Well, hello there! I hope that you are fabulously well after another wonderful weekend and are ready and raring for the week ahead. Here in the Luangwa, before we launch ourselves into the updates from the animals, let me share some wonderful community work news with you. As you are, I am sure, far too […]
Well, hello there! I hope you are smashingly well after a lovely relaxing weekend and are ready and raring for the week ahead. Here in the Luangwa winter has gripped us hard this year and we are all wrapped up nice and warm in the mornings. It has to be said those first couple of hours of the […]
Well, hello there! I hope that you are well and have had a wonderful weekend. Here in the Luangwa, we have been seeing the wild dogs behind Nkwali Camp really quite regularly, which is a fabulous treat and the number of elephants and giraffes has been incredible. Also, our lone eland is still rather shy but is becoming […]
Well, hello there. I hope you are fabulously well and have had a lovely weekend with all sorts of frivolities. Here in the Luangwa winter is truly here, thick jumpers are being worn and everyone is huddling (in a respectfully socially distanced manner of course!) around the campfire. In some big news, we have had […]
Hello there! I hope that you are fabulously well after another glorious weekend. Here in the Luangwa the last few nights we have been surrounded by the gentle calls of lions throughout the night which has been lovely. However, this week you are not going to be hearing from me, you are hearing from Will […]
Well, hello there. I hope that you are brilliantly well and have had a lovely weekend – here in the Luangwa we had a few days of rain! It slightly threw us as we were not expecting it but have thoroughly enjoyed it all the same. The skies have been crystal clear once more and […]
Hello there. I hope you are well and have had a lovely weekend. Here in the Luangwa, we are getting used to the slightly nippy mornings, and guests are getting good use of the blankets on the game-viewers. But before I digress into chatting about the weather, I am going to stop myself as we […]
Well, hello there. I hope you are well and have had a lovely Easter weekend and that the Easter bunny hopped on over with all the various chocolaty goodies possible. Here in the Luangwa, well despite the warmer climate not being particularly friendly towards chocolate, we still managed to ensure that there was plenty around. […]
Hello there! I hope you are well and have had a wonderful weekend. Here in the Luangwa, we carry on much the same as usual with a few guests coming and going but nothing compared to what we are used to. As is well talked about worldwide, one of the great concerns of the pandemic […]
Well, hello there! I do hope you have had a fabulous weekend and are sitting comfortably ready for this week’s news, courtesy of Will and Lianne Steenkamp. Will and Lianne have been working in partnership with Robin Pope Safaris up in the Nsefu sector for a few years now, producing the Safari Diaries that you […]
Well, hello there. I hope you are well and sitting comfortably after a lovely weekend and are ready and raring for the week ahead. Here in the Luangwa, let me tell you, the rains have now properly arrived, and we are getting some good regular storms and with that some incredibly dramatic skies. There really […]
Well, hello there, I hope that you are all well and that the new year has started on a good foot for you. Here in the Valley, the rains have finally arrived in full force and we have had some spectacular storms drenching the roads and raising the river levels. The guides have been slipping […]
Well hello there! I hope you are fabulously well and sitting tight, ready for this weeks’ update. Markus Wagner from the Abendsonne Afrika group has sent us another fabulous update of their time here, so once more Markus over to you: “Over our time in the South Luangwa our sightings were plentiful but one afternoon […]
Well hello there! I hope you are well and have had a lovely weekend and now sitting comfortably looking forward to the week ahead, wherever you are in the world. We have been busy here in the Luangwa recently, which is brilliant and means that I am inundated with stories to share with you. Before […]
Hello there! I hope you are well and have had a lovely weekend and are sitting tight, ready to hear the news – the doors are open…After 6 months of ghostly silence, all of a sudden we have gone from stop to running at one hundred miles an hour. Robin’s House, Luangwa Safari House and […]
Hello there, I hope that you are fabulously well and have had a lovely weekend. Here in the Luangwa, well it has been anything but quiet around camp as we have literally been surrounded by lions and let me tell you the noise that they have been making has been quite impressive. In fact we […]
Hello there, I hope you are well and have had a lovely weekend. Here in the Luangwa, besides feeling like we are surrounded by lions; we are plodding along gently getting a few bits and pieces done and waiting for life to grab onto a small amount of normalcy. In the meantime, we have received […]
I hope you are well, sitting comfortably after having a wonderful weekend. Well, here in the Luangwa as I am sure you are aware, it is a little quiet on the guest front. However, let me tell you, the animals are not in the least bit affected and as winter draws to a close and […]
Hello there! I hope you are well and have had a lovely weekend. Here in the Luangwa its been a few weeks full of excitement. The Walk Luangwa team have completed their 17 day walk through the North and South Luangwa National Parks. Robin joined for a portion of the walk and has been kind […]
Hello there, I hope you are well and cracking on with the lockdown routine that I think most of us are practicing. Here in the Luangwa, well its eerily quiet around camp and we cannot wait to be back up and running; with the great news that Zambia borders are now open for international travel […]
Hello there! I hope you are well and that cabin fever hasn’t completely set in. Today we are hearing from Jason, as we celebrate 30 years of our Mobile Walking Safaris this year. When I asked Jason to write something about the last 30 years, there was a definite silence – I mean how do […]
Hello there! I hope you are well and getting used to the slight snippet of freedom that seems to be creeping into our lives. Here the Valley remains the same slice of paradise as ever; however, we are in the firm grips of winter so jumpers, trousers and occasional hats are being dusted off. We […]