Shumba Camp
High-spec luxury tented camp · Busanga Plains, fig-tree island in the far north-west · Wilderness
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Inside the park
Safari company
Wilderness's flagship in Zambia, on a fig-tree island in the middle of the Busanga Plains. The raised decks look straight over the seasonal floodplain and the lion prides that hunt it. Note that Wilderness has exactly two Kafue camps, this and Busanga Bush Camp; the 'Wilderness Kafue' and 'Busanga Explorers Camp' you may read about do not exist.
Why you'd pick it
- Suites on decks raised two metres over the floodplain
- Pool, spa and Wi-Fi in deep wilderness
- Balloon flights and the Busanga lion prides on the doorstep
What's here
- Swimming pool
- Wi-Fi
- Bar
- Family rooms
- Spa or massage
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Boat trips
- Guided walks
- Night drives
- Birding
Read from Shumba 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 ParkRates
From $1,600 pppn. All-inclusive. The most expensive camp in Kafue, and the most polished.
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.