Nsobe Camp | Established Campground

October 23rd, 2023 by Safarica

A lonely spot with a fire place and a simple central ablution block. Prices see below. The last part of the access track (~5km) became a serious challenge about two hours after a heavy rain shower but was fine 40 hours later. We also took the boat tour but were advised upfront that shoebills are now much further north. They offered to show us a few shoebills they kept in captivity for 200 USD pp :-) Not sure if the birding was worth the price of the boat tour.

July 7th, 2023 by mlperkins1980

Sites under various trees, private and quiet. There is nothing for miles!. We entered from mutinondo direction and out towards kasanka-both roads took 4+ hours for around 100km. Ablutions clean but fairly open plan!! Hot water. Fire wood bought to us. $10pppn to camp plus park fees, $30pp for shoebill boat tour.

June 15th, 2023 by pam.brand57

Saw thousands of black lechwe and many zebra. The bird life if fantastic. This place is a must on anyone’s list of places to visit.

June 15th, 2023 by pam.brand57

Spent two nights in this amazing game reserve. New ablutions solar heated water. Very helpful staff and an excellent guide who took us to see the shoebills.

August 6th, 2021 by Tortuga in Sambia

Beautiful Campsite, very friendly Staff! They organise Trips on the Plains. Be careful driving on the Plains (suddenly gets Muddy and you get stuck!) Stayed 3 Nights.

July 20th, 2021 by Nomadic_Hagrid

A few campsites scattered around the plain of bangweulu swamps. Beautiful views with flat plains as far as the eye can see. Herds in the thousands of black lechwe, and home to the rare shoebill stork. An excursion is needed to see the shoebill, but speak the staff when arriving to see what can be arranged. In our case they were relatively close. Staff are quite pushy about receiving tips, may be worth finding out what is incl in the camping fees, as they'll try and get tips for doing everything which I believe are part of the std services incl in the camping fees.

July 14th, 2021 by h_wuensche

Since the caretaker asked me several times, I put this at the beginning;
if anybody has a book about Zambian birds to share, give it to the caretaker. He will be for ever grateful!

Nice and peaceful campsite at the edge of the plain.
Basic facilities, one shower, and one flush toilet, both open air.
New facilities are under construction.
The friendly caretakers will prepare hot water for the shower, provide fire wood, and wash your dishes.
They expect a tip!
You have to bring all supplies, no shops around!
The quality of the access road ranges between bad, very bad and terrible. I needed 8 hours from Kasanka NP to Bangweulu Wetlands (140 km); and remember that you have to drive that all back!
So think twice if you really want to come!
The endless plains look disappointing at the beginning, but after a while you start to understand the vastness of the landscape, and the different habitats.
Open plains, woodland, swamps, and all in between.
No big five, but thousands of black lechwe antelopes, some zebras and hartebeest, some jackals and hyenas, and plenty of birds!
If you are lucky (and the local fishermen will help you and provide transport), you might see a shoebill stork.
You will need a guide to drive around, since there are no roads anymore after the camp (except the broken causeway going to the office and shoebill island).
The caretaker of the campground is a good guide, but he expects to get paid. Still much cheaper than to take official guides from the office.
Driving over these grassy plains is something special, totally different from just following a track in a national park.
Hard to believe that everything will be flooded in the wet season!
Camping is 10 USD/night, plus 10 USD conservation fee, and 15 USD vehicle fee, all per day.

June 2nd, 2021 by BigGreen

This camp is now part of the Bangweulu Wetlands National Park which has its gate at Chiundaponde. However, the park attendants are not very well organized nor do they communicate what is the actual cost. So, to stay overnight here, you have to pay 10 US $ ppn as a park entry, plus 15 US $ for the vehicle, (these you would pay at the gate) plus 15 US $ ppn for the camping. The camping managers did not know the actual prices and were not in charge of billing the camping; for that, we had to go to the National Park Headquarters which at this time of year (June) could not be reached except by boat. In addition, they would organize boat trips (price unknown) to see the shoebills.
The camping spots themselves are very nicely located at the edge of the plains, at several palm tree "islands" with rustic table and a fireplace. There is one (hot) shower and one flush toilet at the beginning of the camping area.
Access: We drove here from Nsalu Caves via Lake Waka Waka, but the road from the Chipundu junction to Lake Waka Waka would probably be the preferred access, since the road from the Great North Road via Nsalu Caves to Lake Waka Waka has been completely destroyed by trucks going to a mine close to Lake Waka Waka during the rainy season.

May 23rd, 2021 by margret.helga.paul

we are here in may and went to see the shoebill, which happened. We saw one bird ... the water is still close so we could do the boat trip. It was a adventurous experience not the bird but the whole thing 😀. with the fisherman and the insight's of the way if living here.
The price for the campsite us now 180 kwpp
and for the shoebill trip 540 kwpp.
we asked the workers for the price but they don't know and gave us a false information.
we do recommend this place by hart

May 23rd, 2021 by margret.helga.paul

we are here in may and went to see the shoebill, which happened. We saw one bird ... the water is still close so we could do the boat trip. It was a adventurous experience not the bird but the whole thing 😀. with the fisherman and the insight's of the way if living here.
The price for the campsite us now 180 kwpp
and for the shoebill trip 540 kwpp.
we asked the workers for the price but they don't know and gave us a false information.
we do recommend this place by hart.🥰

July 12th, 2018 by anna.pepper27

$10pppn camping.
$10pp conservation (2days/1night).
Nice campsite with beautiful view of plains, hot showers on request.
$30pp to see shoebills, we went in July and they gave 2 options below and said there's only 1 shoebill so no guarantee of seeing it.
1) 8hrs round trip in a boat and walking through mud/swamp.
2) 3hrs driving + 2hrs walking and same on return. (this wasn't available due to a hunt going on in this area).
They don't provide any lunch or drinks.
We decided not to go! We did a game drive but not much to see.

September 9th, 2017 by irisbreeman

On the fringes of a huge plain (which goes towards Chikuni, hq of Bangweulu Wetlands), lies a hidden camp & campsite - probably seasonal because when it rains the surface is not driveable. Staff is super friendly and provide water & fire at the campsite and a hot shower upon request. A very nice spot when you want to see the Shoebill stork!

KW100 pppn + KW100 conservation levy.

The track from the great north through Lavushi Manda (110km) will take you 4h in a solid 4x4.