Chula Island Camp is a beautiful tented camp that combines understated luxury with the charm and spirit of a true seasonal bush camp. With only six guest tents and a maximum of twelve guests, Chula offers an intimate and exclusive escape in the heart of the Zambezi wilderness.
Each tent is carefully positioned to make the most of the island’s setting, with sweeping views across the Zambezi River. The tents are bespoke and exceptionally comfortable, featuring high-quality linen, plush mattresses, flushing toilets, running water, and traditional bucket showers. At the heart of camp, a stretch-canvas main area rests beneath the cool shade of Natal Mahogany trees — a perfect spot for relaxed meals, quiet reading, or simply taking in the sights and sounds of the wild.
Chula is open from mid-May to November, taking in Zambia's dry season and most of the year's mildest weather, which is also the best time for game viewing. With four tented suites on offer, it is a small, intimate and relaxed camp – perfect for adventurous couples, nature photographers, and solo travelers. Because Chula can be booked as a private camp it is ideal for groups of friends or families with older children. (classzam)
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At Chula Island Camp, each tent stands as a testimony to simple luxury and meticulous design, seamlessly blending the opulence of a luxury lodge with the wild heart of the Lower Zambezi. The tents offer exceptional ensuite facilities, integrating individual bathrooms right within their confines. The rustic charm of a bucket shower juxtaposed with modern conveniences like flushing toilets promises an unmatched experience. Sleep is divine on plush beds, draped in the finest linens. Beyond just a place to rest, these tents serve as a personal sanctuary, reflecting the camp’s commitment to excellence and a profound understanding of bush authenticity. From the ambient solar-lamped glow at night to the gentle morning sun seeping through, each tent is designed to synchronize with the rhythms of nature.Enhancing the experience are details like solar-lamped bedside tables for nocturnal readers, a secure safe box to guard treasures, a complimentary laundry service ensuring guests are always fresh, and the presence of comfortable camp chairs alongside foldable shelf systems for that added touch of home.
The Lower Zambezi has some of the finest big game wildlife viewing in Africa. This, coupled with the variety of safari activities on offer and the aesthetics of this park, make for a truly fantastic wildlife spectacle. High densities of elephant gather on the valley floor as the dry season commences, along with large herds of buffalo and impala. In attendance are all of the large predators one might expect, with lion, leopard and wild dog very well represented here. The only notable omission might be the giraffe, but a night-time safari scouting for honey badger and aardvark should help you forget about our long-necked friends.
With the broadest possible spectrum of safari activities on offer, this camps in the Lower Zambezi is ideal for each and every safari goer. We are specialists in walking and canoe based safaris, with a high-caliber of qualified guides (in Zambia guides are professional, and accredited to the same standard as school teachers). We also offer game drives, both day and night, alongside boat based safaris and even angling for those interested in trying their hand at landing the world famous Tigerfish! Photography is a passion of ours as a company and our guiding team are experts in light, angles and of course wildlife behavior and anticipation.
