Sausage Tree camp is located on the banks of the Zambezi River, at the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. This exclusive safari camp, featured on the BBC’s Holiday Ten Best programme, specializes in affording you our guests the very best game viewing, with traditional safari style. Only the very highest international standards in luxury and service are offered and are combined with this truly classic African wildlife experience.

Sausage Tree Camp offers a large range of game-viewing activities including: game-drives (both day and night), walking safaris, canoeing, boating and fishing for the world-renowned "Tiger fish". Fly-fishing, bait and spinning are the three most successful methods of fishing we practice. With personalized guiding, our guests decide exactly what activity they would like to take and when.

The camp’s "French trained" chef creates cuisine from his bush kitchen that has given him the reputation as one of Zambia’s finest chef’s. Three course meals are prepared and enjoyed under the African sky, with white linen and atmospheric candlelight. We have an open bar policy, so our guests are free to indulge as they so choose. Our accommodation consists of six Bedouin-style white canvas tents, each with private open-air bathrooms, with running hot and cold water and flush "loo’s with views".

If you are visiting Zambia, then the Lower Zambezi National Park is a must and only Sausage Tree Camp will show you the very best of what the park has to offer. For the discerning travellers travelling to Zambia, we suggest combining your Zambian holiday with Victoria Falls (Livingstone), South Luangwa and Kafue National Parks. Our rates are fully inclusive of all Safari Activities, Food, Beverage, National Park fees and Laundry.

Sausage Tree Camp is the epitome of bush chic. Set in a stunning location along the Zambezi River, at the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park, this pristine location and Sausage Tree Camp offers all the game, all the luxury without all the people!

Accommodation is in six luxurious white Bedouin style tents, discreetly positioned along the riverbank. Local materials are utilized to create a minimalist style in which the reddish brown teak furniture including, sumptuous four-poster beds, contrast crisply and cleanly with pure white fabrics and flowing white mosquito nets. Nearly hidden from one another, and shaded by mature Sausage and Mahogany trees, the tents are cool, private sanctuaries to return to after an early morning game drive and for a good nights rest.

Each tent has a private open-air en-suite bathroom, which has become a distinct trademark for this world-renowned tented safari camp. From the loo with a view, to the steaming hot shower, or the honeymoon tent which offers a bathtub worth marrying for!

Sleeping only 12 guests, Sausage Tree Camp offers a truly personalized safari experience. Each tent has its own personal Muchinda (butler) to attend to your every whim. Devoid of fences, elephant and other game frequently walk through camp, allowing guests to enjoy game experiences from the comfort of their tents.

A silenced generator, for tent lighting and battery charging and evening escort to and from guest tents.

Sausage Tree Camp offers a civilized approach to a true bush experience with lavish attention to detail.

Coupled with professional staff whose enthusiasm and experience are widely applauded, you can be sure of your choice to visit Sausage Tree Camp.

Safari Activities

Game viewing is the prime reason for visiting African wildlife areas and national parks. Sausage Tree Camp offers some of the finest game viewing in natural habitats anywhere on the continent.

The area also prides itself on being relatively “human free”. Zambia is in a prime position to fulfil visitor needs as it offers such a variety of environments to explore including the Lower Zambezi National Park.

Sausage Tree Camp’s location within the National Park and on the banks of the Zambezi River means we are able to conduct half of our game viewing activities by boat and canoes. The other half is land based and conducted by four-wheel drive game viewing vehicles or on foot (bush walks).

Sausage Tree Camp employs the most knowledgeable and experienced guides. All of our guides are fully trained, licensed and have many years of experience, ensuring that the highest quality of guiding and safety standards are delivered and achieved.

We also pride ourselves on our development programme for our junior guides. All are fully qualified in advanced first-aid.

The camp is well equipped with 4 game viewing vehicles, 3 boats and 6 canoes thus allowing us to easily cater to the personal and individual needs of all our guests.

All of the boats and vehicles are fitted with VHF radios, for direct communications back to camp and also carry a first-aid kit. A more comprehensive first-aid supply remains within the camp, as does an HF radio, enabling direct communications back to our head office in Lusaka (the capital of Zambia). Safety is our very first concern during all our activities.

A typical day on Safari at Sausage Tree Camp

• 05:30 - Wake-up to your favourite beverage.
• 06:00 - Breakfast, possibly light as the morning game awaits.
• 06:30 - Morning activity , perhaps a gentle canoe trip meandering the river banks wildlife, or a game drive to catch sight of lion or leopard before they take shade for the day, or a walk to encapsulate the personality of a herd of elephant or buffalo and to take in the smaller and often missed intimacy of the African bush.
• 12:00 - Lunch, sustenance is such an important part of a bush day.
• 13.00 - As the days are warm (even hot) a little time to relax and read up from our library on the experiences of the morning – or maybe just catch up on those essential holiday rays.
• 15:30 - Afternoon Tea, a little more fortification for the days activities.
• 16:00 - Afternoon activity, as the sun starts to cool now is the time for fishing, a Sausage Tree Camp spectacular, as we have the finest Tiger fishing in the world. Or you may prefer to head off into the early sunset to enjoy the myriad of nocturnal species, not just cats, but honey badger or porcupine or the ever elusive but majestic African Owl.
• 19:30 - Drinks around the camp fire, time to unwind.
• 20:00 - Our candlelit dinner whilst reminiscing the memories of the day, or just to enjoy the “spirits” of the evening!
• ??.?? - and so to bed for a good nights sleep, ready for the next days exploration!

This is only a suggested itinerary. Sausage Tree Camp offers personalized safaris to all guests allowing you to set the pace of your day including the type and length of each activity.

Canoeing:

The Lower Zambezi is renowned for its spectacular canoeing. As one of the few privileged operators based inside the National Park, we are able to canoe guests down the most stunning section of the Zambezi, “The Chifungulu Channel”.

Led by one of our highly qualified canoe guides, explore the banks of the river, where game can be seen from a totally different perspective - looking UP rather than down!

Canoe trips vary in length (from one to seven hours) however a one-hour canoe trip is a great prelude to an evening game drive.

No experience or particular strength is required - it is an effortless drift, as the flow of the Zambezi swishes the canoes along.

Rather than a work out, this is a time to relax, listen to the sounds of the huge variety of bird-life and admire their sheer beauty.

A full day canoe trip, stopping for a picnic lunch en-route, down to our Old Mondoro Camp (30km) is an unbeatable safari experience.

Game Drives (both day and night)

Game drives are the most reliable and successful way to see a good variety of wildlife, both large and small. A larger area can be covered in a shorter time frame, hence, increasing the chance to find good game.

Also those ‘up close and personal’ experiences are made possible this way. Our team of professional guides will ensure though, that it is not too close!

Night drives are the perfect way to experience the nocturnal animals, including the elusive leopard!

Visiting more areas, and witnessing the diversity of the Lower Zambezi National Park you can appreciate the unspoiled wilderness of Zambia. T

The wildlife and beauty in the area around Sausage Tree Camp can only be described as “God’s own country”.

Walking:

Walking is the perfect way to search for the smaller creatures, learn about the trees, the plants and examine the different types of dung. Led by a professional walking guide and National Parks Wildlife Officer, walking is preferred by many safari lovers. Walking was pioneered in Zambia and remains one of the few areas where this can be truly enjoyed. Beware -not only do you see the smaller things on foot, it is also common for us to see lion on our bush walks.

Boat Cruises

Sausage Tree Camp operates scenic boat trips using 7metre aluminium river cruisers. Designed for the Okavango Delta, they are the perfect boat for the Zambezi River as sandbanks make navigation on the water very difficult. Scenic boat cruises are a very relaxing way to view the game that comes down to the river to drink and bathe, whilst also taking in the unique water wildlife.

Until the Zambezi River is explored by boat, it is impossible to truly appreciate the huge hippopotami pods and crocodile populations. To view the most amazing sunsets in Africa, floating sundowners (Gin and Tonic are de rigueur!) in the middle of the Zambezi is a must! This can also provide a photographic opportunity for that perfect African sunset.

Lucky guests have experienced the truly memorable sight of elephant crossing the Zambezi, from Mana Pools National Park to the Lower Zambezi National

Can you imagine, every night fine dining on the banks of the Zambezi, with the chorus of laughing hippopotami and croaking frogs? Well it does happen! Sausage Tree Camp has a huge white open-style dining and bar tent where this is a nightly occurrence.

The settings natural ambience radiates all around, allowing you to enjoy a sumptuous meal whilst serenaded by the sounds of the African evening. Which may well include the silhouette of game provided by the brilliance of the mysterious moon.

Regarded as one of Zambia's finest Chefs, Mr. Honore Kabongo, was trained in France and later moved to Zambia. He has been working at Sausage Tree Camp as the Executive Chef for the past seven years. You will be enthralled to meet Honore and his passion for bush cuisine.

Breakfast: Available at any time to suit your personal needs and to fit with your morning activities. Breakfast is buffet style, consisting of juice, tea, coffee, toast, muffins, cereal and fresh fruit salad. It's a very healthy way to start the day. For those who prefer a cooked breakfast, orders can be taken the night before.

Lunch: Served at around noon, unless other arrangements have been made. The buffet lunch consists of a hot meat dish, vegetarian dish, two salads and the "hot special bread" of the day. Just in case that doesn't satisfy, we follow this with a selection of the finest Zambian and South African cheeses, served on a board with crackers, nuts and dried fruits.

Dinner: Whilst not a formal affair, most guests choose to dine together at our hosted table. If though you would prefer a private and romantic dinner for two, we will gladly set up your very own table, bar and camp fire in front of your tent.

Dining alone perched on the edge of the Zambezi with your very own personal Muchinda attending to your every wish is something not to be missed! Dinner is served under the stars, around the campfire, or in the dining tent, for our three-course fine dining candlelit dinner. Wine, dine and socialise with the other guests and your hosts, who have come to experience and appreciate Africa at its very best.

Should you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know when you make your reservation. We take pride in fulfilling your every desire, but a little preplanning may be necessary on our part.