|Places| An intimate |Places| An intimate dinner along the Zambezi river at Lolebezi Nearby, Time + Tide has recently revamped Chongwe Camp (timeandtideafrica.com), located where the Lower Zambezi, Chongwe and Zambezi rivers converge. The eight tents have been refreshed with bold printed cushions and woven furniture. Formerly Norman Carr Safaris, Time + Tide has become known for its walking safaris with a string of camps in South Luangwa, too. Here, their guides have been walking the wilderness areas for decades and lead guests on multiday expeditions through bushveld and mopani woodlands to luxury lodges, where glasses of chilled bubbly and blazing campfires await. Also in South Luangwa National Park, Green Safaris opened Shawa Luangwa Camp (greensafaris. com), which is named after Jacob Shawa, a legendary guide who helped procure the piece of land on the edge of the national park. The camp is made up of a collection of A-frame standalone tree-house-like tents with flaps that open onto the forest. To access the park, guests whizz across the river by boat, where an electric safari vehicle awaits to take them on daily drives. If they’re lucky, they may get the enthusiastic and gregarious Mr Shawa as their guide. Another new addition to Green Safaris’ portfolio is Chisa Busanga Camp in the Busanga Plains, in the north of Kafue National Park, known for its endless grasslands. Here, guests sleep in idiosyncratic circular cabins, made up of a network of aluminium frames designed to look like weavers’ nests, raised four metres from the ground. The benefit? Superb game-viewing directly from the room. In a far-flung corner of South Luangwa, the Davy family has opened Sungani Lodge and Kulandila Camp (sungani.com) in an attempt to lure people to what was once a tsetse-fly breeding ground, where wildlife was decimated by poachers. After acquiring the site in 2019, the family set about eliminating the flies, restoring wildlife and building two lodges that have custom tents filled with leather and wooden furniture and clawfoot bathtubs. The food here is extraordinary – think harvest tables with Ottolenghi-style salads and homemade cakes and treats. Most recently, they added a small plane, which shuttles guests from the airport in Mfuwe, eliminating the gruelling journey by road. Walks in this part of the park are magical: not only has wildlife grown exponentially (travellers will stumble upon elephants and loads of deer) but you are unlikely to come across another vehicle for miles. It’s also an example of how, despite all these new offerings, Zambia still maintains its wilder side. PHOTO © AFRICAN BUSH CAMPS 28 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
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