{"id":90485,"date":"2012-10-10T12:43:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T10:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/inspiratie-reis\/walking-safari-north-south-luangwa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:00:20","slug":"walking-safari-north-south-luangwa","status":"publish","type":"inspiratie_reizen","link":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/zambia\/tours\/walking-safari-north-south-luangwa","title":{"rendered":"Walking Safari in North &#038; South Luangwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Unspoiled and pure<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>walking safari<\/strong> is considered the purest and most impressive type of safari. It\u2019s hard to imagine a more intense connection with nature. For this unique walking safari, you\u2019ll head to the most unspoiled part of South Luangwa National Park. Accompanied by an armed guide, you\u2019ll venture into the wilderness. You\u2019ll now be able to spot details that you\u2019d miss while sitting in a 4WD! Since you\u2019re leaving the \u201cprotection\u201d of the vehicle behind, you won\u2019t get very close to the wild animals. But the experienced guide certainly knows how to find the tracks of these wild animals!      <\/p>\n<h2>The Big Five, impalas, and giraffes.<\/h2>\n<p>Nature is unpredictable; the thrill of a walking safari lies mainly in the chance of a \u201cclose encounter\u201d with one of the \u201cBig Five.\u201d Animal species you\u2019re almost certain to see during your stay in this park include: buffalo, elephants, puku antelopes, impalas, waterbucks, giraffes, zebras, spotted hyenas, and lions. For the experienced traveler to Africa, this is a trip to make your mouth water.  <\/p>\n<h4>Tips &#038; Highlights for a Walking Safari in North &#038; South Luangwa:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Join us on a nighttime game drive and see which animals are active at night<\/li>\n<li>Relax on the porch of your lodge during the hottest part of the day, or take an open-air shower to cool off<\/li>\n<li>From Mfuwe, you can continue your journey\u2014for example, to Lake Malawi, the Lower Zambezi, or Kafue National Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-day walking safari through the most pristine areas of Luangwa National Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":258810,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"inspiration_categories":[],"country":[216],"continent_category":[186],"class_list":["post-90485","inspiratie_reizen","type-inspiratie_reizen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-zambia","continent_category-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414416,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90485\/revisions\/414416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inspiration_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration_categories?post=90485"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=90485"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=90485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}