Musekese Camp
The park is one of the largest protected areas in Africa and has incredibly low visitor numbers for its size. On a typical day, each visitor has more than 300 square kilometres to themselves! Such vast tracts of largely unexplored territory make it a prime location to see wildlife that has been unaffected by human pressures.
Musekese Camp’s sister property, Ntemwa-Busanga Camp, is a 3.5-hour game drive to the north into the seasonally-flooded Busanga Plains. This gives visitors the option of making a twin camp adventure flying into either the Busanga or Lufupa airstrips.
Each cabin has an open-plan ensuite bathroom with a shower and flush toilet, but to avoid the hum of generators you’ll find that solar lighting needs to be recharged each day.
Around the camp, you’ll find an open-sided lounge area with a perfect view towards the river. Sofas and armchairs are arranged around an essential map of Kafue, and there are board games to play when you’ve had a few drinks from the bar. Moving down to a lower deck area, there’s a large communal dining table and a fire pit: these are great sociable spaces for connecting with like-minded explorers. Even more authentic and appealing is the integration of Musekese Conservation, who have an area within the camp, and this gives guests a chance to speak directly with conservationists.
- Walking safaris direct from camp are amazing here. Crossing the river into an area where vehicles literally cannot go is particularly rewarding.
- If you want to head further afield, game drives go out twice a day. Lions, leopards and large herds of elephant are common sightings.
- For birdwatchers, a highlight is seeing the colony of African skimmers nesting in a bank near the camp. Also look out for African finfoots and the half-collared kingfisher.
- The camp’s treehouse hide is a place where you’ll look down on elephants as they walk underneath.
- There are a couple of boats at the camp: one with comfortable seating for water-borne safaris and the other more suited to fishing for chunky bream and barbel. Bring your own rod if you want.
- Spend time with the experts at the Musekese Conservation Base Camp learning about their conservation work.
We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs, from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.We prioritise working with properties that collaborate with local communities and address location-specific needs, from education to anti-poaching. We assess our partners to ensure the people we work with share our values of ensuring our trips continue to act as a force for good. Here we share some of the positive impacts your stay here contributes to.
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