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Shawa Luangwa Camp

Tented suites · Nsefu Sector, reached by pontoon · Green Safaris

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High-end In the GMA Safari company

Named for the Zambian guide who made his reputation here, and run by an operator that puts guests in silent electric vehicles. In the Nsefu Sector, where the game drives feel like they belong to you alone.

Why you'd pick it

  • Named after guide Jacob Shawa, a Robin Pope protégé
  • Silent electric game-viewing vehicles
  • Quiet Nsefu Sector

What the park charges on top

The rate above buys you a bed. South Luangwa National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.

Park entry$25 if you are in an operator vehicle instead of self-driving.
$30per person, per day
VehicleUnder 3 tonnes, foreign registered.
$15per vehicle, per day

Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $225 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.

There is no single park fee here. On top of the gate fee, camps pass on vehicle fees, guide fees and bed levies, and what applies depends on whether the camp sits inside the national park or in the Game Management Area alongside it. Kafunta Safaris, who charge one combined figure covering the government levies, told us it comes to $60 per person per night at their two GMA camps and $90 at their camp inside the park. Treat that as the shape of it rather than a universal rate: the amounts move with each operator's lease.

The full fee schedule for South Luangwa National Park

Rates

From $760 pppn. Fully inclusive.

What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.

Every figure on this page is in US dollars.

Indicative 2026 rates from operators' own rate cards, gathered July 2026. Rates change by season and year, so always confirm with the lodge. Park fees are extra almost everywhere: budget about $30 per person per day, plus vehicle fees.

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