Welcome to the new Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)
Have you seen the new notes and coins yet? So when you had ZMK 5000 now you have ZMW 5 (drop 3 zeros)! The Kwacha is subdivided into 100 Ngwee which can be found again in forms of coins. The Ngwee...
View ArticlePicture of the Month – January 2013
Every month, Shenton Safaris selects 3 pictures among those taken by our guests during their visit at Kaingo and Mwamba. Make sure your best shots are emailed to us so we can add them to the pool....
View ArticleNews from Project Luangwa – The Library at Mfuwe Day Secondary School is...
Want to get more involved? The library at Mfuwe Day Secondary School is complete bar from the shelving and in a couple of weeks we will need someone to help the school librarian catalogue all the books...
View ArticleTravel Insurance and Medical Evacuation
If you ever wondered why you should subscribe to a travel insurance before heading on a trip, this article may help you make a wise decision. Article by Kathy Moroney, from the International...
View ArticlePicture of the Month – February 2013
Every month, Shenton Safaris selects 3 pictures among those taken by our guests during their visit at Kaingo and Mwamba. Make sure your best shots are emailed to us so we can add them to the pool....
View ArticleLions coming for sundowner!
By Sylvester. 26 June 2013 After enjoying a special sundowner by the river, at a spot called “bottom end of Fish Eagle Lagoon”, we heard two pukus alarm calling (whistling)! Our caterer Yvonne and...
View ArticleSafari Awards 2014 – Voting is now open!
We are delighted to now confirm that both Kaingo Camp and Mwamba Bush Camp are nominated for the 2014 Safari Awards. Voting is now open – so please click on the links below to vote for our properties....
View ArticleFlying Leopard
June 21, by Patrick After having a great sighting of the three lionesses from the Hollywood pride on Lion Plain, we carried on looking for the other stuff and we bumped into a mating couple (lions!)...
View ArticleWho is Killing Who?
June 2013, by Patrick Who is killing who we all wondered, after seeing a crocodile with a 2 1/2 meter python around its face at Pelican Lagoon. I’ve heard of python going for crocodiles and...
View ArticleTwo Kills at the Mwamba Hide
July 2013. By Meyam That day I took my guests for a midday visit to the Mwamba Hide, although usually quiet so early in the season, I had a group of 4, and it happened that one of them was very keen...
View ArticlePicture of the Month – July 2013
Every month, Shenton Safaris selects 3 pictures among those taken by our guests during their visit at Kaingo and Mwamba. Make sure your best shots are emailed to us so we can add them to the pool. The...
View ArticleTawny Eagle enjoying some Impala
Thank you to our guest Ron Dunglison for sharing this blog, and pictures, with us. Ron and Sandra were return guests at Kaingo Camp and Mwamba this past July. In late July we were returning to Mwamba...
View ArticleElliot, the one-eyed leopard – never a dull moment!
By Ron Dunglison, guest at Kaingo and Mwamba, guided by Meyam. June 30th. We had not long started our Mwamba afternoon drive with Meyam when we came upon Elliot the one-eyed leopard. At first he was...
View ArticleThe more the merrier!
July 2013 Within only a few minutes time, these white-fronted bee-eaters made the show, and created an opportunity for some fun photographs. So interesting to sometimes sit and relax, waiting for...
View ArticleThe Elephant Is Wearing the Pants!
August 15, 2013 For the past few days we have had a newcomer elephant at Kaingo Camp. He can be found somewhere in camp at almost any hour of the day or night. It’s kind of fun, having to play “hide...
View ArticleLeopard Fight
By Patrick. Aug 16, 2013. Around 7 o’clock in the morning we saw a female leopard laying under a tree out in the open and suddenly she got up and walked towards another tree. Up that tree towards which...
View ArticleTragic End for Lion Cubs
By Andrew. August 2013 A couple of weeks ago, on August 6th, I was on a morning drive with my guests. We witnessed what first seemed to be a reunion, but turned out to be a brutal fight, involving our...
View ArticleTragic Death for Lion Cubs – continued!
By Andrew. August 2013 Yesterday, on my morning walk, I tracked some lion prints, and found the Mwamba-Kaingo pride which was on a buffalo kill. Next to the kill however was another two dead cubs....
View ArticleNot one, not two but three Servals!
By Sylvester. July 2013. During one of my nightdrives, I saw for the first time in all of my guiding years, three servals at one place. They were stalking an elephant shrew. There was a male, a female...
View ArticlePicture of the month – August 2013
Every month, Shenton Safaris selects 3 pictures among those taken by our guests during their visit at Kaingo and Mwamba. Make sure your best shots are emailed to us so we can add them to the pool. The...
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