Mwaleshi Camp

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Highlights

• Small, rustic bush camp
• Exclusive – only 4 chalets
• Remote setting
• Focus on walking safaris

Mwaleshi Camp is a small rustic bush camp located in the North Luangwa National Park. It’s owned and run by Remote Africa Safaris, focusing on walking safaris and thus is usually combined with their sister camps, Tafika, Chikoko Tree Camp and Crocodile Bushcamp in the northern part of the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia. Many people spend some time at Tafika (with walking and game drives on offer), then one of the bushcamps and then end their safari at Mwaleshi Camp.

Mwaleshi Camp is a simple, unpretentious yet very comfortable bush camp, with only four reed and thatch chalets, situated on the Mwaleshi River, a clear perennial tributary of the Luangwa River. There are solar powered lanterns for lighting and washing with en suite flush toilets and a bucket shower (with hot water brought to your chalet on request). The remoteness of Mwaleshi camp is enhanced by the lack of roads. The area is known for its large herds of buffalo and elephant and the Mwaleshi River also attracts a fair number of lion. Game-viewing is done on foot in the North Luangwa National Park with each bush walk lasting between 3-4 hours, though it’s also possible to do a combined 4x4/walking day trip to the Mwaleshi Falls.

You get to Mwaleshi Camp via a 40 minute charter flight from Mfuwe Airport (the main airport for the South Luangwa Valley) to Mwaleshi airstrip, or via a 30 minute flight from Tafika’s nearest airstrip. This is followed by a 10 to 15 minute drive through the park to the camp.

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