Mayukuyuku Bush Camp

We have safaried throughout Zambia and much of sub-saharan Africa but return time and again to this most authentic bush camp. It is small, unpretentious and comfortable. It has a wonderful team of staff who could not be more helpful and accommodating. Nowadays we regard them all as friends! Animals roam through the camp but can sometimes be elusive. However we have encountered something magical on each of our visits thanks to the quality and perseverance of the guiding team.This time we had a farewell present of 15 wilddogs. We were in danger of missing our plane!

We spent amazing days at beautiful Mayukuyuku Bush Camp. The place is lovely, surrounded by nature, hippos every night. The common areas very charming, the service was TOP TEN, the food was delicious, the people very helpful and friendly. We can only says good things of this place. Very easy access but on the same time you feel like you are deep in the park. The tents are very beautiful. We will definitely be back in our next trip to Zambia.

Fantastic camp, great spot with lovely views and good access to a strong network of game drive loops. Home away from home with lovely and well informed staff. I have had great wildlife sightings year round! The true, authentic Kafue bush camp experience.

Well I had a really mix experience with this bush camp . We were 5 people who had our own 4x4 and tents only need a spot to camp and use toilet facilities. The camp spot was really good as it’s by the river and u had hippos around you who come out of the river to graze. They had clean ablutions with hot water . Bob the manager and the staff was friendly. What threw me off was the price we paid $40 a night per person for camping alone which is the most expensive camping I have ever paid in my life . Over the phone and on their web site they mention camping as $25 per person wht they don’t mention is that there is a camping levy of $15 additional per person per night which they claim that it’s not them but it wht the national park charges but they collect it on their behalf which is really BS as they give a receipt from there company and not a receipt from national park . If they are collecting on behalf of the Kafue National park they need to provide a receipt from them and not from the lodge . Further more the previous night we had camped in the south of Kafue national park in a similar place and we were only charged $25 per person for camping along with park entrance and cars and that’s it no camping levy was charged. As we didn’t know well and we need to be in Lusaka as we had a flight to catch we just paid it and we had camped there for two night so we ended up paying $400/- in total for 5 people just for camping using our own equipment and just for using there toilet facilities which is really insane. The camping spot was good but not worth $40 per person per night So be ready to shell out money when you visit this place

I too recommend the all-inclusive package. Location is magnificent, the tents quirky and very comfortable. I was alone in the camp so I did get full attention, but it is very sad to see such a lovely place suffer because of COVID and other issues. A boat cruise on the magnificent river is essential. Go, and support this team. I'm most certainly going back and taking my wife next time, and spending more than two nights.

Whatever you do, don't pay upfront. We arrived only to find a place in complete disarray, looking terrible (can we all just stop calling it a Bush camp when you have no interest in maintaining a structure?). One of our tents had also been given away to other guests, awkward for a business trip but we thought we'd give it a try. After then trying to get help from the staff for the smallest things we gave up and went to Mukambi as we should've done from the start. It was a completely different experience there and cheaper!