Official DNPW rates
South Luangwa National Park entry fees
The gate fee is only part of what you pay. Camps inside the park add a national park bed-night levy and the Luangwa Community and Conservation Fund, usually bundled as one line: budget $75 to $110 per person per night in fees and levies if you stay inside the park.
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In an operator's vehicle an international visitor pays $25 per person per day; drive yourself and it is $30 plus $15 for a foreign-registered vehicle. The trap: fees run per calendar day, not per 24 hours, so every day you cross the gate counts. All 2026 DNPW rates, payable at Mfuwe gate.
Park entry (per person, per day)
| International visitor, in an operator vehicle | $25 | the standard rate if a camp drives you |
|---|---|---|
| Self-driver, any nationality | $30 | a separate, higher tier |
| SADC national or Zambian resident | $20 | |
| Zambian citizen | K55.60 | rose by a third during 2025 |
| Child 5 to 12 | Half price | $12.50 international; under 5 free, 13 and over pay full |
A day runs 06:00 to 18:00 and is a calendar day, not a rolling 24 hours, so an overnight stay inside the park spans two permit days.
Updated 26 July 2026
Vehicles, boats and aircraft (per unit, per day)
| Vehicle under 3 tonnes, foreign registered | $15 | Zambian registered: about K34, roughly $1.30 |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle over 3 tonnes, foreign registered | $30 | Zambian registered: about K56 |
| Boat under 50 hp, foreign registered | $15 | |
| Aircraft | $50 | Zambian registered: about K222 |
Note the gap: a foreign-registered car costs roughly twenty times a Zambian one. Worth knowing if you are driving up from South Africa or Namibia.
Updated 26 July 2026
Camping and activity fees charged by the park
| Camping, non-resident | $5 | per person per day; citizens about K42 |
|---|---|---|
| Boating | $20 | per person per day, on top of park entry |
| Canoeing or rafting | $20 | |
| Angling | $30 | |
| Walking safari | No park fee | covered by park entry; you pay your operator |
| Night drive | No park fee | covered by park entry; you pay your operator |
There is no official walking safari or night drive fee. Both are included in park entry, and what you actually pay is your camp's activity price.
Updated 26 July 2026
What camps charge for activities
| Morning or afternoon game drive | $60 to $75 | per person |
|---|---|---|
| Night drive | $60 to $75 | operator vehicles only, see below |
| Walking safari inside the park | $70 to $85 | minimum 3, maximum 6 people |
| Walking safari outside the park | $60 | in the game management area |
| All-day drive | $150 to $180 | |
| Village and textile tour | $25 to $40 |
Prices from the published 2026 rate cards of Wildlife Camp, Track & Trail and Croc Valley. Camps inside the park usually include activities in their nightly rate.
Updated 26 July 2026
Something this page does not answer?
Fees are the one thing park authorities change without telling anyone, and some of them publish nothing at all.
Ask us. We answer questions about the park itself, and we can usually tell you which camps work on one route and who to write to. If what you want is a trip someone else arranges, we will say so and hand you to an operator we know, and we earn a commission if that becomes a booking.
Nothing on this site sits behind the form. Every figure we have is already on the page.