Kingfisher Lodge Lower Zambezi
Self-catering river chalets · Between Mpata Gorge and the park's eastern boundary · Not published
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Budget
Outside the gate
Locally owned
A small self-catering fishing lodge downstream of the park boundary. We list it because it is trading, but almost nothing about it is formally published: no website, no rate card, no season. Contact it directly and confirm everything before you drive out.
Why you'd pick it
- Six self-catering chalets facing the river
- A fishing base downstream of the park
- About as far from the fly-in camps as this valley gets
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Lower Zambezi National Park charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entry$25 if you are with a licensed operator instead of self-driving.
- $30per person, per day
- VehicleUnder 3 tonnes, foreign registered.
- $15per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $225 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
Camps inside the park bundle a bed-night levy and community fee on top, which together run $85 to $120 per person per night. That is the number that lands on your invoice, not the gate fee.
The full fee schedule for Lower Zambezi National ParkRates
Self-catering, rates on request. No published rate card. The property is active on social media but has no website we could verify, so we do not link to one.
What the rate covers is not confirmed. We do not know yet whether meals, drinks and activities are included, so read this as the bed only.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Indicative 2026 rates from operators' own rate cards, gathered July 2026. Always confirm with the lodge. Two things shift the real comparison here. First, camps inside the park add $85 to $120 per person per night in bundled park and conservation fees, and most quote that separately. Second, camps in the Chiawa game management area carry no national park entry fee at all unless you cross into the park, which is why a GMA bed can work out far cheaper than the headline rate suggests.