Tafika Camp
Riverside chalets · East bank of the Luangwa, north of the Nsefu Sector · Remote Africa Safaris (Coppinger family)
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High-end
In the GMA
Owner/family-run
The Coppinger family's home camp in the north of the park, and the base for their walking trails. One of the few places in Africa where you can see the valley from a microlight, which puts the whole river system in perspective.
Why you'd pick it
- Run by the Coppinger family for decades
- Microlight flights over the valley
- Gateway to the Chikoko walking trails
What's here
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Birding
Read from Tafika Camp's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
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 ParkRates
On request. Family-run camp; rates via the camp. Children from 8 welcome.
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.