Musungwa Safari Lodge
Conventional lake-view lodge, self-catering houses and campsite · Lake Itezhi-Tezhi shore at Shanjungu, at the park boundary · Musungwa Lodge, Zambian-owned
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Budget
Outside the gate
Locally owned
A conventional Zambian lodge rather than a safari camp, and that is its value: real rooms from $100, self-catering houses and a campsite, all published in an official tariff. The right base for exploring southern Kafue on a budget with your own vehicle.
Why you'd pick it
- The cheapest lake-front beds in the sector
- The only camping plus self-catering plus restaurant combination on Itezhi-Tezhi
- A day-visitor rate of K300, redeemable in the bar
What's here
- Self-catering
Read from Musungwa 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 $25 camping. Official 2026 tariff: lake-view rooms from $100 bed and breakfast to $200 full board in the Sable Suite; self-catering houses $60 to $125; camping $25 international, $20 SADC. Rates include VAT, service and tourism levy.
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.