Tafika Camp
Family-run Tafika Camp on the east bank of the Luangwa River in South Luangwa Reserve in Zambia offers the perfect bush escape for safari-goers and wildlife enthusiasts looking for an intimate, authentic safari experience and exceptional game-viewing opportunities. Activities include day and night game drives, mountain bike safaris, guided bush walks, visits to the local Mkasanga Village and micro-lighting (only offered in May).
Highlights
- Small, intimate camp (maximum 14 guests)
- Authentic, uncrowded safari experience
- Excellent game viewing area
- Known for a high concentration of leopard
- Game-viewing activities includes microlight flights, mountain bike safaris and walking safaris
- Cultural visits to local village
- Rustic luxury in very scenic surrounds
- Only open from May to mid-November
Tafika Camp is just outside Zambia's South Luangwa National Park, north of the Nsefu Sector which is well-known for exceptional leopard sightings. The camp's location on the eastern banks of the Luangwa offers superb river views. Tafika Camp operates seasonally during the dry season, from 1 May to 15 November. Its remote location ensures low visitor congestion, providing guests with exclusive wildlife sightings.
Spacious chalet accommodation
Tafika Camp can accommodate a maximum of 14 guests in six spacious chalets, each with en suite facilities and constructed from natural materials around the trunks of magnificent sausage and leadwood trees. Four chalets feature twin double beds, while the honeymoon suite boasts an enormous king-size bed. A family chalet, comprising two rooms with a king-size bed and two doubles, includes an additional hide overlooking the camp's waterhole.
One of the hides at Tafika Camp
Tafika Camp features two hides overlooking a camp waterhole frequented by herds of elephants, bushbuck, puku, impala, mongoose, and various bird species. These hides provide an excellent opportunity for game viewing between activities.
Variety of game-viewing activities
The Nsefu Sector has abundant and diverse wildlife and the quality of Tafika Camp guiding is outstanding. On your day and night game drives, guided bush walks and mountain bike safaris, you're likely to encounter sizeable puku, elephant and buffalo herds as well as lion, leopard, zebra, impala and other antelope, wildebeest, giraffe and troops of baboons.
The Valley of the Leopard
Renowned for some of the finest leopard viewing in Africa, the Luangwa Valley, aptly known as The Valley of the Leopard, offers a high chance of spotting these elusive cats, ensuring an unforgettable wildlife adventure.
Getting there
By air - Daily flights from Lusaka connect to Mfuwe International Airport, a one-and-a-half to two-hour drive from Tafika Camp. Or you can take a 15-minute flight to Lukuzi, Remote Africa's private airstrip, a 10-minute drive from the camp. Charter flights are also available in their four-seater Cessna.
Our take on Tafika Camp
We were very impressed with Tafika Camp. It's expertly and professionally run and the Coppinger family are wonderful hosts. There's no pool, air-conditioning or fans so you could find it extremely hot, especially in September and October. Having said that, Tafika Camp is a much-loved safari camp that will offer you an authentic, memorable safari experience in the Luangwa Valley.
Includes
- Full board accommodation
- Shared local road transfers from/to Mfuwe Airport for incoming/outgoing flights for guests staying +3 nights
- Bar (inclusive of house wine)
- Laundry
- Morning and afternoon/evening game drives
- Guided walking safaris
- Mountain bike safaris
- Cultural visits to local school/village
- Private safari vehicle for booking of four guests
Excludes
- Conservation, National Park and fixed fees (tourism levy and service charge)
- Superior wines (available on request)
- Shared local road transfers from/to Mfuwe Airport for incoming/outgoing flights for guests staying less than 3 nights
- Any increases in National Park fees or statutory government deductions
- Items of a personal nature
- Gratuities
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