KaingU Safari Lodge
Meru tented chalets, family house, treehouse sleep-outs and private campsites · Namwala GMA, east bank of the Kafue; the park is 10 minutes by boat · Gilmour and Julia Dickson
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Mid-range
Outside the gate
Owner/family-run
On the east bank in the Namwala GMA, where the river itself is the park boundary, which is why a stay here incurs no daily park entry fee; you pay only for river activities and any day you cross into the park. Many guides wrongly place KaingU inside the park. The rapids-and-islands stretch of river it sits on is the prettiest in Kafue, and it is the park's canoeing specialist.
Why you'd pick it
- No daily park fees for the stay itself, because it sits in the GMA
- Island sleep-outs, canoeing and rock-kopje walks
- Private campsites with their own hot-water ablutions
What's here
- Campsite
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Birding
- Fishing
Read from KaingU Safari Lodge'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. Kafue National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThere is no self-drive surcharge here.
- $20per person, per day
- VehicleForeign-registered vehicle under 3 tonnes.
- $15per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $165 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The full fee schedule for Kafue National ParkRates
From $450 pppn. A published package prices 5 nights for 4 people at $3,120 including Lusaka or Livingstone road transfers.
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 and published tariffs, gathered July 2026. Many Kafue camps quote on enquiry only. Watch two things when comparing: whether park fees are included (Mayukuyuku and Konkamoya include them, most others do not), and conservation levies of $30 to $40 a night at some camps. A caution on older guides: Lufupa River Camp, Lufupa Tented Camp, Leopard Lodge and Puku Pan all appear closed or dormant, Mukambi Plains Camp is simply the old name of Busanga Plains Camp, and the Jeffery & McKeith brand merged into Classic Zambia Safaris. We list none of them as live options.