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Nanzhila Lake Camp

Tented chalets · Lake Itezhi-Tezhi shoreline at the Musa riverbed · Nanzhila Safaris

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Mid-range Inside the park Owner/family-run

The sister camp on the lakeshore, at its best late in the year when predators concentrate along the receding water. The camp carries a standing notice that the lake has not returned after two drought seasons. The wildlife has stayed regardless.

Why you'd pick it

  • October to December predator congregation on the receding shorelines
  • Strong on elephant, buffalo and hippo
  • A ten-month season in a park of short ones

What's here

  • Wi-Fi
  • Family rooms
  • En-suite bathrooms
  • Solar or 24h power

Arranged from the lodge:

  • Game drives

Read from Nanzhila Lake 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. 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 Park

Rates

From $495 pppn. Opened 2021.

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.

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