Classic Zambia
Classic Zambia Safaris offers more than just a trip — they create immersive African safari adventures that connect you with Zambia’s untouched wilderness. As one of the few owner-operated safari companies, they offer intimate camps, expert guiding, and uncrowded wildlife encounters in the Kafue, Lower Zambezi, and Luangwa regions. Every safari is carefully designed to combine thrilling wildlife experiences with conservation and community support, ensuring your journey is authentic, meaningful, and unforgettable.
What Makes Classic Zambia Unique?
- Authentic Owner-Run Ethos: As one of Zambia’s few remaining owner-operated companies, they offer a deeply personal and genuine approach to wilderness management and guest hospitality.
- Prime Park Locations: Six camps across three distinct, world-class National Parks—Lower Zambezi, Kafue, and the largely unexplored North Luangwa—allow for highly diverse and unique itineraries.
- Industry-Leading Guides: The team is comprised of Africa’s finest naturalists, who have even been involved in designing Zambia’s new National Guide Training Program, ensuring every safari is both safe and deeply educational.
- Unique Immersive Activities: From intimate walking safaris that uncover the bush’s small things, to silent-drift canoeing in the Eden Lagoon, to boat safaris where you can watch elephants swimming, to world-class tiger fishing on the Zambezi—every experience is designed to get guests closer to the wild.
- End-to-End Logistics: They act as a one-stop shop for internal travel, managing all logistics from private bush flights to lodge transfers for a completely seamless and stress-free itinerary.
- Conservation in Action: At CZ, every adventure prioritizes conservation, community support, and meaningful wilderness experiences. Through their own non-profit, Musekese Conservation, guests at Musekese Camp can visit an active anti-poaching base to see firsthand the reality of wildlife biology and law enforcement in the Kafue.
Camps
Classic Zambia Safaris operates a collection of remote, owner-run African safari camps across Zambia’s most stunning national parks. From island camps on the Zambezi River to seasonal bush lodges in Kafue and wilderness retreats in North Luangwa, each camp is designed for uncrowded wildlife encounters and immersive experiences in untouched landscapes. With personalized service, expert guiding, and thoughtfully located camps, we bring you closer to Zambia’s extraordinary wildlife and pristine wilderness than anywhere else.
Musekese Camp
Musekese Camp is perched on the edge of a spectacular lagoon hidden away from the outside world. The camp has made a name for itself with expert guiding, exceptional food and phenomenal wildlife viewing. Explore this game-rich area by vehicle, foot or boat along the emerald green Kafue River. All five rooms at Musekese Camp are spacious and comfortable with all the necessities. This includes en-suite flushing toilets and on-demand hot water showers. All our power requirements are drawn from a well configured solar setup and the main area has plenty of surplus power 24/7 to keep all your devices fully charged and drinks ice cold.
Musekese Camp Fact Sheet
Musekese Camp high-resolution photos
Ntemwa-Busanga
A three-hour game drive to the north-west of Musekese Camp lies Ntemwa-Busanga Camp. Five classic thatched chalets are situated in a wilderness area on the southern edge of Busanga Plains. This simple but charming camp is perfectly sited to make the most of the diverse Busanga Plains. Explore its multitude of habitats, from riverine thickets in the south to tree-lined edges and the productive, flooded grasslands found in the center and the variety of wildlife that inhabit them.
Ntemwa-Busanga Fact Sheet
Ntemwa-Busanga high-resolution photos
Kutali Camp
Kutali Camp is located under a stunning winterthorn forest on the secluded Kulefu Island in the remote eastern sector of the Lower Zambezi National Park. With just 5 guest tents catering for no more than 10 people in camp at once – each tent is carefully and expertly located for the best possible views across the Zambezi River. Arguably the prettiest camp location in Zambia combined with a great variety of safari activities, all offered by some of the best guides in the region.
Chula Island Camp
Chula Island Camp is a stunning tented camp with all the luxuries one could wish for, but with the charm and ethos of a true seasonal bush camp. With just 5 guest tents catering for no more than 10 guests in camp at once – each tent is carefully and expertly located for the best possible views across the Zambezi River. Chula’s tents are bespoke and very comfortable, with high quality linen and mattresses, alongside flushing toilets, running water taps and traditional bucket showers.
Chula Island Camp Fact Sheet
Chula Island Camp high-resolution photos
Kutandala Camp
In the remote wilderness of North Luangwa National Park, Kutandala Camp offers an unparalleled safari experience in arguably Africa’s last remaining big-game, largely unexplored destination. Just 5 en-suite guest tents are nestled into the Riverine woodlands along the Mwaleshi River. The tents are comfortable and cool with all the necessities one needs. This includes en-suite flushing toilets and safari-style showers.
Kutandala Camp Fact Sheet
Kutandala Camp high-resolution photos
Lwenge River Camp
‘Lwenge’ takes its name from the ancient local word for this stretch of the Kafue River; it’s tranquil, unhurried waters the perfect backdrop to your safari. Here elephants cross on an almost daily basis, zigzagging from bank to bank, whilst leopard and lion seek shade in the lush riverine vegetation. With just 10 beds the River Camp is aimed at exclusive-use bookings, be it families, friend and photographic groups or couples that want that extra bit of space and privacy.
Lwenge River Camp Fact Sheet
Lwenge River Camp high-resolution photos
Meet the Classic Zambia team
Tyrone & Phil
Tyrone and Phil first met while studying degrees at the Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology in Kent, UK. During that time Phil and Tyrone hatched the idea of establishing an ethical safari business. Their goal would be to utilize expert local knowledge and provide employment to local people while adhering to strong ecological and conservationist values in the Kafue National Park – a place where both men had independently spent a lifetime exploring and working.
Phil is a Zambian and in fact spent some of his early years growing up in the Luangwa Valley with Luke! Phil is still an active guide, but also has his pilot licence and today combines these activities with an active role in the management of Musekese Conservation. Tyrone is from Windsor in the UK, but has spent over a decade in Zambia, guiding and managing. Today Tyrone and Luke head up the reservations and marketing of Classic Zambia.
Luke & Kyle
Luke and Kyle knew each other from a stint working for the same Zambian safari company, where Luke was the Op’s Manager for the entire operation and Kyle was the Head Guide – it was here that they became good friends and with a shared vision and trust in each other and what they could achieve they hatched the idea for what was to come…
Luke Evans was born in Monze, Zambia in 1982, the son of Mark and Virginia Evans, safari operators in the Kafue, South Luangwa and Lower Zambezi National Parks. Luke grew up a bush boy living in all three of these great National Parks. Educated in Kenya and Europe, he is trilingual speaking Chi Nyanja , English and German.
Community and Conservation
For Classic Zambia, conservation is at the core of their operations, ensuring that nature and local communities thrive in tandem. Their commitment extends from high-level ecological research and law enforcement to the grassroots empowerment of local Zambian talent.
Conservation & Community Initiatives:
Musekese Conservation: They operate their own non-profit to protect Zambia’s wild spaces by combining resource protection, ec ological research, and community-led
conservation across the Game Management Areas that buffer Kafue National Park. Their work strengthens biodiversity, safeguards critical habitats, and supports the people who depend on these landscapes.
Elite Guide Training: Led by CZ Director Kyle Branch—a co-founder of Zambia’s national guide accreditation—the company invests heavily in training local talent to become world-class professional guides and conservation ambassadors.
Regional Conservation Support: Classic Zambia provides consistent financial and in-kind support to Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ), collaborating with national park authorities to strengthen law enforcement in the region.
