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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.

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For cheaper accommodation try

   Comfortable Guesthouses / B&B's  in the suburbs include the

  • Of Earth and Heaven B&B along the Leopards Hill Rd about 15 minutes to town. Country setting with small game park to walk in.

  • Wayside Bed & Breakfast just 4km South of the City Centre

  • Juls Guesthouse just off the Great East Rd in Roma

  • Reed Mat Lodge  are both well situated just off the Great East Rd (Airport Rd) with affordable and comfortable accommodation.

  • Mwiza Lodge  A new luxury Guesthouse  in the suburb of Chudleigh towards the airport.

  • Comfort Zone is 6km south of Lusaka just off the Kafue Rd.

  • Ungweru Lodge is a comfortable guesthouse in the suburb of Chelston between Town and the Airport and has a sister lodge called Peggy Lodge which is more of an authentic African hospitality experience

  • The Wasingo Inn   

  • Chita Lodge.  

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

  • 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. 
     

  • 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: 
     

  • Lechwe Lodge, which also offers game drives, night drives and fishing on the Kafue River.  
     

  • 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.
     

  • 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.
     

  • Ibis Gardens Hotel
    76 km north of Lusaka. This is a country hotel with a huge swimming pool 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

  • 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. 
     

  • Pioneer Campsite. Very popular with overlanders. If you're heading East to South Luangwa or Malawi (or coming in from the east).
     

  • There is also a  good backpackers' lodge in the middle of Lusaka in Mulombwa Close called Cha Cha Cha Backpackers.

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