LOWER ZAMBEZI Old Mondoro Camp

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General information

The concept of Old Mondoro is simple – to step back from the ultra-luxurious lodges seemingly springing up everywhere, and rather provide guests with an authentic remote safari that concentrates on the wildlife and bush experience.

Where the call of the hyena replaces the hum of a generator, where harsh electric light is replaced by the soft glow of a lantern, where some of the best guides in Africa will help guests experience a closer look at the natural world.

Old Mondoro, which is a joint venture between the owners of Chiawa Camp and Sausage Tree Camp, is set in a grove of Acacia trees on the banks of the Zambezi River in the Lower Zambezi National Park some 10km downstream from Jeki Airstrip, near the Chakwenga River confluence. Here, the Park is characterised by vast flood plains and open woodland making for ideal walking and game viewing opportunities.

This is very different from the rest of the Park, which is on higher ground characterised by thicker bush and large inland lagoons. The Park offers excellent game viewing throughout, with there being more elephant, lion and buffalo activity west of Jeki. Old Mondoro’s area to the east seems to deliver more frequent leopard and serval sightings and more plains game such as Zebra and Kudu.