Lunga River Lodge
Kafue National Park,Busanga Plains
Zambia

Introduction

Lunga River Lodge has been built along the west bank of the beautiful Lunga River in the north-eastern corner of the Kafue National Park. The Lunga River is one of the three major tributaries into the Busanga Plains, an area in the far north of the Park, and one of the last truly unspoilt places in the world. Kafue is one of the biggest and most glorious national parks in Africa. Wilderness Safaris owns and manages Lunga River Lodge to ensure the highest level of satisfaction and expertise.

Camp Description

The Lunga River Lodge has six spacious, thatched rooms each with their own private decks that gracefully watch over the river, allowing for breathtaking views. The tents built with en-suite bathrooms all including a shower. The tents have 6 thatched rooms and all of them have twin beds, that can be converted to doubles if need be. A total of 12 guests can be catered for at any one time and emphasis has been placed on the "guided" experience, which is led by qualified, enthusiastic people with in-depth knowledge of the area and its wildlife. Lunga is a child friendly lodge with no age restrictions and same day laundry facilities are available.

There is a bar with sundeck that is perched over the river, a dining room and observation deck, a reading room and welcoming plunge pool to slide into after an exciting day out.

There is electricity available which is supplied by a generator that is run for short periods during the day while guests are out. The energy is stored in a bank of batteries and this provides lighting for in the evenings. A borehole provides for potable water and overhead fans have 24 hour power.

Game Viewing

Activities on offer at Lunga River Lodge are game drives, walking safaris and boating and/or fishing trips along the River. Night drives are a great way of seeing the world from a different view as the nocturnal sights come alive. For the more avid bird enthusiast, Kafue National Park boasts a huge 491 species which include the endemic Chaplin Barbet.

The beauty of the Kafue National Park and in particular the Busanga Plains is created by the diversity of habitats, the floodplains, miombo woodlands and open grassy areas locally known as dambos, all of these come together to create a fauna paradise. The park is teeming with 55 large mammals, which include 20 antelope and 6 cats. Among the birds that have made their home here are the Wattled and Crowned Cranes, Fulleborns and the Rosy-throated Longclaws, Lanner Falcon and large flocks of Open Billed and Yellow Billed Storks.

The Busanga area is residence to thousands of red lechwe, ubiquitous puku, stately roan and sable antelope, as well as the diminutive oribi and blue duiker. Defassa waterbuck, herds of Lichtenstein's hartebeest, zebra and buffalo make for the entire set of antelope. This wealth of game is also a big attraction for predators, with cheetah, leopard and African wildcat often seen, wild dog, pangolin, and caracal spotted occasionally, and prides of lion up to 20.

The concession has mild winter days from May to September with chilly evenings but summers are generally very warm. Kafue National Park is seasonal and traditionally only accessible from May to October, during the dry season.