South Luangwa National Park, located in the eastern part of Zambia, is a haven for wildlife enthusiasts and nature lovers. …
3 Nights / 4 Days
Daily Tour
15 people
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Start in Livingstone and end in Lusaka! With the In-depth Cultural tour Zambia: 10 Days Nanzhila Cultural, Historical and Wildlife Safari Adventure, you have a 10 days tour package taking you through Livingstone, Zambia, and 3 other destinations in Zambia. Zambia: 10 Days Nanzhila Cultural, Historical, and Wildlife Safari Adventure includes accommodation, an expert guide, meals, transport, and more.
Mid-day: You travel from your respective place by your preferred means of transportation and arrive in Monze town, the nearest place to Lochinvar National Park. After our agent meets you in Monze town, you will immediately be transferred by our transfer vehicle to the Lochinvar Safari Lodge camp site (or) to Chunga Lagoon campsite inside the Park, covering a distance of about 60 kms.
Details of the transfer tour from Monze town to Lochinvar National Park
After leaving Monze town, you will pass by the Samu Lya Moomba national heritage site outside Monze town just along the road to Lochinvar National Park. This is in Bweengwa area, Chief CHOONGO’s chiefdom to see Zambia's deep and rich cultural heritage at Samu Lya Moomba.
Narration: Samu Lya Moomba holds a special place in Zambia's history as it was the location some freedom fighters from across Zambia would meet to strategize on the attainment of Zambia's political independence.
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Activity at Lochinvar Safari Lodge
Comment: Depending on what time you will arrive at Lochinvar Safari Lodge, if there will still be time before sunset, you will be taken on a village tour to meet locals.
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18:30 pm: Take your dinner
19:30 pm: Relax by the born fire
21:30 pm: Retire to bed to sleep.
Spends the first night at the camp site and eat dinner. At Lochinvar Safari Lodge campsite.
Day 2 is the main day of bird-watching and game viewing activities. Below is the program of the day.
07:00 am: Wake up, take a bath and eat your breakfast.
07:30 am: You will then be driven and enter the Lochinvar National Park through the main park gate. Our experienced Tour Guide will take you inside the Park to areas of huge bird concentration of bird species. These areas are the Chunga Lagoon, Namalyo fish camp, Chitaka Islands and other Kafue Riverine frontage places. Upon entry in the park, you will start by passing through Gwisho Hotsprings, then drive to Baobab tree and drums.
Narration: Game viewing: Though wildlife stock is limited at the moment in the Lochinvar National Park, you will not miss seeing the Kafue Lechwe, a rare impala subspecies.
Chunga Lagoon
Commence the exciting birdwatching and wilding activities on foot as guided by the tour guide.
Lunch will be provided in-between activities.
16:30 pm: Start returning back to exit the Lochinvar Park through the main gate.
18:30 pm: Have a delicious diner
20:30 pm: Entertainment of cultural traditional dances by the locals.
21:30 pm: Retire to bed
Overview
Today is a special cultural day as you will travel by boat from Chunga Langoon to Nyimba Island to meet with Batwa people, Zambia's first and indeginous people. Historically, the name Batwa is often associated with small, marginalized groups that tend to take on the language and culture of the larger neighboring group
Narration (information tip): The Batwa people may be one of the smallest and least regarded language groups in Zambia. In the Kafue flats outside Lochinvar National Park, they live on Nyimba Island and their main source of livelihood is fishing. However, today the Batwa have fully integrated and adopted the same lifestyle as any other Bantu group. They own vehicles, farm and plow with oxen and plant maize as do their neighboring Ila and Tonga tribesmen.
Sequence of events
You will be welcomed by the Batwa people with songs and dances from the men and women. Feel free to join them in dancing.
11:30 am: You will straight away be taken to the senior headman who looks after the entire island for formal welcome and introduction.
12:00 pm: You will take your lunch. Thereafter, you will go around touring Nyimba Island Village to see how the local people live.
14:30 pm: You will go back to the senior headman’s residence where you will be entertained to various Batwa cultural activities including traditional dances.
16:00 pm: Bid farewell to the first people, board your engine boats and return to camp
18:30 pm: Take your evening dinner.
19:30 pm: Enjoy some light evening entertainment.
22:00 hrs Retire to sleep.
07:30 am: Take your breakfast,
10:30 am: Transferred back to Monze town to connect with other means of transport to travel either to Lusaka or Livingstone.
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