! (3x B,L,D)

3x Tented Camp am Luangwa

Travel time approx. 8 hours

Today you start your expedition from south to north through the entire Luangwa Valley. Crossing the Lukusuzi and Lundazi rivers on the journey through the Luambe National Park is exciting. Driving slowly and safely with one or two obstacles, you stalk north on a rocky 4WD track and sandy track. The route for the next few days can only be driven with the special 4WD vehicles. An absolute highlight of your nature trip through Zambia is the rarely visited and therefore still very pristine North Luangwa National Park. Located at the foot of the steep Muchinga mountain range, the more than 4,000 km² The large North Luangwa National Park is home to thousands of wild animals. Herds of buffalo, lions and big cats have their home in this lonely and extremely rarely visited wilderness. On a foot safari with an experienced ranger and in a safari vehicle, you can experience the large and small animals. In your camp, which is located directly on the banks of the Luangwa River, you can hear the hippos grunting in the evening as you fall asleep - pure Africa! You have the opportunity to get to know the friendly residents and their everyday life in the village of Chifunda. (3x B,L,D)

3x comfort tent on the Luangwa River

Travel time approx. 7 hours

Today you drive up to the escarpment of the African Rift Valley and leave the Luangwa Valley. Your destination is probably the most beautiful nature and hiking area in the country, which should not be missed when visiting northern Zambia, the Mutinondo Wilderness area. The game reserve offers a picturesque mountain world with towering, humped rock ridges and small waterfalls, which you can discover on hikes. Botanists and bird lovers are particularly enthusiastic about this secluded idyll. Crystal-clear rivers invite you to swim. You hike through Miombo primeval forests and up to the highest mountain peak, Mayense Peak, which offers spectacular views high above the Luangwa Valley. (2x B,L,D)

2x comfort tent in the camp

Travel time approx. 7 hours

Passing the Lavushi Manda National Park, you reach the Bangweulu Wetlands, a huge swamp landscape with many local peculiarities. You will experience how the Bisa ethnic group who live here fish and grow cassava. The Bangweulu moor antelope is endemic to the swamps. With a bit of luck, you can spot the rare shoebill and its nests on foot or from a boat. (2x B,L,D)

2x comfort tent in the Bangweulu Plains*

Travel time approx. 4 hours

Passing Lake Waka Waka, you then reach Kasanka National Park, which has long been a Zambian national park under private management and run by local communities. The very rare Sitatunga swamp antelopes live here, as do pukus, waterbucks, reedbucks, warthogs and jackals. From mid-October, millions of palm fruit bats search for food in mango and berry fruit trees - a spectacular spectacle. At this time, Africa's largest mammal migration can best be observed from the so-called "hides", observation platforms set up in the treetops. (B,L,D)

1x Chalet in the National Park*

Travel time approx. 5 hours

*Depending on the season, you will stay from day 10-12 either in Bangweulu or in Kasanka National Park for one or two nights each.

After a long day of driving, you will return to the Wild Dogs Lodge in Lusaka, where a delicious dinner awaits you. The next day, you will treat yourself to a break before continuing on to the Lower Zambesi National Park. (B,L,D)

Wild Dogs Lodge

Travel time approx. 7 hours

Today the trip ends for those participants who do not wish to visit the Lower Zambezi National Park. You will be taken to the airport and say goodbye to your tour guide. If you have booked the onward journey to the Lower Zambezi National Park, you can relax by the pool at the lodge or visit an elephant orphanage project run by Game Rangers International. (B,L,D)

Wild Dogs Lodge

Through the mountainous landscape between Lusaka and Lake Kariba, we head down into the Lower Zambezi National Park on the banks of the Zambezi. The 4000 km² The large national park in the lower Zambezi Valley was largely spared from tourism for a long time and is one of the most picturesque wilderness areas on the African continent. In addition to game drives, exciting boat or canoe safaris on the Zambezi await you here - a very special type of animal observation, as you can get close to the animals almost silently. The steep slopes represent a natural barrier for the animals, so that elephants, buffalo, lions as well as numerous hippos and crocodiles can be found in the floodplains of the river valley. There are numerous nesting sites of the colorful bee-eaters to admire along the banks. (B,L,D)

Tented Camp/Lodge on the river

Travel time approx. 4 hours

You will go on a full-day game drive in the Lower Zambezi National Park. After an adventurous river crossing of the Chongwe riverbed in a four-wheel drive vehicle, spectacular animal sightings await you in the sandy flood plains and picturesque gallery forests. Elephants refresh themselves in the lagoons and oxbows, surrounded by flowering carpets of water hyacinths or the lush green Kariba weed. At sunset, you return to the lodge by boat on the Zambezi, a first-class sundowner against the magnificent backdrop of the towering Leopard Hills. (2x B,L,D)

2x Tented Camp/Lodge on the river

From your accommodation on the Zambezi, you will travel to Lusaka Airport. Departure in the afternoon. (B)

Travel time approx. 4 hours