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 LUSAKA
Where To
Stay
Accommodation in Lusaka is plentiful and there are choices
to suit all tastes and budgets. From Five star hotels, Well known hotel chains, Game
lodges on private game reserves, to motels and quiet guesthouses in the suburbs.
Hotels
For cheaper accommodation try
Comfortable Guesthouses in the suburbs include the
There are also many motels in and around town which offer
basic but reasonably priced accommodation.
See Directory for
Hotels
or
Motels and Guesthouses
Nearby Private Game Reserves and Country Lodges
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To avoid Lusaka completely, try
Lilayi
Lodge only 20km out on the Kafue Road on a pristine game ranch.
Lilayi also offers Polo and game drives
on the Ranch. They also have extensive Conference
facilities.
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Or
Protea Safari Lodge about 35 minutes out on the Great North Road. Set on
well-stocked private game ranch, they have luxury chalets and an excellent
Restaurant. Well known for superb Sunday lunches. The ranches stock most of the antelope found in the country and have game drives and
walking trails through the bush.
There are two other country lodges within an hour’s drive of the city:
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Lechwe
Lodge, which also offers game drives, night drives and fishing on the Kafue River.
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Fringilla Lodge and Farm is about 50km out on the Great North Road offering
pleasant accommodation, camping, riding. Excellent Sunday lunches served
from the braai in the gardens.
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About 45 minutes north is the extensive
Chaminuka Private Game Reserve
with a luxury lodge
and a wide variety of game including lion, elephant and giraffe, in untouched wilderness. The
well appointed lodge also has an
extensive collection of African art.
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Ibis
Gardens Hotel
76 km north of Lusaka. This is a country hotel with a huge swimmin gpool
set in 18 acres of landscaped gardens. Accommodation available in single
or double rooms, studio chalets or 2 or 3 houses. Catering or self
catering. Popular conference and function venue.
Camping, backpackers and overlanders
The best places for CAMPING :
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Eureka, about 10 km out of town on the
southbound Kafue Road. Shady sites, great showers and a huge thatched "sitenje"
housing a well-stocked bar, pool table and cosy lounge.
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Pioneer Campsite.
Very popular with overlanders. If
you're heading East to South Luangwa or Malawi (or coming in from the east).
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There is also a good backpackers' lodge in the middle of Lusaka
in Mulombwa Close called
Cha Cha Cha Backpackers.
See
Campsites
and Backpackers
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