Community & Wildlife

Africa Safari Experts Conservation and Community Tours (CCT) will provide guests the opportunity to contribute directly to the protection of endangered African wildlife and local communities. The tours will deliver in-depth experiences and behind the scenes activities where you will hear from the experts who work on a day to day basis committed to sustainable and innovative projects.

In addition there will be an opportunity for you to fund raise for your chosen partner organisation amongst your friends, family and work colleagues and see firsthand where funds will be distributed.

The tours will be very flexible and tailor made to your personal requirements appealing to those wanting to learn more about this majestic and vulnerable continent while contributing directly to local communities and protection of wildlife.

Being tailor made there are no set dates and all tours will be subject to availability of accommodation and your chosen local community project team. If an escort is required Africa Safari Escorts will arrange.

The Africa Safari Experts Conservation and Community Tours are perfect for families, friends, couples, incentive groups, school groups and we assure you they will be very rewarding. The guests will see firsthand where the funds go with a goal the tours will generate long term support of the South Luangwa Zambia wildlife and community in addition to various other destinations and countries as required.

As quoted by numerous past guests “it was a highlight of my Africa holiday”

• Conservation South Luangwa http://cslzambia.org/

CSL exists to help protect Zambia’s wildlife in partnership and collaboration with the Department of National Parks & Wildlife, the local community and generous support from sponsors around the world Their goal to stop poaching, to eradicate wildlife trafficking and protect and optimise wildlife and natural resources.

• Zambian Carnivore Program http://www.zambiacarnivores.org

ZCP is dedicated to conserving large carnivore species and the ecosystems they reside in for one of Africa’s most wildlife-rich places. We are 100% field-based, working out of 3 basic research camps across Zambia.

• Mulberry Mongoose https://mulberrymongoose.com

From our workshop, located on a well-trodden elephant path in the Zambian bush, local craftswomen make all our jewellery by hand using natural materials from the South Luangwa valley. In an area where unemployment and poaching are a reality, every piece of jewellery sold helps us support our families and conserve this unique place that inspires our work.

• Project Luangwa http://www.projectluangwa.org

Project Luangwa is a charitable organisation formed by the Safari Operators of South Luangwa as a part of their commitment to responsible tourism. Our aim is to create an effective, coordinated approach to helping local communities improve their long term economic prospects whilst avoiding a negative impact on the environment and wildlife. We believe as a charity operating in Zambia that by developing and improving education in schools and creating training opportunities we can help families have the chance of a lasting and sustainable income.

• Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust http://www.chipembele.org

Chipembele focuses on conservation education for local school children in the area of South Luangwa, Zambia. The programme is comprehensive, dynamic, innovative and above all, fun! There is a unique education centre, with a widely acclaimed interpretive room, located on the banks of the Luangwa River opposite South Luangwa National Park – a wonderful, unspoiled setting for local children to learn about the value of their natural environment. The Centre provides an interactive and contemporary learning facility for Zambian children that embraces wildlife, the environment and conservation issues.