Day 1, 4 September 2023

17h00 We meet at Woodlands for the first night.

Day 2

8h30 Depart from our campsite and make our way to the border.

10h30 We stop for coffee. 

13h00 We stop for lunch next to the road.

14h30 We cross in to Zambia, clear the border post and head towards Livingstone.

We head to our campsite Waterfront lodge for the night. They have a good restaurant for those interested.

Day 3,

10h00 Depart from our campsite. We have a late morning and you can do the falls or a bit of shopping or a breakfast.

13h00 We stop for lunch next to the road.

17h00 Arrive at our campsite Eureka Lusaka.

Day 4,

9h00 Depart from our campsite. We have to drive through Lusaka so we leave a bit later. This is just a long straight day 600km.

11h00 Stop for a coffee break.

14h00 We stop for lunch next to the road.

16h30    Arrive at our campsite in Chipata. Mamarula. They have good T-bone and chips if you are interested.

Day 5,

We only leave for Our South Luangwa camp at about 11am. This is the morning for grocery shopping fuel and a few beers. Remember in Zambia you can only buy alcohol after 10am and I am not sure about Sundays. I think not on a Sunday.

11am Depart to South Luangwa

13h00 Arrive in South Luangwa at Wildlife camp site.

We take the afternoon off and relax after a few long days.

Day 6

We spend the day in South Luangwa national park. The park entry is included in your package but in the past we upgraded to use a local open vehicle and guide. We might just do that again. We will see when we are on tour.

Day 7

7h30 We make our way back to Chipata.

9h30 We start our border crossing in to Malawi.

13h00 We stop for lunch next to the road. Remember to have some snacks available whilst waiting at the border.

16h00 We arrive at our camp for two nights. Luwawa Forest lodge.

Day 8,

Another off day and if you look at the lodges website, a lot to do. Birding, fishing, canoeing, horse riding. Or just chilling and reading a book in the shade.

Day 9

9h00 A short day and we depart from our campsite and head to Mwanza Shoprite for changing money and shopping.

13h00 We depart and head to our campsite for the next two nights.

15h30 We arrive in Chitimba camp for two nights.

During covid their restaurant was closed, but with a bit of luck it is open for fish and chips and breakfasts and a few beers.

Day 11,

9h00. We make our down the lake edge.

11h00 Stop for coffee

13h00 Stop for lunch 

16h00 Arrive at our campsite at the lake.

Day 12,

9h00 We make our way around the bottom edge of the lake over to Monkey bay for two nights.

11h00 Coffee stop

14h00 We should arrive early, depending on stops. Camping at Chembe eagles nest.

Day 13,

Another days of bliss. Sunset cruises, snorkeling, fishing or just relaxing and reading a book.

Day 14

8h00 Depart from our campsite and head back to the main road. We turn south to the Lilongwe region. 

10h00 We stop for a coffee break.

13h00 We Stop for lunch.

16h00  Arrive at camp. It is a community camp Majete game reserve.

Day 15,

We have a game viewing day, we will see how it works and what we want to do when we get there.

Day 16,

7h00 This is where we start heading back home.

Our route home does depend on the situation in Zimbabwe with their ellection just before our tour. If I am not happy with the situation in Zim we will return as we came via Zambia. Otherwise:

We depart from camp early as we have border crossings and unknown roads today.

Our target is Mutare in Zimbabwe, but we will sleep elsewhere if time catches up with us.

Coffee and lunch as needed.

Day 17,

Wherever we find ourselves we manage the next day to reach further towards South Africa.

Somewhere between Masvingo and Musina. The further the better. This will be our last night together.

Coffee and lunch stops as per usual.

Day 18.

We should cross the RSA border if we are not over yet. We say our good buys and head off in our own directions.