Mfuwe Lodge

Mfuwe Lodge Highlights

Mfuwe Lodge is situated in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia overlooking a lagoon and offering magnificent views. Mfuwe Lodge offers luxury and comfort combined with superb service and incredible game viewing opportunities. Mfuwe Lodge offers luxury en-suite chalets with private viewing decks as well as a variety of wildlife activities including day and night game drives and walking safaris accompanied by an experienced and knowledgeable guide. Guests can also track animals on foot with an armed scout. Mfuwe Lodge offers peace and tranquility therefore none of the rooms are equipped with televisions, radios or telephones, these services are only available at reception.

Mfuwe Lodge Description

Mfuwe Lodge offers 18 thatched chalets with private viewing decks overlooking a busy lagoon. Guests can watch the wildlife come to drink from the comfort of their chalet. Each chalet provides 24 hour mains power and facilities include ceiling fans, a refrigerator, tea and coffee making facilities, mosquito nets, en-suite facilities with double vanities, separate toilets and a sunken bath with a shower. Meals at Mfuwe Lodge can be enjoyed in the bush, dinners can be served under the stars or surprise romantic settings can be arranged.

Mfuwe Lodge Game Viewing

Mfuwe Lodge is one of the few places in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia that remains open during the Green Season which attracts Wild Dogs as well as many species of migrating African and European birds. The South Luangwa National Park is one of Africa's finest wildlife sanctuaries. The Luangwa Valley offers extraordinary wildlife and birdlife and the highest concentration of wildlife in the park is found around the Luangwa River with its rich vegetation. Wildlife includes huge herds of elephants, buffalo and hippo. Sightings of lion and leopard are common. Night drives are one of the highlights of the Luangwa Valley, providing the opportunity of seeing nocturnal animals, particularly leopard. Hyenas are fairly common. The Luangwa River also has a high number of crocodiles. The Park's dominant antelope species are impala and puku, with other antelope seen including the common waterbuck, bushbuck, eland, kudu, grysbok, oribi, reedbuck, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, sable and roan. Unique species such as Thornicroft's giraffe and Cookson's wildebeest can also be seen. South Luangwa National Park is a bird watcher's paradise with over 400 hundred species of birds recorded in the Luangwa.