Zambia has several superb luxury tented camps and lodges located in some of Africa’s most remote, unspoiled wildlife areas. Private, all-inclusive luxury packages are available from between $600 and $1200 a day, which is good value compared with luxury safaris in Botswana and South Africa.
At the lower end of this relatively broad price range, the quality is still of a very high standard, and it’s this, along with its exceptional wildlife and relatively quiet national parks, that makes a luxury safari in Zambia an extremely competitive luxury safari destination.
Most of Zambia’s luxury safari lodges are concentrated in South Luangwa National Park and the Lower Zambezi National Park, along the banks of the Zambezi River.
Lodges along the Zambezi offer unforgettable canoe safaris and sunset boat cruises, with excellent bird life and large elephant, buffalo, and hippo populations. South Luangwa National Park is famous for its walking safaris and wilderness trails, with all of the Big Five, except the rhino, in abundance.
For more affordable luxury, try Victoria Falls and Kafue National Park, or for the ultimate in exclusivity, head northwest to Liuwa Plain National Park for Africa’s second-largest wildebeest migration. Liuwa Plain has only one permanent camp inside the park, offering one of Zambia’s most luxurious private lodge experiences.