Location
GPS:
(14º33.003'S; 26º29.118'E)
By
Air
Various aircraft options
are available. Visit the the Proflight website
for more information. For details of other
routes and air bookings contact us for a referral.
Transfers
Transfers from Lusaka
to Leopard Lodge in 4X4 vehicles may be arranged.
Total traveling time is approximately 5 hours.
Please contact us for pricing and bookings.
Self-Drive
Outside the national
park’s northeast boundary, the lodge
is a few kilometers north of the Lubungu pontoon,
which crosses the Kafue River where the river
forms one boundary of the park. Leopard Lodge
is on the river banks of the Kafue River,
approximately 3,5 km upstream from the Lubungu
Pontoon.
You
can reach it by driving in a westerly direction
from Lusaka on the M9 tar road for 150Km to
the village of Mumbwa. N.B. last fuel is in
Mumbwa. From Mumbwa to Leopard Lodge and back
it is approximately 200kms. Set your Odometer
in Mumbwa to 0.00.
As
you enter Mumbwa you turn left at the first
roundabout (Mumbwa Filling Station: S 014
deg 59.457 min, E 027 deg 03.617 min). Drive
for approximately 1 km and turn right at 14º59.621'S;
27º03.011'E on the first gravel road
(D181). From there drive approximately 33.2
Kms where the road will fork, take the left
fork. (S 014 deg 45.599 min, E 026 deg 54.376
min).
Here
are some bench marks on the road from where
the road forked:
- At
odometer reading 40.3 Kms you will pass
Chitunda Open Air Reform School on left,
(keep right).
- At
odometer reading 62.3 Kms you should reach
Kabalushi Gate (Entering Park now), (S 014
deg 40.727 min, E 026 deg 39.338 min)
- At
odometer reading 82 Kms the road will fork
again, keep right, to left is Hippo Mine
Turn-off (S 014 deg 37.866 min, E 026 deg
29.659 min)
- Drive
on this road for approximately 8 kms until
you reach the Kafue River. Once you cross
the river with pontoon, drive for another
3.5 kms and then turn off the main track
(D181) at GPS TULOEP 14º32.700'S; 26º28.082'E.
(Sign Posted Leopard Lodge). Follow this
two track road for 1.6 km until you reach
the camp.
The
main tourist season will be from 1 April –
30 November, however we are open during the
rain season as well. You would be able to
reach the lodge with a 4 x 4 vehicle all year
round or a 4 x 2 vehicle (Raised Body) from
Mid June – Mid November. For the past
2 years the road from Mumbwa to the camp was
on average a 2 ½ - 3 hour drive.
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