Zambia: reviews from our travellers

"The tie between BA and Airlink works extremely well and makes travelling beyond SA straight forward.

We enjoyed the ethos of Remote Africa Safaris very much. Good camps and staff and a lovely remote feel.

The wildlife in north luangwa is skittish and elusive. But we enjoyed the walking very much, and the more prolific and habituated wildlife of the South Park.

We enjoyed the RAS flights with Lian very much. He is very personable as well as a good pilot and a great asset to RAS." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 12 on a Zambia safari

"This was a very enjoyable bucket list trip. It was thoughtfully planned, and everything went smoothly.

My special thanks to Maruska for sharing her breadth of detailed knowledge, for considerable patience, good listening, clear communication, good recommendations, and kind encouragement." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 7 on a Botswana safari

"This is our 6th trip with Expert Africa (5 to Zambia) across 27 years. We have been helped by a great deal of useful and detailed info to help us craft each trip, and this one lived up fully to our usual expectations. (On one trip to Namibia, EA sorted out a local problem promptly and effectively, so our confidence is well founded).

Two different style new camps this visit and both were excellent. We twice had a morning walk - as in past visits - and every time we learn yet more fascinating detail about ecology as well as animals, and hear, see smell and feel more of Luangwa, and recommend any visitor to take a walk. It's also safer than the roads of Sussex.....

Our 2 adult daughters joined us for the first time. They were blown away by the whole thing. Even after all our visits here, we are ever more impressed by the guides at every camp we stay in. They drive very skilfully and carefully for our comfort and safety, while scanning the landscape near and far, the sky above, the dust below for animal tracks, and conversing amiably as they do so. Then they not only spot something far away, or half hidden, or in deep shade - they will often anticipate the animal's next move and go to the perfect place to see it emerge from the bush and for us to observe. They are brilliant in Luangwa. Zambia takes a lot of time to reach, but well worth the effort.

Two years ago we had our final trip to Luangwa. Then this year (pensioners of 77) our final final trip, and one to savour till we are no longer able to make another.

Never say never? Perhaps....." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"A fantastic trip that was over too soon.

All the camps were very good, but the new Mwamba gets the gold medal.

Thanks very much to Lucy for putting it together. Looking forward to the next one." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 14 on a Zambia safari

"Amanda was fantastic to work with over the many months leading up to the trip, always quick to respond, very patient to answer my many questions, price the different options, and share her experiences/point of view.

This was a special trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and she delivered on all counts - we were able to get the chalets of our choice, were treated to a couple of romantic private dinners at Old Mondoro and Tafika, and had amazing guides at all our camps.

A trip we will hold close to our hearts forever!" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"Overall this trip was almost exactly as I expected - I'd done plenty of my own research, and Amanda added greatly to this so that by the time I arrived it almost felt like seeing the movie of a favourite book.

The choice of camps and sequence proved to be ideal, not much I would change there. I'd love to return to South Luangwa one day - if I do, there are so many other parts of the park to experience, but it would be a tough choice to avoid returning to any of the places I visited this time." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"This was our first experience of Zambia, having been to South Africa, Namibia and Botswana in the past, and we were very impressed. The Lower Zambezi is a wonderful national park and the Chiawa and Old Mondoro camps combined really well. Both camps were excellent and the wildlife viewing and bird life exceptional. Canoeing trips at both camps were a real highlight, as was the Starbed experience at Chiawa. We hope to return in the near future.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service: Can’t think of anything - you are doing an excellent job and we will continue to use Expert Africa going forward." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 9 on a Zambia safari

"I really enjoyed going on Safari in Zambia for the first time after many safaris in other parts of Africa.

Very friendly and relaxed experience, less commercial and crowded than Tanzania and Kenya.

Visited the Lower Zambezi and South and North Luangwa parks and especially loved North Luangwa which is still an incredibly unspoiled and wild place. A real wilderness experience !

I loved the abillity to do long walking safaris mixed with more traditional game drives and boat/canoe safaris.

Exceptional guiding and overall great game viewing with the highlight being 3 consecutive days of watching a pack of 17 wild dogs hunting/killing buffalo, waterbuck and impala." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 13 on a Zambia safari

"Another enjoyable trip to South Luangwa" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 11 on a Zambia safari

"Overall the trip was great and very organized. Maruska was great to deal with, really listened to us and gave good suggestions. I liked the itinerary she sent us shortly before we left that gave lots of details about exactly what was happening. There were a few glitches during the trip (canceled flight, driver showed up late) and we had to reach out to Expert Africa on an emergency basis and they were very responsive.

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I would not return to the lodges that we stayed in in Zimbabwe, we didn't have a great experience there. There was a mix up with Khulu Bush Camp and our departure time was moved back and we were never told, that ended up being a very long day and we would have preferred to fly. Two of our travel days were very long and we never got to eat lunch, it was not clear from the itinerary how long they would be. Our Mack Air flights ended up having multiple stops that we weren't aware of, it would have been nice to have more information about those flights." Read full review: 21 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zimbabwe safari