Witness Wonky Tusk's Honky Tonk Stomp Through the New Mfuwe Lodge

JONATHAN SCOTT AND PHIL BERRY OF THE BBC GUIDE
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME ZAMBIA SAFARI

Witness Wonky Tusk’s Honky Tonk Stomp Through the New Mfuwe Lodge
SOUTH LUANGA, ZAMBIA (03/09) – Two of Africa’s top wildlife experts, BBC’s Jonathan Scott and legendary BBC guide and wildlife expert Phil Berry, are leading a once-in-a-lifetime safari in Zambia’s South Luangwa Park November 3 – 10, 2010. Their rich knowledge of this area will be especially exciting to participants who will find the safari to be a learning experience as well as a wildlife experience.

With accommodation at Bushcamp Company’s newly renovated Mfuwe Lodge, a special walking safari with Phil Berry, top photographic tips from Jonathan Scott, animal migrations, and the opportunity to capture images of Wonky Tusk and her elephant family passing through the lodge’s reception area, it’s a trip not to be missed. This seven day excursion cost only $6,995 per person, double occupancy.
Guests will receive special treatment from the moment they arrive in Lusaka, including assistance through immigration and a connecting flight to the remote area of Mfuwe. Once settled in their chalet and after afternoon tea at the lodge, they’ll head into the wild with Jonathan and Phil for their first wildlife encounter.

The newly renovated Mfuwe lodge is nestled among huge ebony and fig trees which shade a lagoon in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park. This unique lodge boasts 18 thatched chalets, each with a private deck overlooking the lagoon and its resident hippos. The package includes accommodation, meals and drinks, an hour massage at the Bush Spa, daily morning and evening safari drives, visits to local conservation and community projects, game activities with expert guides and wildlife talks with Phil, Jonathan and representatives from local conservation organizations before the morning drives. It also includes drinks, laundry, park fees, airport transfers, round trip domestic flights, taxes and service.

South Luangwa National Park, home of the Bushcamp Company, is one of Africa's last unspoiled wilderness areas. The camp’s guests will discover the magnificence of the Big Five – elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo -- exotic birds and other wildlife. The concentration of game during November is the most intense in Africa. It’s the time of year when the Mango trees bear fruit and the famous Wonky Tusk and her family parade through the open-air reception area of Mfuwe looking for the fruit.

Excellent photo opportunities are plentiful during dawn and dusk game drives when game is most active and lighting is soft for those special shots. Phil and Jonathan will also lead guests on foot in search of interesting wildlife and share tips and tricks for getting the perfect shot. Guests may also look forward to receive a one on one tutorial from Jonathan on photography.

Jonathan Scott is a multi award-winning wildlife photographer based in Kenya and TV presenter of the BBC series “Big Cat Diary” and “Elephant Diaries”. Phil Berry is one of Zambia’s most prominent naturalists and guide. He has help establish Zambia National Tourist Board’s walking safari camps in Luangwa and ran the anti-poaching field operations for Save the Rhino Trust.

Children over the age of 12 are welcome at the Bushcamp Company. For more information call +260-6-246041, e-mail at info@bushcampcompany.com


Zambia, often described as the “real Africa” is considered one of the most peaceful and safest countries on the Dark Continent. Populated by warm, friendly people and countless big game and exotic bird life, Zambia is awash in a brilliantly colored landscape of shimmering lakes, verdant wetlands and rainforests, dramatic mountain cliffs and river gorges, and tumbling waterfalls – including Victoria Falls, which spills mightily from the legendary Zambezi River.


The Bushcamp Company is a member of Zambian Horizons, a network of safari camps scattered among the North Luangwa, South Luangwa, Lower Zambezi, and Livingstone regions of Zambia. The primary focus of Zambian Horizons is spreading awareness and providing information to the public and the press about Zambia’s lush natural beauty, vast wildlife populations, stunning wilderness areas, and magnificent reserves. For more information on Zambian Horizons and their impressive collection of safari camps, visit www.ZambianHorizons.com or contact by E-mail at info@ZambianHorizons.com.