Zambia has long been the home to many excellent safari camps and lodges. The best are the embodiment of responsible safari operation, designed to fit in with the environment.
Zambian safari camps are typically pretty small, accommodating up to dozen guests at a time. Some are tented, very few are particularly solid and most are built from a melange of local materials, grass, pole and thatch.
The ‘Bushcamp’ is a quintessentially Zambian offering, generally being smaller than a camp accommodating up to eight guests at a time and being re-built seasonally at the start of every dry season and deconstructed at the breaking of the first rains. Getting out for a night or two in a properly stripped-down fly-camp is a profound experience and definitely worth considering weaving into your journey.
For families there is the choice between the network of private safari houses or a collection of family-friendly camps, normally with a swimming pool and staff members more than happy to entertain and keep everyone happy and safe.