Bat Migration & Wildlife Safari In Zambia

You will be met on arrival at Lusaka international airport and assisted with your onward flight to Mfuwe in the South Luangwa National Park. At Mfuwe Airport you will be met by your guide and transferred to Nkwali Lodge on the banks of the Luangwa River. This is an excellent base for your safari and, time permitting, you can enjoy your first game drive. Overnight: Nkwali Lodge (D)

You will have three full days in this fantastic area of the South Luangwa National Park,undoubtedly one of the finest areas to visit in Africa. The game here is fantastic and the guides are excellent; spend three days on game drives around this area of the Luangwa Valley. Beautiful water glades provide the perfect grazing grounds for a variety of antelope including, impala, puku, eland, waterbuck, bushbuck and kudu. Elephants number around 20-35,000 in the entire valley with roughly 10,000 inhabiting the park itself. Lion populations are stable; the numbers are slightly reduced, which is probably why the leopard numbers in the valley are so high; an estimated one leopard to every 2.5 kilometres. Overnight: Nkwali Lodge (B, L, D)

You will be taken to the airport for your flight to Kasanka. Upon arrival you are met and driven to Wasa Lodge which is your home for the next three days to enjoy the incredible bat migration. Overnight: Wasa Lodge (B, L, D)

Once the bats have emerged, head back to camp with a spotlight night drive and discover the nocturnal wildlife found in Kasanka. You will arrive back at camp in time for a hot shower and delicious dinner. For those guests keen to see the bats return to the roost, an early morning drive takes visitors back to the platform to see the sun come up and the bats swarm back into the forest. A visit to see the sitatunga at the Fibwe Hide is also an interesting detour on the way back to camp.

Today you fly via charter flight to Lusaka in time for your international flight home, or onwards to your next safari destination.