Activities
Activities & Amenities
At Kiambi Safaris, we’ve optimized scheduling to ensure everyone can enjoy our activities, especially during busy times like long weekends. While sunset cruises have flexible time slots throughout the day to accommodate various preferences, all other activities maintain their regular schedules. We appreciate your flexibility and look forward to providing you with a fantastic experience.
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Clients are transferred down to the park by boat covering 65kms of the river. Then then meet our game drive vehicle and do their drive. Please find our game drive info sheet attached for your records.
This activity departs the lodge at 9am and returns to the lodge at 3pm. This activity comes with an option to include a packed lunch or not with different price structures supporting the same.
This activity is 1hour 30 minutes
Done by boat on the river
The lodge offers full day and half day fishing excursions within in allocated areas within the GMA. Full day fishing trips can also be arranged into the park at an extra charge. The extra charges are covered directly by the clients as they have to pay their park entry as well as angling fees for the park.
within Chiawa area.
The lodge offers 3-hour canoe excursions. We also offer overnight canoe excursions that being one night, 2 night and 3 nights with clients camping along the way. Please find our canoe info sheet attached.
Kiambi has a wide range of activities for guests who want to make the most out of their stay with us.
Game drives
Game drives at Kiambi take place in the national park, as the lodge is situated at a distance from the park gates.
When embarking on a game drive, guests are taken down into the Lower Zambezi National Park via boat, covering 65km of the scenic Lower Zambezi river.
Upon arrival into the park, guests will meet their designated guide in the game vehicle to begin their drive on the lookout for animals in the area.
The Lower Zambezi boasts a healthy number of animals, with frequent sightings of lions, leopards, buffalo and the many antelope species of Zambia.
Please note this is a full-day activity.
Price per person:
| Unit | Min 2Pax | 3Pax | 4Pax | |
| LZNP boat/drive Safaris (10-hour trip) LZNP client self-drive | PP Rack PP Rack | 263 128 | 176 86 | 130 51 |
Game cruise by boat
Game cruise by boat takes guests on an animal sighting experience on the river, departing the lodge at 9am and returning to the lodge at 3pm.
This activity includes an option to have a packed lunch with different price structures supporting the same.
Price per person:
| Unit | Min 2Pax | 3Pax | 4Pax | |
| Game Cruise (09:00-15:00) Full board guests Non lodge Incl packed lunch | pp | 118 128 | 79 85 | 58 63 |
Sunset/ morning cruise
Our cruises take guests on a 1 hour 30 minute cruise on the river either in the early morning or at sunset, to enjoy the scenic view of the Lower Zambezi.
Price per person:
| Activity | Conditions | Unit | USD Rack |
| Sunset Cruise | Min persons | person 2Pax | 37 |
| Sunset Cruise | Min persons | 3 pax | 25 |
| Sunset Cruise | Min persons | 4 Pax | 20 |
| Sunset Cruise | Min persons | 5-8 Pax | 14 |
Birding
For our birding enthusiasts, we offer birding as an activity, where guests are taken via boat to spot the many species of birds in the Zambezi.
Guided by our own bird experts, this is an exciting activity to enjoy an immersive and educational birding experience.
Fishing
Kiambi offers full day and half day fishing excursions within in allocated areas within the Game Management Area.
Guests can try their hand at catching the unique species of fish in the Lower Zambezi such as the sought-after Tiger Fish or the African Pike.
Full day fishing trips can also be arranged into the park at an extra charge. The extra charges are covered directly by the clients as they have to pay their park entry as well as angling fees for the park.
Please note: Kiambi offers fishing equipment for hire at a fee.
Price per person:
| Activity | Conditions | Unit | USD Rack |
| ½ Day Fishing | 10 Liters free fuel | / boat | 115 |
| Full Day Fishing | 20 Liters free fuel | / boat | 198 |
| Boat hire Chirundu-Kiambi | By boat | / One way | 128 |
| Boat hire Breezes-Kiambi | By boat | / One way | 69 |
| Boat hire Wildtracks-Kiambi | By boat | / One way | 69 |
| Boat hire Mvuu / Baines | By boat | / One way | 298 |
| Transfer Kiambi Royal / Park Gate | By boat | / One way | 371 |
| Rod Hire | Without hooks and trace | / Day | 11 |
| Bait | Per packet | 3 |
Village walk/ Banana farm tour
Within the Chiawa area around the lodge, Kiambi offers our guests a more local experience with our village walk or banana farm tour where guests can immerse themselves in the local culture and meet residents of the Zambezi who live in the area.
Canoe safaris
A unique activity at Kiambi is our overnight canoe excursions, where guests can canoe along the river, camping on the way, for 1-3 nights.
Alternatively, we also offer shorter 3-hour excursions by canoe along the river.
Price per person:
| Activity | Conditions | Unit | USD Rack |
| Canoe Safari | Min 2 persons Overnight | / person / Night | 219 |
| Canoe Safari | Min 2 persons-3 hours | / person | 68 |