Exterior view of King Lewanika looking in with lights sparkling, Liuwa Plain, Zambia

King Lewanika

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King Lewanika is far, far from ordinary. Hop onto a small plane and head west towards Zambia’s Angolan border. And just when you think you can’t go any further, go a little more. As remote as it is luxurious, King Lewanika mixes traditional décor, hand-woven linens, quirky modern finishes and floodplain-views that stretch for days. Without another tourist in sight, this kind of exclusivity is difficult to come by. You get the only front row seat to Africa’s second largest wildebeest migration: 47,000 wildebeest and not another soul around to see it. Take that, Serengeti. It might not be easy to reach, but it’s even harder to forget.

 

Bush dinner at sunset on a safari sleep-out at the King Lewanika, Liuwa Plain, wildebeest migration Zambia

Stuff we love

Hideaway in remote Liuwa Plains

  • Watching, equal parts appalled and enthralled, as blood-thirsty hyenas hunt in enormous clans
  • As rainy season approaches: an endless carpet of wobbly baby antelope – a cheetah utopia.
  • Reaching for your camera to capture the purple sheets of rain that connect thirsty plains to full-bellied thunderclouds above.

King Lewanika in pictures

Lodge activities

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Game Drive
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Birdwatching
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Bush Walk
Outdoor Bath
Outdoor Shower
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Private plunge pool
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Sleep under the stars

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Danny Watkins
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Sonia Kolar
6 months ago

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