On night two of our trip she killed an impala and stashed it up in a tree just across from the emerald season river crossing (for those of you who know the area I am talking about – as you come out onto the main road you have a beautiful big baobab tree in front of you. This little leopard, and her cub, were to be the sightings backbone of our trip, with all of the wonderful other creatures keeping us entertained in between. Talk about setting the game viewing bar high first up!! The Luangwa had other ideas…………… as we got into the car the baboons started to alarm call! One of the first animals we saw, apart from the frenetic baboons, was a beautiful female leopard wandering through the grass. Pressure was high with hopes of wild dogs and leopards first up as I was trying to quell the levels of expectations!! ‘You can’t have it all on the first afternoon’ or words to that effect! Such a wonderful house to stay at – it captivates all who walk through the magnificent front door and take in the house and the view out onto the lagoon.Ī hasty lunch and then out into the park we went.

So the pressure was on from the word go!Īrriving at the splendiferous Luangwa Safari House always sets expectations very high. On this trip, with work colleagues, we had 2 people who had never been to the Luangwa Valley but had heard all about the wonderful leopard and wild dogs sightings. “As usual the Luangwa kept us all enthralled. But to walk us through a recent stay with us today we are hearing from Simon Cousins who recently came to stay with a group of colleagues at Luangwa Safari House.

We have had some incredible sightings of both the big and the small kind. Whilst we are all busy beavering away behind the scenes the teams at Nkwali, Robin’s House, and Luangwa Safari House are busy showing all our guests the splendours of the Luangwa Valley. Here in the Luangwa the epic challenge of getting everything up and running again continues. Hello there! I do hope that you are fabulously well and have had a marvellous weekend.

Simon says get the f up