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.
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.