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guide · South Luangwa, Zambia
The dry season, June through October, is the best window for a South Luangwa walking safari — vegetation thins, animals concentrate along the river, and tracking conditions are at their clearest. Late September and October reward the heat with the highest game concentrations of the year.
20 Aug 2026 · ChaloStays
guide · Zambia (Kafue / South Luangwa / Lower Zambezi)
Kafue is adding real inventory in 2026 — Anantara Tented Camp Kafue River is open, Lolelunga Private Reserve received guests from 10 May, and Lwenge River Camp was slated from mid-August — while South Luangwa's Carmine's River Lodge remains unconfirmed on its own site. The park these new names are arriving into already has a working circuit, including Ila Safari Lodge on the Kafue, now in its tenth year.
20 Aug 2026 · ChaloStays