Great Adventure Trips

Zambia

Robin Pope's Luangwa / Zambian Spice / Tongabezi and Sausage Tree / Victoria Falls
South Luangwa Walking Safari / Real Zambia / African Expedition / Capricorn Safari

Tongabezi Lodge & Sausage Tree Camp

Day 01 & 02: Upon your arrival at Livingstone Airport you will be met and transferred by road to Tongabezi Lodge. Spend two nights at Tongabezi Lodge in a twin bedded cottage. Accommodation is on a full board basis including activities. Activities are varied and include a tour of Livingstone Town to visit the Livingstone Historical Museum, The Livingstone Railway Museum and the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park, which is renowned for its white rhinoceros. Instead of having lunch at Tongabezi Lodge you may opt for a picnic lunch on one of the nearby islands accompanied by a guide (at an additional cost). Water activities are by canoe or, for the less energetic ornithologist or fisherman, by motorised banana boat. A visit to the Zambian side of the magnificent Victoria Falls will complete your Tongabezi experience.

Tongabezi Lodge is a romantic hideaway on the banks of the Zambezi River just upstream of Victoria Falls. We offer a selection of houses and cottages, each beautifully furnished using local materials. Guests can dine beside the river or on their private terrace. Privately owned and run, Tongabezi combines an exclusive ambience with the warmth and hospitality of the people of Zambia. Luxury safari trips are included, both on the river and in the bush. Each house and cottage has its own valet who takes care of guests throughout their stay and act as a private concierge. There is no set pattern to days at Tongabezi. Guests can do as much or as little as they wish, with game drives, bush walks and boating trips all included in the price.

Day 03, 04 & 05: Road transfer to Livingstone Airport for light aircraft transfer via Lusaka to Jeki Airstrip. Transfer by road to Sausage Tree Camp. Spend three nights at Sausage Tree Camp in a twin bedded oval-shaped marquee-style tent. Accommodation is on a full board basis including scheduled activities and park fees. Due to its location Sausage Tree Camp is able to offer a wide range of safari activities including day and night game-drives in open safari vehicles, wilderness walks, canoeing, game-viewing by boat, bird watching and fishing.

Sausage Tree camp is located on the banks of the Zambezi River, at the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. This exclusive safari camp, featured on the BBC’s Holiday Ten Best programme, specializes in affording you our guests the very best game viewing, with traditional safari style. Only the very highest international standards in luxury and service are offered and are combined with this truly classic African wildlife experience. Sausage Tree Camp offers a large range of game-viewing activities including: game-drives (both day and night), walking safaris, canoeing, boating and fishing for the world-renowned "Tiger fish". Fly-fishing, bait and spinning are the three most successful methods of fishing we practice. With personalized guiding, our guests decide exactly what activity they would like to take and when.

The camp’s "French trained" chef creates cuisine from his bush kitchen that has given him the reputation as one of Zambia’s finest chef’s. Three course meals are prepared and enjoyed under the African sky, with white linen and atmospheric candlelight. We have an open bar policy, so our guests are free to indulge as they so choose. Our accommodation consists of six Bedouin-style white canvas tents, each with private open-air bathrooms, with running hot and cold water and flush "loo’s with views". If you are visiting Zambia, then the Lower Zambezi National Park is a must and only Sausage Tree Camp will show you the very best of what the park has to offer. For the discerning travellers travelling to Zambia, we suggest combining your Zambian holiday with Victoria Falls (Livingstone), South Luangwa and Kafue National Parks.

Day 06: Road transfer to Jeki Airstrip for your light aircraft transfer via Lusaka to Livingstone Airport.

2009 Price per person double:
April 1 - May 31 = US$3195. Single supplement = US$306
June 1 - Oct. 31 = US$4335. Single supplement = US$1121

what you get…
" Twin / single accommodation
" Meals as specified in the itinerary
" Scheduled road transfers: Livingstone Airport/Tongabezi Lodge/Livingstone Airport - Jeki/Sausage Tree/Jeki
" Seat on charter: Livingstone/Lusaka/Jeki Airstrip/Lusaka/Livingstone
" Activities as offered by the lodges/camps
" Local brand drinks and house wines (premium drinks to own account)
" Laundry
" National Park entrance fees
" Emergency medical evacuation insurance

…and what you don't
" Gratuities and all items of a personal nature
" Meals and drinks not specified above
" Visas (please thoroughly check requirements, depending on guests' nationality for the countries being visited, prior to travel)'
" Domestic departure tax of USD8.00 per person ex Livingstone Airport - to be settled direct
" Scheduled flights to and from Livingstone
" USD25.00 per person airport tax to be settled direct on departure from Zambia