Nsefu; On Safari with Robin Pope in South Luangwa, Zambia

$650 per person per night (peak season)

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Nsefu Camp – Our View

Nsefu is certainly one of the most famous camps in the Luangwa and with exceptional guiding standards you simply cannot be let down. The setting is stunning - the views are absolutely beautiful (up there with the very best in the park) and the lodge has a great character that is very hard to beat. Our only slight drawback is that due to Nsefu being a permanent lodge, it is not a true bush camp and therefore caters for a less adventurous clientele. However, for those of us wanting something more secure than Zambia’s bushcamps, then Nsefu is good as it gets.

Nsefu - The Facts

More about Nsefu Camp

Nsefu Camp is a stunning permanent lodge nestled up on the banks of the Luangwa River in the infamous Nsefu section of the park. With views up and down the Luangwa, the 8 rooms have one of the best settings of any Luangwa camp and have a team of guides that are up there with the very best. Great permanent lodges are a rarity inside the park and for that reason, Nsefu is unique.

Located on a sweeping bend of the river, 12 kilometers north of Tena Tena in the heart of the South Luangwa National Park, Nsefu was actually Norman Carr’s first lodge and was subsequently the first photographic safari camp in Zambia, dating back to the early fifties.

The Nsefu Sector was recognised then as a phenomenal area and it still is. Robin Pope Safari’s re-opened the camp in 1999, in keeping with the original style, and now operate the only two camps in the Nsefu Sector of the park.

The view of the river is superb and includes a terraced area where game grazes during the day. The bar and sitting room, tucked in beside a huge extinct termite mound, overlooks a waterhole that is very productive for game, especially leopard at night. All this can be seen from the comfortable armchairs of the close by sitting area.

The original rondavels have been extended, with a spacious bathroom added. The furnishings and fittings are in keeping with an "old fashioned" feel. As one guest put it - Nsefu is "understated elegance". Each room has a clear view of the river, through both the large windows and from the wooden verandahs. The dinning room has a superb view of the river and throughout the heat of the day, elephants come to drink and then cross the river.

The camp lies in the heart of the undeveloped Nsefu sector and so offers charm and total comfort in remoteness and seclusion.