The word “Awesome” is overused in our culture today. But not when it comes to describing safaris!

The oft repeated comments from returning safari clients about their safari are, “awesome, life changing!”.

And it’s exemplified by the behavior of children on safari. Children see things as they are, having not yet learned to hide their true feelings. On safari children put down their hand-held gadgets, and engage with this new world around them, filled with “awe and wonder”.

I’ll be leading a small group on safari to Zambia, the place where I grew up, and which I remember with the same awe and wonder as any child today setting out on safari.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But let’s start at the beginning! We’ll be going in November 2024. Why then? For one particular reason that some of you may already have heard about. It’s the time of year a family of elephants visit their favorite fruit trees which bear fruit in November. But there’s a catch! To reach the fruit trees they have to walk through the lobby of Mfuwe Safari lodge, located in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park!

To be in the lobby when the elephants visit the trees is indeed an experience full of “awe and wonder”. Especially if there are young elephants negotiating the lobby steps for the first time. To see the patient mothers helping the young elephants is to realize that besides us and Artificial Intelligence there are other thinking, feeling, beings out there.

Whle we’re at Mfuwe lodge we’ll visit some of the local enterprises the lodge has helped to start up such as Tribal Textiles, where women have learned to make handcrafted products, some of which are made using the batik process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ll also visit the school supported by Mfuwe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zambia is one of the largest water catchment areas in Africa, with several river systems, all with different flora and fauna. Besides Mfuwe and the South Luangwa Park we’ll also visit the Lower Zambezi National Park. As the name suggests the Park runs beside the Zambezi river giving us an opportunity to fish for the elusive Tiger Fish, Zambia’s prized fighting fish for amateur and accomplished anglers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lower Zambezi National Park also enables us to do boat drives, along the many water channels off the main Zambezi River, to see its wildlife.