Our Safari Blog is our diary. I guess we all know that a journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. The first step is having a plan. A plan of where to travel to, what we are interested in, the budget, the length of the safari. In Our Safari Blog we will highlight places of interest, will write about national parks, being on the safari with us. We will write about news and updates in regards to visa and travel restrictions. Lodges, safari camps and hotel reviews are part of our blog. What does a typical day on safari with us looks like? Have a look behind the scene. We will write about sightings of animals and birds of interest. We are planning to write product and equipment reviews of stuff we use in our operations. Please follow our blog.
Not every stop on a Luangwa Valley traverse is about wildlife sightings. Luambe is the one where the pressure on that wildlife becomes impossible to ignore — buffalo pushed out of the park, and lions sheltering in the village next door.
Day four of a Luangwa Valley traverse runs south through Chama’s remote villages into North Luangwa — a park so untouched we were the first vehicle on some loops this year.
Day three of a Luangwa Valley traverse trades wildlife for farmland, a punishing stretch of clay road, and a night in a genuinely strange piece of Zambian history — a dilapidated colonial-era castle that’s not for the faint-hearted.
Discover why Zambia belongs on every African bucket list — from walking safaris and extraordinary wildlife to the Zambezi, Victoria Falls, vibrant cultures and everyday life. Wild, authentic and still wonderfully underrated.
Before the parks and the predators, a Luangwa Valley traverse starts with an escarpment drive, a border-post overnight, and a detour to Zambia’s oldest trading post — a quiet, sobering stop most visitors never hear about.
In South Luangwa’s Wafwa area, a lioness carries her only remaining cub towards safety as three young males threaten to take over the Mfuwe Pride. These tender early-morning moments reveal a powerful story of motherhood, courage and survival in the wild.
Most safari itineraries take you to one park. This one takes you through four — from a border-crossing stopover and a dilapidated colonial-era castle, through the remote, rarely-visited stretches of North Luangwa and Luambe, to leopard, lion, and wild dog sightings on the riverbank in South Luangwa. Twelve nights, mobile camping, the honest version of the valley.
Witness one of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles in Zambia’s Kasanka National Park. Every year, up to 12 million straw-coloured fruit bats gather in a small evergreen forest, creating the largest mammal migration on Earth by number of individuals. Watch millions of bats fill the sky at sunset, explore Kasanka’s diverse wildlife, and experience this remarkable natural phenomenon with Zamsato’s expertly guided Kasanka Bush Break and Kasanka Bat Migration safaris.
The 2027 dates for Zamsato’s tented safaris are live: the 8-Day Sable, 14-Day Zebra and 19-Day Wildebeest, with departures every three weeks from April to December. Mobile tented safaris have been part of Zamsato from the start, and for our 20th anniversary we’re putting them first. Book directly by 31 January 2027 for the early-booking discount and a free night at our Kalahari Sand Ridge Inn.
