Musekese Camp

Ò...tHE REAL AFRICA IS HARD TO FIND, BUT IF YOU WISH TO FIND IT, IT IS WITHIN AND AROUND THIS WONDERFUL PLACE...Ó - JOE, CORK

In the heart of a pristine wilderness area lies one of ZambiaÕs most authentic, owner-run bush camps. With just four tents Musekese Camp is the perfect place to experience the incredible variety of wildlife and activities in the Kafue National Park.

Musekese Camp; 1st June - 30th November Ntemwa-Busanga Camp; 1st July - 31st October

Kafue National Park is ZambiaÕs oldest and largest, and home to almost 500 species of bird and a staggering array of mammals. Explore this epic wilderness on foot, by boat or in comfortable game drive vehicles. Contact us for details and a tailor-made safari experience like no other.

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energy consumption was required for burning bricks or producing cement. Also, harnessing the sun’s energy through solar-generated power exemplified another commitment to ‘green thinking’.

In addition to these efforts and through the foundation, Green Safaris have committed further. They have opened a community farm just outside the national park; sponsored the deployment of a new digital radio system for Panthera (an organisation exclusively protecting wild cats) to improve their anti-poaching and law enforcement activities, and sponsored the purchase of a fire-fighting unit for Game Rangers International to assist in controlling vast wildfires. Also, they have sponsored the construction of the Zambian Carnivore Programme’s new base station and sponsored a new pilot project called Hack the Poacher, developed by a technology collective run by the Dutch and dedicated to improving the monitoring of poaching activities throughout the Kafue.

In Malawi, Green Safaris’ great love for this country has now fuelled their acquisition of a second lodge; Kaya Mawa on Likoma Island, a romantic beach destination rated one of the top 10 honeymoon destinations by Condé Nast magazine. Replicating Ila Safari Lodge’s silent eco-friendly safari ethos, Green Safaris have begun converting all the property’s quad bikes to solar power.

Eager to implement its green footprint, Green Safaris, the operational arm of the foundation, quickly took up the Likoma Island reforestation project where the foundation secured land, seeds and management skills to grow both large quantities of indigenous trees as well as a dedicated section of fast-growing saplings, including fruit trees. They continue to support ‘Katundu’, a community project dedicated to empowering the local women as they learn to make world-renowned products. Green Safaris have started a number of other new initiatives including the Likoma clean-up project, dedicated to reduce the amounts of (plastic) waste on the island, and the Likoma health project, which involves the sponsorship of several projects to improve the quality of health care through infrastructure and student sponsorship. Additionally, there are the Likoma education projects where the foundation sponsors several nursery schools on Likoma Island to improve the quality of education.

GREEN SAFARIS

TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE

Green Safaris, formed by a group of like-minded and environmentally sensitive nature lovers, fell in love with Africa’s pristine wilderness years ago and in particular with Zambia and Malawi. And it was a passion for eco-safaris that led them to construct an eco-lodge, Ila Safari Lodge, located in one of the world’s most untouched parks, Kafue National Park in Zambia, where the lodge is situated on the banks of the Kafue River.

Furthermore, the Green Safaris Conservation Foundation was set up by the team and is responsible for allocating funds to support conservation and community development in the areas where the team is active.

At Ila Safari Lodge, driven by their passion to preserve nature and to contribute towards an eco-friendly and unique safari experience, Green Safaris invested in a solar-powered boat and an electrically-powered vehicle, enabling guests to enjoy game-viewing in silence. Pushing the boundaries a little further, the ‘green team’ chose to build the lodge using sandbags to reduce its footprint; in this way no