Credit: Robin Pope Safaris Walking in a dry river bed

Relax and enjoy the camp with game activities both in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Wake up for tea and toast by the fire and head off on a walk to Tena Tena Camp. Arrive at your new home in time for a hearty brunch. Laze around camp until the afternoon and evening activities. This remote and small camp lies within the National Park and enjoys a stunning location on a sweeping bend of the Luangwa River. A grove of mahogany trees shade the large custom-made tents. From the thatched dining room and bar, guests can watch the elephants, hippo and antelope on the riverbank. Nearby there is a spectacular lagoon, Buca Buca, where a whole morning can be spent quietly sitting while the wildlife comes down to feed and drink. With the camp being remote and small, we have these scenes to ourselves.

Relax and enjoy camp with game activities both in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Early morning game viewing transfer to Mfuwe Airport to connect to your flight to Shiwa House. Arrive midday, have lunch and then a guided tour of the house including a briefing on the background of Sir Stewart Gore Browne, family portraits and history as far back as 1725. Afternoon tea is followed by a 1.5hr history walk of saw and essential oil mills, traction engines, and old farm buildings. Shiwa House is located in the heart of Northern Zambia and the house (Africa House) overlooks the famous Shiwa N'gandu " Lake of the Royal Crocodiles." This has to be one of the most photographed houses in the whole of Africa. The house has recently been restored in keeping with the style and your hosts Charlie and Jo Harvey (Charlie is great grandson of Sir Stewart Gore Browne who built the house in 1928) are now hosting guests in four double rooms with en-suite facilities.

The Estate boasts a 10,000 hectare game ranch with 22 mammal species, fishing and birding on the lake, historic walks around the estate, horse trails, river walks and day trips to the Kapishya Hot Springs. The house is steeped in history and the library remains the manor's heart. Guests have access to archival material and one of the largest private collections in Zambia. Dr Kaunda wrote his book here and befriended the late Sir Stewart Gore Browne, indeed when he died he was the only white African ever to be honored with a State Funeral.

Up early today at 05h30hrs, enjoy tea/coffee and take an escorted walk in search of sititunga / blue duiker (weather permitting). Return at 08h00hrs for full farm breakfast (all the produce is from the farm). Spend the morning in the archives viewing photographic records from 1914 to the present. Mid-morning walk/drive to SGB graves and spectacular view of lake. Lunch is followed by an afternoon snooze. Afternoon tea is then followed by a game drive to see some of 22 species currently stocked on the estate.

Up early for a light breakfast followed by a walk up Nachipala hill, a historic site where Livingstone took bearings on his last journey some weeks before his death. Spectacular views of valleys can be enjoyed from the 6000ft elevation. The climb is not too difficult and should take around 3 hours. Return to Shiwa House for lunch. Afternoon tea is spent on the lake birding and game viewing with particularly good sightings of palmnut vulture and crocodile. Boat through amazing papyrus swamps along the Mansha river and return to Shiwa for a well deserved relaxing dinner.

Enjoy a hearty breakfast before your departure. Fly to Mfuwe and then connect on to Lusaka.