The Remote
Africa Experience

Private Vehicle & Guide

Booking a private vehicle is an excellent way for specialist photographers, serious birders or families with young children to experience the bush with a little more privacy and in your own time.

A private vehicle should be pre-booked and comes at an additional cost.

Specific guide requests will be accommodated wherever possible at no extra cost.

Available at: Tafika Camp

Photography

With experienced guides and comfortable vehicles kitted with bean bags, you will be perfectly placed to take the best advantage of the excellent photographic safaris presented.

Open vehicle tops allow unobstructed views of the wildlife, landscape, towering canopy of vegetation and birds – perched or in flight – ensuring great photographic opportunities from every angle.

For the photographer, Remote Africa Safaris offers private photographic safaris guided by Bryan Jackson, who is both an experienced guide and a professional photographer. Bryan may be pre-booked and this comes at an additional cost.

Photographic tips

Lenses

For close up shots use Macro or Extension tubes (use a tripod with these lenses)

• Wide angle (18mm-50mm) – best for landscapes.
• Telephoto (80mm-300mm) – lenses bigger than 300mm may require a tripod or bean bag (bean bags are supplied in all game viewing vehicles).

Camera Bag

• Protection for your camera and equipment is necessary. Remember to take your camera equipment on the plane as carry-on luggage.

Batteries

• Always travel with spares. Batteries can be recharged at communal charging areas in all of the bush camps.

Cleaning

• Bring a blower, brush and cloth to clean off the dust.

Tripod

• A good tripod may be difficult to travel with, consider bringing a lightweight monopod.

Filters

• Polarizing filters increase colour contrast saturation, remove reflection and darken blue skies (although they may absorb some of the light).
• Manual focus cameras use a Linear Polarizer.
• Most auto focus cameras use a Circular Polarizer.

Available at: Tafika Camp & Takwela Camp

Walking Safaris

Unparalleled and pure walking safaris in remote areas of the Luangwa Valley. Enjoy an intimate safari experience tracking wild animals on natural wildlife trails through wilderness that is only accessible on foot and untarnished by vehicle tracks.

Walking safaris are always lead by an experienced Remote Africa Safaris guide, an armed National Park scout and accompanied by a tea bearer. Morning walks are approximately 4 hours long with a pace set by the present walkers. Enjoy a rest along the way for a hot cup of tea or coffee and sweet treat alongside a lagoon and soak up the natural surrounds.

The Chikoko Trails walking safari area was identified by Norman Carr as a prime walking area, the Chikoko Camp site identified as his own chosen walking campsite in the ‘60s. On foot guests are given the rare opportunity to experience the bush at nature’s pace and to be immersed in the wonders that present themselves at every turn. Go back in time and learn how to make fire the natural way with some sticks, elephant dung and a touch of skill.

Discover the delights of the bush, from the fascinating insects that live within animal droppings, tiny elephant shrews, delicate wide-eyed antelope to towering giraffe, enormous elephant and huge herds of buffalo with prides of lion in tow. Predators become the prey as you track lion’s prints from the night before to their resting place of that day.

Available at: Tafika Camp, Chikoko Trails Camps, Mwaleshi Camp & Takwela Camp

Bush Cuisine

Enjoy delicious cuisine cooked over a wood fire, warm homemade bread baked with coals in the ground and indulge in the fresh produce from the Tafika vegetable garden. We offer special attention to all dietary needs and requirements despite the remote location of the camps.

Available at: Tafika Camp, Chikoko Trails Camps, Mwaleshi Camp & Takwela Camp

Cycling Safaris

Stretch your legs and enjoy getting active with an afternoon cycling safari.

As a passionate cyclist himself, John Coppinger often leads the rides which are approximately 1½ hours, taken at a leisurely pace. The route takes the safari cyclists along natural wildlife tracks in the Game Management Area and into the park along the main roads. Cyclists meet up with the night drive to continue their safari by vehicle.

Shorter rides can be combined with a cultural visit to the local Mkasanga Village.

This is a unique activity to Remote Africa Safaris in the Luangwa Valley.

Available at: Tafika Camp

Microlight May

Catch a bird’s eye view of the Luangwa from the microlight and wind your way up the Luangwa river on a light early morning breeze. Fly over huge pods of hippo wallowing in the water, elephants crossing and massive herds of buffalo coming to drink or catch a leopard sunning itself in the early morning rays. It’s an exhilarating way to view the Luangwa and it’s wild inhabitants.

Mircrolighting is only offered in May, when our bush camps are closed and are piloted by Remote Africa Safaris director, John Coppinger. Microlight flights are unique to Remote Africa Safaris in the Luangwa Valley.

Available at: Tafika Camp