It is the driest year John and Carol have experienced in over 40 years in the Luangwa and the river has now dried up in several places with the water only flowing slowly beneath the sand. Luckily, however shallow, water is still visible from all of our camps and it’s attracting an abundance of wildlife. […]
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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 we reach the end of our 2024 season we reflect on the last two months of great wildlife sightings, progress in our community programmes and we start looking towards a new season. September and October are always prime months in the North Luangwa and this year was no exception. This season we have seen […]
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Late August and September brought the warmer weather and some windy days that cleared the skies. An unexpected but welcome cold front followed the wind and crisp mornings have kicked off with clear light basking the banks of the Luangwa and Mwaleshi rivers at sunrise. Out in the bush lagoons have started to dry up, […]
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We have been bundling up against the cold the last few weeks but our resident wildlife has been keeping us busy from leopard and wild dog darting at Tafika to lion kills in front of Big Lagoon. Mwaleshi and Takwela opened mid-June so it’s great to have all of our camps open making some of […]
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The Luangwa Valley’s emerald season is a time of renewal and replenishment for the ecosystem and its many inhabitants. As our camps are so remote, we are not open during this time but we always make the big trek back to ensure the onsite teams are doing well and to enjoy the splendour of the […]
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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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The last six weeks of the safari season have been full of activity as the Luangwa game of life goes on. We’ve been kept entertained with several wildlife movements – like pieces on a chess board – including wild dog dispersals, an influx of lion and Carmine Bee-eater gathering in an ever changing environment with Sausage […]
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The 2023 season got off to a flying start despite some very late April rains. Full lagoons, flowing tributaries and lush green bush were the result of the excess water as well as some tricky logistics, camp building and road grading for us. The operations team always breathes a sigh of relief when the key […]
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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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