Wildlife Camp
Chalets, tents and camping · Luangwa riverbank, minutes from the gate · Herman Miles
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Budget
In the GMA
Owner/family-run
One of the valley's originals and still one of its best-value beds. Camp for $15, take a self-catering chalet, or move up to their bush camp inside the park. Conservation-minded and unpretentious.
Why you'd pick it
- Established 1992, run by the same manager for decades
- Camping from $15
- Its own bush camp inside the park
What's here
- Wi-Fi
- Restaurant
- Campsite
- En-suite bathrooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Community visits
Read from Wildlife 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
From $15 camping. Self-catering $40 to $88; full board $154 to $325. Separate Bush Camp inside the park from $386, June to October.
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.