Chiawa Collection | Chiawa Safaris | Luxury Safari Camps Zambia
The Chiawa Collection (also known as Chiawa Safaris) is a family-owned collection of award-winning, carbon-neutral luxury safari camps in Zambia. Chiawa Safaris is an award-winning group of remote camps that offers a tranquil and immersive experience in famous spots throughout Zambia. It is recognized as the first carbon-neutral safari camp in the world.
The safety of its visitors comes before the welfare of the local wildlife, habitat, and communities, according to Chiawa Safaris. You’ll have fantastic wildlife encounters with the aid of their award-winning guides and a variety of safari activities, and you’ll have authentic, unforgettable adventures in untamed nature that you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
Chiawa Collection | Chiawa Safaris. Our Zambia, your way.
The Chiawa Collection is a family-owned, multi-award-winning portfolio of luxury eco-safari properties located across Zambia’s most premier wilderness areas. Founded by the Cumings family, who pioneered the first photographic safari operation in the Lower Zambezi National Park back in 1989, the collection is internationally renowned for world-class guiding, spectacular wildlife encounters, and establishing the world’s first carbon-neutral safari camps.
Welcome to the prestigious collection of safari camps operated by Chiawa Safaris. where the safety of our visitors, wildlife, habitat, and other communities is of the utmost importance. In the hands of the greatest guides on individualized and varied safari activities, you are guaranteed an original, unforgettable safari encounter. Where your safari is not only a rewarding investment in yourself, but also a guarantee of a safer and richer future for these threatened wilderness areas, the people who depend on them, and their weak inhabitants.
Chiawa Collection Safaris
Key Safari Offerings
Diverse Activities: Exceptional multi-experience safaris ranging from open-vehicle day and night game drives to walking safaris, river boating, and specialized photographic hides.
Seasonal Operational Window: Because the Lower Zambezi properties are highly remote, they primarily operate during the peak dry season from mid-April/May through mid-November, which is the optimal time for wildlife viewing.
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Here are a few suggested itineraries for an exclusive and genuine safari with the Chiawa Collection to get your trip started. Don’t hesitate to contact one of our Africa Safari Experts who has visited these places and has firsthand knowledge of a Chiawa safari because The Bespoke African Safari Co. specializes in building custom, personalized trips from the start.
Lower Zambezi Safaris
A Lower Zambezi safari staying at the Chiawa Collection offers the ultimate combination of water and land-based wildlife viewing. Combining the collection’s two legendary properties—Chiawa Camp and Old Mondoro Camp—creates the perfect circuit, balancing lavish comfort with raw, intimate bush luxury.
South Luangwa Safaris
A South Luangwa safari staying at the Chiawa Collection pairs Africa’s premier wildlife sanctuary—famed as the “Valley of the Leopards” and the birthplace of the walking safari—with ultra-luxury, carbon-positive accommodations. In South Luangwa, the Chiawa Collection co-manages two flagship properties.
Chiawa Collection Properties
Chiawa’s camps may be situated in South Luangwa National Park and Lower Zambezi National Park, both of which are sprinkled along the magnificent Zambezi River. Each camp provides great service, modern comforts, and amenities without sacrificing modern luxury, allowing guests to connect with the natural world. When you’re ready to create a seamless schedule of locations and lodges, browse the available lodging at your leisure and get in touch.
Lower Zambezi National Park
Chiawa Camp: The flagship property resting peacefully in a grove of mahogany trees on the banks of the Zambezi River. It features nine luxurious thatched safari tents (including a grand Safari Suite) equipped with private plunge pools, free Wi-Fi, and claw-foot bathtubs looking out over the river. It is highly regarded for its diverse land and water activities, including canoeing, game drives, and tiger fishing.
Old Mondoro Camp: Located further downstream, Old Mondoro provides a more intimate, “back-to-the-bush” atmosphere. It focuses on immersive, de-cluttered luxury centered around walking safaris and exceptional night drives.
South Luangwa National Park
Puku Ridge Camp: A stunning, high-end tented camp overlooking a multi-directional floodplain teeming with wildlife, blending seamlessly into one of Africa’s greatest sanctuaries for leopards and elephants.
Chichele Presidential Lodge: Once the historic private retreat of Zambian presidents, this grand lodge sits on a prime vantage point offering magnificent 360-degree views of the South Luangwa valley.
