Reviews of trips to Lusaka area

"Our second visit to Zambia and both experiences were great" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"Our first holiday to Africa was simply amazing, it surpassed all our expectations. The National Park was stunningly beautiful with such a varied landscape, the views and the light were so photogenic. The opportunity of seeing the wildlife and birds was beyond our dreams and expectations, it was amazing what we saw and we appreciated being immersed in the landscape whilst in the camps and on game drives, a truly memorable experience. We also valued the fact that the Park was not overrun with tourist vehicles surrounding and disturbing the animals.

The guides were fantastic, their knowledge and skills were awesome, they literally enhanced our whole experience with their information and their ability to locate animals and birds. Their knowledge did not stop there, we enjoyed being told about the different trees, the tracks (thank you Daudi for your drawings), and even the different animal poo...all so interesting.

The camps were all in quiet, beautiful locations, they were so comfortable with a very high standard of house keeping. The food was constantly delicious, varied and so beautifully prepared and served. The laundry service was efficient and so appreciated .
Finally though, it was the welcome we received from all the staff that made our holiday so perfect

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We have wanted to do a safari holiday for many years but we have worried about the impact of tourism on local communities, the environment and the wildlife but then we were told about RPS and Zambia by some friends of my sister, who also recommended Expert Africa. Having looked at the RPS website and receiving their Monday newsletter we knew that Zambia was the place for us but as we hadn’t been to Africa before we had so many questions to ask and many of them trivial.

We wanted to talk to someone at Expert Africa directly and Claire was perfect, she answered all our questions quickly and patiently, she put together our wonderful itinerary and had so much knowledge and enthusiasm. We will be returning to Zambia and we will be in touch with Claire to discuss our future holiday.

In addition, the complementary guide book and wildlife survey were so appreciated.

Thank you all at Expert Africa and RPS for a fantastic holiday in Zambia." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"Met all expectations (i had done the holiday in 2015 and wanted to bring my husband who just loved it!)

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As you probably know I have used Expert Africa for all my sub-Saharan holidays and where possible booked through Claire as she knows exactly what i am after!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"The couple running the Lodge were new and I think need to learn a bit more about other possibilities but very welcoming.


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No, I think you have good knowledge and are very helpful as when flight was cancelled at short notice" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 4 on a Malawi trip

"Zambia and the South Luangwa exceeded our expectations. This has been our favourite family holiday (agreed by all 4 of us!)

The two camps we stayed in, Lion Camp, and Chinzombo, were both fantastic.

We enjoyed the remoteness of Lion Camp and the scenery in that area of the park. It was nice to stay in two different locations within the South Luangwa. Chinzombo is a luxury camp, but so too is Lion Camp, which has recently been refurbished." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zambia safari

"The trip was wonderful, very well organised and planned.

Our special requests were all noted and fed through to the camps which made us feel very special. Thank you

We loved Mchenja and Chongwe camps and although the treehouse at Flatdogs is totally unique, the experience does not quite match the other 2 camps.

Our suggestion would be to stay at Flatdogs first, outside the park before moving into the much quieter and exclusive inner park.

We loved being asked to record our wildlife sightings." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"This was a fantastic trip - many thanks to Claire.

The remoteness we experienced in North Luangwa in particular, and the quality of the guiding plus the lack of other vehicles in all the places we visited, were really very special indeed.

Walking in the bush, particularly with Remote Africa, was both immersive and addictive and coupled with the smaller, rustic nature of the camps we stayed at throughout the holiday has very much whetted our appetites for more!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"A safari has always been on our bucket list and we are so glad we chose Zambia and with the help of Expert Africa we couldn't have asked for more - the whole experience was exceptional. We always said we did not want to feel like we had had a day out at Chester Zoo / Whipsnade Safari park - --and we can categorically state that we did not! Everything was perfect, and exceeded our expectations.


The initial call to Expert Africa made us feel like a customer dealing with a company that cared about what we wanted to achieve from the holiday. All the lodges we stayed at were superb, it was luxury in the bush. The game viewing was second to none, not only all the "big animal" but also some very interesting smaller ones (elephant shrew, honey badgers, porcupines, mongoose).


A perfect holiday that we will talk about for a very long time, thank you." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"Mixing Kafue with North Luangwa creates a diversity , making the te trip very entertaining.

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Give Kafue a chance …." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari

"From start to finish our trip was wonderful, and the start is as always with the planning. Amanda Bond was extremely helpful and effiecient all the way through, and couldn't have done any more to make our trip the success it was.

We also found Tours Africa who provided all our road transfers to be very efficient and friendly and reliable, always keeping us informed and also always on time.

Lattitude15 as reported, we found had it's limitations but Tafika was as fantastic as ever.

We look forward to starting to plan our next trip.

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We cannot think of any way in which you could improve what seems to us to be already the best!" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari