ROYAL ZAMBEZI LODGE

Minimum 2-night stay

Valid for Residents & Citizens Only

Wildly in Love package

Valid for the month of February 2025

Escape to the heart of nature, where the breathtaking landscapes of the valley meet the excitement of adventure. Let the whispers of the wild serenade your hearts as moments of intimate luxury come together to create an unforgettable story of love and connection.

Deluxe Suite: $986 per couple for 2 nights

Presidential Suite: $1210 per couple for 2 nights

Includes:

2 Nights' accommodation per couple

Specially curated valentine's menu featuring locally sourced ingredients & special dessert

A bottle of sparkling wine per reservation

2 Safari activities a day

Romantic turndown service every evening

Early Bird Suite upgrade: Book by 1 February 2025, for a complimentary upgrade to a Presidential Suite (subject to availability)

Excludes:

National Park fees

All drinks (applicable for activities too)

Spa treatments

Additional activities: $40 per person per activity

Fly-fishing $50 per person per day (max 2 people per boat)

Fishing Tackle hire: $25 per person per day

Laundry

Late check-out fee: $40 per person to cover lunch and $40 per person per activity (use of room not included)

Valentine's Safari Getaway

Valid from 14 - 16 February 2025

Deluxe Suite: $2023 per couple for 2 nights and return flights from Lusaka

Presidential Suite: $2247 per couple for 2 nights and return flights from Lusaka

Includes:

Exclusive for Valentine's weekend

All features from the "Valentine's Safari Getaway: Wildly in Love" package

PLUS

Return flights from Lusaka

A private sunset boat cruise

Romantic candlelit bubble bath (Presidential Suite only)

Complimentary 15-minute neck & shoulder massage

Royal Zambezi Lodge 

RATES  2025

These preferential rates are only bookable within 4 months of travel.

Minimum booking of 2 nights is required.

SECRET SEASON: 3 JANUARY 2025 TO 31 MARCH 2025

ZAMBIAN RESIDENT & CITIZEN RATES

Deluxe Room

U$D234 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D117 

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D59 

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC 

Presidential Room

U$D290 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D145 

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D73 

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Family Suite

U$D704 per unit

Family Unit consists of 2 deluxe rooms joined by a communal outside lounge/play area. Rate based on 2 adults and 2 children between 6 & 16yrs. 3rd child will attract a U$D60 per night surcharge in Secret Season 

SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT - U$D117 

 

SADC/AFRICAN CITIZEN RATES

Deluxe Room

U$D245 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D123

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D61

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Presidential Room

U$D303 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D152

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D76

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Family Suite

U$D736 per unit

Family Unit consists of 2 deluxe rooms joined by a communal outside lounge/play area. Rate based on 2 adults and 2 children between 6 & 16yrs. 3rd child will attract a U$D60 per night surcharge.

SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT - U$D123

VISITING FAMILY & FRIENDS RATES:

Deluxe Room $333 per person per night sharing

Presidential Room $357 per person per night sharing

No Single Supplement

Includes:  Accommodation, 3 meals a day, 2 activities, tea/coffee/water, WI-FI, return Royal Airstrip transfers & VAT

Excludes:  Green levy, drinks, park fees, spa treatments, laundry, hire of fishing tackle

HIGH SEASON: 1 APRIL 2025 - 2 JANUARY 2026

ZAMBIAN RESIDENT & CITIZEN RATES

Deluxe Room

U$D318 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D159

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D80

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Presidential Room

U$D359 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D180

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D90

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Family Suite

U$D956 per unit

Family Unit consists of 2 deluxe rooms joined by a communal outside lounge/play area. Rate based on 2 adults and 2 children between 6 & 16yrs. 3rd child will attract a U$D60 per night surcharge in Secret Season

SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT - U$D159

SADC/AFRICAN CITIZEN RATES

Deluxe Room

U$D329 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D165

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D82

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Presidential Room

U$D369 per person per night sharing

Children 8 to 12 years - 50% of adult rate - U$D185

Children 2 to 7 years - 25% of adult rate - U$D92

Children under 2 Years (Infants) - FOC

Family Suite

U$D988 per unit

Family Unit consists of 2 deluxe rooms joined by a communal outside lounge/play area. Rate based on 2 adults and 2 children between 6 & 16yrs. 3rd child will attract a U$D90 per night surcharge.

SINGLE ROOM SUPPLEMENT - U$D165

VISITING FAMILY & FRIENDS RATES:

Deluxe Room $399 per person per night sharing

                       Single Supplement $60 per person per night

Presidential Room $430 per person per night sharing

                                Single Supplement $103 per person per night

Includes: Accommodation, 3 meals a day, 2 activities, tea/coffee/water, WI-FI, return Royal Airstrip transfers & VAT

Excludes: Green levy, drinks, park fees, spa treatments, laundry, hire of fishing tackle

INCLUDES SECRET & HIGH SEASON - RESIDENT/CITIZEN & SADC:

Accommodation (all rooms can accommodate double, twins & triples)
Two activities per day
All meals
Transfers to and from Royal airstrip
16% VAT

Wi-Fi

RZL airstrip passenger access fees

EXCLUDES SECRET & HIGH SEASON - RESIDENT/CITIZEN & SADC:

National Park Entry Fees
All drinks
Spa Treatments
Private guiding/vehicle/boat: U$D200 Secret Season & $450 High Season per day
Fly Fishing: FOC for up to 2 pax, thereafter U$D50 per person per day
Use of lodge fishing tackle: U$D25 person per day
Laundry
Transport to and from the lodge
Late check out fee - U$D30 per person to cover lunch and U$D40 per person per activity. Use of room is not included
Departure Tax at Lusaka and other National Airports - U$D16 per person per departure payable
directly by guest/s at relevant airports.
Safety Tax: U$D5 per person per departure. This fee will be added to charter quotes/invoices
and collected by relevant charter company. * Only if this is your chosen mode of
transportation
Conservation and Green Levy U$D40 per person per stay to be paid at the same time as accommodation
Additional activities - charged at U$D40 per person per activity

Royal Zambezi Fights - Soft Luggage only - 15kg

Sustainable Tourism

Giving Back At Royal Zambezi Lodge we believe in responsible tourism and supporting the environment around us, giving high priority to the well-being of our local communities and preserving the local ecosystem.

Conservation – at the Lodge we are committed to guiding responsibly, conserving and caring for the local wildlife and natural resources. We are Platinum supporters of Conservation Lower Zambezi, who we are privileged to call neighbours.

Community – we work with the local community in the Chiawa Game Management area of the Lower Zambezi to ensure a good standard of living by providing economic and educational support and empowerment. Community At Royal Zambezi Lodge we are committed to ensuring that the people living in the Chiawa Game Management Area of the Lower Zambezi enjoy a good standard of living. We do this by providing financial and advisory support to the local schools and offering employment in the local area. We also facilitate pro-active intervention for many of our guests who want to help. Some features of our involvement with the community are as follows:

More than 80% of our staff are recruited locally – creating opportunity in the area.

We provide training for all our staff so that they can develop within our company or learn a skill when they join us — expertise range from mechanics to storemen, carpenters to cooks, to guides and the front-line staff. • Through the support of Conservation Lower Zambezi, we have helped communities learn about sustainable living and farming practices and also helped locals learn new trades such as jewellery making.

The Royal Zambezi Lodge shop supports local artisans by sourcing product locally.

In 2015, the KAI Foundation partnered with Royal Zambezi Lodge, to fundraise and build a maternity ward for the community. The project, having been pioneered by Henry Kartagener and the Royal team, is proudly named “The Claire Kartagener Maternity Ward” after Henry’s wife in honour of it being their first project. It officially opened with Henry from KAI and Natalie from Royal, being present to cut the ribbon. Two days later the first baby was born in the new maternity ward, aptly named Claire. The ongoing running and maintenance of the maternity ward have been kept afloat by various generous donations from guests who have stayed with us at Royal. Without them, we would not be able to sustain the tireless efforts it takes to run a project of this magnitude. Going forward, Royal Zambezi Lodge and the KAI Foundation have partnered once again to sponsor, fundraise and initiate a plan to build doctors accommodation for the maternity ward. Once fulfilled, this project will assist the Ministry of Health in placing a clinical office/senior medic at the facility that services around 4000 people from the surrounding villages. Read more about these inspiring projects by visiting the KAI Foundation.

Many of our guests visit the Chiawa village, and some examples of the work we have facilitated at Chiawa with the guests’ help are below: With support from the University of Washington Alumni, we have been able to install a solar-powered fridge in the small clinic in Chiawa to store perishable drugs.

Some Australian guests provided financial assistance to provide tables, chairs and other building materials to the primary school to enable the children to learn in a comfortable environment.

By harnessing the expertise of one of our guests and the right drugs we have been able to cure most cases of ringworm and the villagers learnt how to administer the medication themselves under the guidance of a professional.

We have provided and installed water pumps in the villages for the community so that they now have clean drinking water.

Australian guests, in collaboration with Royal Zambezi Lodge and Conservation Lower Zambezi, are funding a project to provide Edu-pads/i-school tablets to the local school. Through the coordination of CLZ, the tablets will be pre-loaded with their conservation curriculum to aid in educating the local community.

In conjunction with the German Embassy, a borehole was drilled at the maternity ward to provide clean drinking water.

Fixed and drilled seven boreholes in many communities along the river. We are also proud members of Pack for a Purpose, an initiative that allows travellers to make a lasting impact in the community at their travel destination. If they save just a few kilos of space in their suitcase and bring supplies for area schools or medical clinics in need, they will make a priceless impact in the lives of our local children and families. Please click here to see what supplies are in demand for our project.