The Lufupa Camp–The confluence of the Kafue and Lufupa Rivers: An ideal site for animals and fishing.

We flew out of Banoka Camp, got onto a bus and drove to the crossing point of the Zambezi River.  There is no bridge to cross!  Evidently the bridge will be built eventually, but for now we saw trucks lined up for what seemed to be miles waiting for the ferry to take them from Botswana to Zambia.  We were told that some of the truck had been waiting in line for three months.  Photo taking is not allowed at the border, but essentially we left the bus in Botswana, got onto a boat that crossed the river, landed in Zambia where we waded thru dozens of street vendors wanting to part with their wares, got onto another bus, went to the border crossing headquarters and presented passports and visas to the agents.  I know that we were much more fortunate than many others entering Zambia.  For sure we didn’t have to wait in line with the truckers.  We then drove to the Livingston Airport, and caught another small plane (two planes for 13 of us) that took us to the Kafue region of Zambi and as usual were greeted by our guides–Golden and John.  

The Lufuap camp was the most scenic of the four Safari sites that we visited.  The main lodge and all of our tent cabins were on the edge of the Kafue River, and adjacent to the Lufupa River.   As usual, when we first arrived at camp there was a welcoming group with nice wash cloths to refresh us.  We then went into the main lodge for a brief orientation period–where the bug spray was located, given locking bags for our valuables, had refreshments, were warned about not leaving our cabins at night without an escort.  All the usual stuff.

When we first went to our cabin, a large warthog was just outside the screened window.  I’m sure that I mentioned it before, but we didn’t get any exercise on the trip because it really wasn’t safe going out of our cabins without an escort (often armed with a high powered rifle) nor at any time at night.  Most of the time during the day we were either resting, eating, or on the lookout for animals (Safari).  At this site, we were not only able to go out in four wheel drive vehicles, but four of us opted to go fishing one morning, and another group went in a larger covered boat.  We also had one of our Sundowners in the larger boat.