In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- All the chalets have similar facilities and locations, but the Honeymoon Classic tent has a double roll-top bath. Superior Safari Tent I is the most private; its bathroom, on a raised timber deck with thatched roof, has a very outdoors feel. Luxuriate in the bath with voyeuristic monkeys, baboons, elephants and antelope for company!
- Packing tips
- Bring suitably robust footwear for bush walks. A 200mm telephoto lens is the minimum required for decent wildlife photos.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A private candlelit dinner floating on the Zambezi
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Chiawa Camp
Lower Zambezi, Zambia[view map]
- Style
- Under African skies
- Setting
- Banks of the Zambezi
SAFARI COLLECTION This luxurious lodge is set on the banks of the Zambezi in an area that abounds with savannah wildlife as well as hippos and crocodiles. Each of Chiawa Camp's tented suites has a private game-viewing deck, indoor and outdoor shower, and a roll-top bath from which you can watch the magnificent natural spectacle. Please note: this luxury safari lodge is shut from 15 November until 15 April.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Eight tented chalets.
- Rates
- $1,190–$1,790, including all meals and drinks, day and night bush drives, game viewing by boat, and park fees.
- Check-out
- Midday, but flexible.
- Facilities
- Rooms have roll-top baths, outdoor showers and private decks.
- Poolside
- There is an unheated plunge pool with sunloungers.
- Hotel closed
- 15 November until 15 April.
- Also
- There is a library, well stocked with books on the local wildlife.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Breakfast is at sunrise. A light lunch is served at 12pm and dinner is served at 8.30pm, subject to game-watching activity. The table d’hôte menu features Afro-European fusion food.
- Dress code
- Practical. Anything zebra-print would be a mistake.
- Top table
- All tables have fantastic views of the river.
- Last orders
- Normally 10.30pm, due to the sunrise start the following morning. Drinks are included in the price of the rooms.
- Room service
- Any meals can be cooked to order and served in the rooms, given sufficient notice. Each room has a two-way radio to order food with.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
Smith Members offer
A private candlelit dinner floating on the Zambezi
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Chiawa Camp
Lower Zambezi National Park
