Luangwa’s winter has been a busy period of welcoming back many repeat guests alongside new ones. Game viewing has been exciting with ferocious lion and hyena fights, hyena and leopard rubbing shoulders over kills, leopard on leopard scraps, wild dogs taking down impala in the Mwaleshi river and too-soon hippo arguments with fatal endings. Some […]
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As always, Luangwa’s late dry season has been hot and action-packed. Wildlife has flocked to the remaining water sources and the bush has thinned dramatically, making game viewing even better. Several trees have been flowering and boast newly sprouted canopies making for wonderfully scented journeys through the bush and the stories of our local fauna […]
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Our 2022 season ended on a good note with some amazing wildlife highlights. Although our camps are closed at the moment, we have ventured back to the Luangwa Valley during this emerald season to check on things, take a new boat into Tafika and start preparations for May’s opening. 2022 closed with the usual heat […]
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November closing The 2019 season has come to a close. It has been another good year, the end always coming around faster than expected. Mwaleshi, Takwela and the Chikoko Trails camps: Chikoko and Crocodile, were all packed away after their closing on the 31st of October, and we closed Tafika at the beginning of November […]
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Our last week at Tafika has been packed with action. It has been wrapping up guest visits, de-camping and stock taking, of course watching the 2019 Rugby World Cup Finals and enjoying our last moments with the Luangwa Wildlife before departing for the off-season. These lions had been around for a few weeks, and I […]
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October in the Luangwa It’s amazing to think we’ve come to the end of another great season. October has been busy with lots to reflect on, let alone looking back on the whole year (so we’ll do that in the next mailer). Those that could handle the heat have been rewarded with sizzling game viewing this […]
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September news September has certainly brought the heat. The temperatures have risen and the game viewing action heated up significantly. We’ve had some pretty amazing highlights which we’d love to share with you. Up North Alex has been enjoying several sightings of lion, leopard and elephant during his explorations around Takwela. The sightings have been […]
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August in the Luangwa After a lovely long winter August has heralded the warmer weather with the sun rapidly absorbing most of the water in outlying lagoons and the August winds breezing in a nice general warmth. Many of the trees and bushes are flowering, most noticeably the Sausage Trees which are also simultaneously sprouting fresh new leaves. […]
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