The Wildlife Camp North Luangwa National Park

... to the fact that we were not destined to see lions in Africa. All of a sudden Lisa caught sight of some Impala looking intently… then we saw them we could not believe it. We drove off the track and into the bush a little and came upon eight lionesses just laying under a tree. We switched off the car, grabbed the binoculars and sat watching them watching us. Talk about make the last four days slog worth the effort, we were stoked.

Once again the road maps helped us out!!! Not..headed into Chipata and then the turn off to South Luangwa Nation Park.. at least this time there was a road however it had corrugations like I had never seen before.. I could only get the Shorty up to 50Km/hr above that the back end wanted to swap with the front.. less than 50 and my eye's could not focus.. not so bad only lasted for 110km's..

Arrived and decided to stay at a place called Track & trails ...

... as the day went on, really this campsite points out the good side to the 'TIA’……. though in Africa things don’t run on time i.e. flights, buses etc, and also theres so much poverty and disease spread, and people have a low standard and low quality of life, there is an amzing side to ‘TIA’ where you are in the stuning wild with the anaimals on the doorstep when you like onto the countryside to the hills when on the truck you sometime fel you ...

it took 4 hours to 'croc valley' which is the campsite we are staying at for 2 nights. we are off to 'luangua national park' for another game park! on the way down the mud dirt track road we stopped off at a local village as a part of the truck had to be sorted, it was great to mingle with the locals and they are genuinely lovely people just like Ugandans, they are not after your money, we did give the kids some sweeties which they wre all scrambling for!

croc park when ...

The Wildlife Camp Mfuwe 12th, 13th & 14th August 2009

Well the road was much better than we imagined, it only took us 2 hours 40 minutes to reach the camp. Yes it is a gravel road and very dusty but in really good condition; there were even some tarred stretches of road. On the roadside yet again local people are selling local produce and crafts, and nearly everyone was smiling or waving to us, the Zambians are ...

... br>zebra, lion!!!!, wild dogs (apparently harder to find than lion).  When it got dark we saw a leopard, a hare, an elephant shrew, baboons etc.
This morning we saw impala, kudu, more elephant, giraffe, crocodiles,hippos water buck, monkeys, birds etc.
We stay here 2 more nights than will be back with Megan. 
Im missing the little angel from House of Moses, the one who was ill.  I'm hoping she will ...

Yes, another disturbed night! I was woken at 1am by the loudest noise - it sounded like someone (or something)was throwing pots and pans around! Apparently it was an ele throwing around some of the next door camps boxes! After this there were the usual sounds of lions, hyenas, monkeys etc but there was also a more disturbing gunshot - it was just about a full moon so poaches would be out. I was awake again ...

... slowly towards the next village hoping to find more help. After about 30 minutes we reached a small village but there didn't seem to be much there. We asked a man driving a truck where we might be able to find a welder (in the middle of Zambia??!!) and he said to try the hospital as they had a workshop. So we all drove into the hospital grounds, where several people appeared, I presume they thought we had an ill person! Gary explained his ...

... next morning was a half five start for my walking safari which was really exciting, seeing all the usual suspects, hippo, elephant, antelope etc. we also managed to get between a hippo and the water, a huge dont do even in a car and 2 elephants squared down on us, making the morning quite exciting. in the evening with the other irish not having seen a leopard yet we went on a hopeful night safari were we saw lions before the sun set. after a few ...

... and a hyena steals the drum skin which is made of leather. Every drummer has their own style, all are very rhythmic. The dinner table is set beside the waterhole behind the camp and surrounded by kerosene lamps (there is power here but electric lights haven't been put all around the camp yet). Silver Service yet, bone handled knives, silver forks and two waiters, seems somewhat incongruous!!! Especially when combined with a very good Thai meal..... Did the usual where are you from stuff ...