Evening departure on British Airways from London Heathrow to Lusaka.

On arrival in Lusaka you will continue your journey by light aircraft to Mfuwe and the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia’s premier game viewing destination. The flight from Mfuwe to Lusaka will take an hour. Transfer to Kapani Safari Lodge where you will spend 2 nights. Activities include day and night game drives in an open topped 4x4 vehicle. Kapani Lodge is situated just half an hours drive from Mfuwe airport and was the home of Norman Carr until his death in 1997. Norman not only established the company that will be hosting you in the Luangwa but was renowned as the founding father of walking safaris, he built the first safari camp in Zambia in 1950 and was influential in developing the conservation policies that are still practiced throughout Southern Africa today.

Full day of game viewing activities at Kapani. Your guide will ensure you have every opportunity to see all that the wildlife, birds and varying vegetation and habitats have to offer. Meander through the park, past dambos bursting with hippos, crowned cranes, grazing antelope and scurrying baboons. Further out on the plains you're bound to see the large elephant herds, reaching up to 70 in number. Buffalo are abundant and spread throughout the valley and predators follow close behind. During your spot lit evening game drive there is a very good chance that you will see leopard and the nocturnal species in the park.

After an early morning game drive and brunch you will be free to relax in the tranquil gardens at Kapani or cool off in the secluded swimming pool before brunch. After brunch you will be transferred to Mchenja Camp, comprising 5 luxurious tents each with its own inside bath and outside shower and toilet commanding private views across the Luangwa River. This afternoon you can chose to drive or walk but we encourage you to venture out on foot for your first experience of a safari in the most traditional manner.

This morning you will rise early to discuss with your guide some of the bush sounds that may have kept you awake through the night. If lions were heard calling on the early morning breeze this will influence your guide’s choice of route otherwise you will all set out in the hopes of picking up the fresh tracks of the pride or perhaps a leopard that that was patrolling his territory. If you chose to walk it is usually a slow and leisurely wander through the bush, tea and cool drinks are carried and enjoyed in the shade of a tree or next to the river. This evening will be your last in Zambia so we plan to make it memorable, hopefully one of the leopards that frequent the area around camp will perform in the spotlight during your night drive, dinner will be out under the stars and accompanied, as always, by the sounds of the African night that will fill your dreams for a long time to come.

This morning after breakfast you will depart the camp and head towards the airport for your flight from Mfuwe via Lusaka to Livingstone. On arrival in Livingstone you will be met and transferred to the Royal Livingstone Hotel where you will stay for 2 nights.

Today has been left free, giving you the opportunity to visit Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. There is far more to do at Victoria Falls than to marvel at the Falls themselves; upstream where the Zambezi is calm and placid, sundowner cruises and gentle canoe trips along the game rich banks are the order of the day. But once the river has taken its plunge, there is quite a different experience to be had. For those with the courage, the rapids immediately downstream offer some of the most exciting white water rafting anywhere in the world. But the ultimate view of this natural wonder can only be seen from the air. The 'Flight of Angels' provides a fabulous vista of the upstream river and its many islands, the spray from the Falls as it is kicked a thousand feet into the sky, and the tortuous zigzag of the gorge downstream.

Morning at leisure. This afternoon you will transfer to the airport for your Nationwide Airlines flight to Johannesburg (1 hour 40 minutes) to connect with your British Airways flight to London.

Arrive at London Heathrow in the early morning.