Shawa Luangwa Camp

This is a "bush camp" (not a hotel), but certainly with many creature comforts, including the Whisper AC unit over the bed for cool sleeping. The tents are a tad small for two, with limited space, but there is an outdoor sitting area, and each tent is quite private. Owing to being quite open and near the river, it is busy with animals and quite noisy (those hippos + elephants!!). Food quality is good, and service/staff are very caring + professional. Overall, it is a very nice comfortable bush camp and nothing to really complain about! South Luangwa National Park is not my favorite (of the many parks I have visited in many African countries)... but glad to have had the experience there.

We were able to spend 5 incredible days here (in September 2023) , the camp is such a beautiful, extraordinary and special place. We enjoyed our time in the spacious and luxurious tent and its veranda and views very much. The hospitality, food, contact with everybody was so wonderful and impressive, the many talks we had, the insights into Sambia, life and of course the National Park and its animals- this was an outstanding experience for us, which we will never forget. The daily routine was also great and very well structured (weak up coffee in the tent, breakfast at the river, morning drive, lunch, afternoon break, tea/coffee, afternoon drive, dinner, campfire… of course also some additional specials…) In the lunch break and evenings we could observe elephants and hippos grasing through the camp, an indescribable wonderful experience (especially out of the bathtub 😉 ). Also we want to mention and give a great Thank You to our wonderful, experienced and attentive safari guide Jack Sparrow, who showed us the National Park in all its diversity and detail. He is a great pathfinder and knows the National Park so well and is very well connected with his colleagues - so that we had lots (!) of spectacular and amazing sightings. His knowledge of flora and fauna, its relationships, places, his explanations, the stories about life here gave us a whole new experience of this precious National Park and Sambia itself. We dream of coming back and can only recommend to come here and visit the camp and NP yourself! Thank you very much!

What a tremendous experince this was. We had fantastic game drives, spectacular lunch site, nice dinner settings, lovely service by everybody from the whole team, great ecofriendly lodge, ... everything was 200 % OK. Best of all: ask for Jack Sparrow as your personnal guide. He is a top Zambian safari game drive expert.