Chiawa Camp
Lower Zambezi, Zambia [view map]
- Style
- Under African skies
- Setting
- Banks of the Zambezi
SAFARI COLLECTION The Chiawa Camp adventure starts with a high-speed river transfer to this luxurious lodge on the banks of the Zambezi, dodging crocs while sipping cocktails. 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.
- Children
- Over-eights are welcome (extra beds are $325 a night). Exceptions can be made for younger children on request.
- Hotel closed
- 15 November until 15 April.
- Also
- There is a library, well stocked with books on the local wildlife.
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.
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.
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Chiawa Camp
Lower Zambezi National Park