Woods Camp | Established Campground

March 24th, 2024 by Gustontour

A very nice campsite just at the edge of the river, that’s sooo cool! We were witness of hippos, elephants everywhere in day and night. The pool is still empty and it’s now 15$ppn. The Airtel connexion is bad. The ablutions are cosy, well done and really original.

September 27th, 2023 by Amelia#lc

Nice little rustic camp right on the river. It’s quite basic but that being said we parked under a tree, on grass, with a fire pit, clean ablutions, hot water if we wanted and access to the lodge pool. So maybe not that rustic 😜. Had hippos in front of us and listened to lions roaring all night. Ruth the host is wonderful.

August 29th, 2023 by lynncoenen

Amazing camp site!! Hippo’s saying hi every 5 minutes (beginning and end of day), lovely quiet place, nice trees (so definitely shades, don’t know who wrote there are no shades but our solar panels didn’t load as we parked under a tree lol). Sun places as well. You can rent a tent or a small hut to sleep. Clean kitchen space same as the outside ablusion - which was clean but very nice hot showers while standing in the sun 🥰 elephants stopped by near the camp site which was lovely, unfortunately we didn’t get as luck as some pictures I saw from people on Instagram with elephant NEAR your car. That was my dream (check out their location on Instagram to see these posts)

Absolutely lovely place to stay, lovely and welcoming staff and they even arranged WiFi for me as I had to work

August 24th, 2023 by LandSAdventures

This place is in wrong location - it is located at -15.87409, 29.07259

August 23rd, 2023 by lilli

Everything as written below, lovely peaceful place.
Camping 12$ pP/n
The coordinates are not right, but just follow the track until the end.
Right Coordinates are (-15.8742382, 29.0727525)
I changed the ones on top

July 20th, 2023 by sdhlok

Lovely spot as described by others below!! Don’t expect anything fancy, but enjoy the affordable spots close to the river and the wildlife walking around freely. Ruth is fantastic and the other staff is very welcoming and helpful as well.

July 1st, 2023 by LCtracks

Expected much more from the previous reviews. Very arbitrary place on the Zambezi. Dry grass, no shade, clean ablutions. Firepit is a small ring of stones and wood is 100KW a bundle. No wifi. Very bold elephants through camp at night.

June 28th, 2023 by QESonTour

Very peaceful place.
The hippos are quite loud at night and we were waken by lions at 6AM !

The camp pool was empty so we could use the one from the villa, quite nice.

June 24th, 2023 by Gangsta_mobile

Lovely spot and Ruth is a great host. Slept to the sound of hippos and ellies strolled through camp.

June 15th, 2023 by Overlanderdream

Great spot next to the Zambezi river. One Hippo visited the camp and we saw lots of Elephants when entered/left the campsite.

Ruth and her staff are very friendly, we had a nice chat. Ablutions are good however showers are steaming hot or cold. Informed Ruth and she said that they are changing the valves soon to sort it. Apparently the monkeys figured out how to use them and now they’re playing with the cold water so much till the point that they destroy the valves 😅

As said below, drive to the park is still 2 hours. Paid $12 pppn. Recommended!

June 5th, 2023 by twende_overland

Really lovely campsite with super friendly staff, very peaceful on the Zambezi river and they even filled up the pool especially for us. About 45minutes from Chirundu.
12$/240kwacha per night

May 22nd, 2023 by lindemeintjes69

Lovely place to camp for a night. Paid $12 pppn.

May 21st, 2023 by lindemeintjes69

Woods Camp is a lovely place on the Zambezi River. We camped under a huge thorn tree and is basically on the edge of the river! Ruth welcomed us. Ablutions basic but clean. Paid US12pppn and firewood were K50. Electricity at sites.

May 20th, 2023 by mdvgroen

Nice campsite with clean ablutions, washing area and hot water. You’re right on the river full with hippos. Ruth is lovely and so is all the hardworking staff. They make a fire for you at night. $12 pppn is a little expensive, but still your best option in this area. Please note you’re still 1.5/2 hours away from the entree gate of Lower Zambezi National Park.

May 18th, 2023 by nickianddave

Our 3rd visit here as we travel around Africa and still 1 of our favourite campsites. Ruth and the team are just superb and of course the elephants came to visit! We watched them cross the river too! A lovely sunset cruise which I can highly recommend! 12 USD pppn.

May 1st, 2023 by David Bland

I am the Director (owner) Some details are incorrect.
Phone number in main text is wrong should be +260 975 777885 / +260 966 940245
There is no Kitchen facility for campers only BBQ stands, for which we sell charcoal or open fire, we sell fire wood.

April 26th, 2023 by rovingzebra

Correct location for Woods Camp , great place after a challenging drive down the R481it's an adventure with beautiful scenery, about 3.5 hrs from the leopards road turn off.
Camp overlooking the river , lots of elephants , hippo so far.
Ruth the owner us super friendly & helpful also the staff.
$12 US pppn
Clean flush tiolets & hot showers
Relaxing & quirky camp
Highly recommend

November 20th, 2022 by Zambiaplains

Beautiful campsite right on the river. Clean ablutions, warm shower. Note that it takes more than 2 hours (up to 3) to reach the river crossing into Lower Zambezi Ntl park from here, on a very bad road. The most upstream crossing (out of 3) was passable when we visited. But it was too late by then to visit the park. Boat ride (Ruth organized for us) takes an hour to the park entrance. It's not cheap but much recommended, we saw a lot of wildlife.

August 19th, 2022 by janharm.duplessis

Stunning campsite directly on the Zambezi, not many places that you get this. Plenty of wildlife around especially some very curious Elephants. We had 2 male lions that were roaring right through the night very close to camp and the birdlife is stunning. Ruth and staff are great!! We paid Zmw200 pppn and kids (11 and 13) camped free. Only downside is the extremely expensive boat ride; we paid Zmw3,200 for the 4 of us!! We took the Leopards Hill road from Lusaka (with a trailer) and it was challenging, but a great adventure. Probably not so much in rainy season :-)

July 23rd, 2022 by nickianddave

A fabulous campsite right on the Lower Zambezi River with a clear view across to Zimbabwe on the other side. Pitches are spacious and grassy/sand with plenty of shade drom trees, fire pit, electricity points, washing up area with cold water and amazing ablutions with powerful hot water at all times, flushing toilets and super clean. Ruth and her team are extremely lovely and offer boat trips and game drives if required. We had elephant and Hippo visit the camp and watched groups of ele Cross the river frequently. We could hear the lion roar over night and slept with the sound of hippos and the African bush. We did a long day driving to the Lower Zambezi game reserve, 2 hours there and back, but game to see en route and 6 hours driving in the park which is very beautiful. Good elephant and buffalo sightings as well as lots of buck and birds. A really lovely and relaxing place to stay.

July 21st, 2022 by ourbucketyear

Great spot… If coming from Lusaka just make sure you don’t take the Leopard road pass, road is in bad shape, make sure you come along the T2 from Chirundu.

We had a good stay and it’s extremely wild making for a great experience…

June 5th, 2022 by Rons Rambling

Excellent place for a weekend or a few days on the banks of the Zambezi! USD12.50 pppn. Inside the GMA, and so elephants and hippos do wander through, important to remember when visiting the toilets at night :). Clean and very well-managed by Ruth Thompson.

May 25th, 2022 by seraphinvetter

Not much to add to the previous reviews.
The food prepared by Ruth is excellent, Kenzo is super friendly and will take really good care of you.

The tap water is filtered. We had no problem drinking it for 5 days.

They also have set up tents with bedding for 20$pppn.

One of our favourite places to relax and just enjoy your surroundings in 8 months of Africa.

May 21st, 2022 by emadel35

Amazing campsite!
They have spot to put your own tent, you can also rent their big tent or book a room.
Elephants are coming almost everyday, passing through the campsite. Hippos are coming out of the water during the night to eat some grass. At night you can hear a lot of animal noise such as leopards, hyenas, lions, hippos...
The place is really nice to relax, they also offer some activities like canoe, boat cruise, fishing.
Ruth and the staff are very welcoming. The food is also excellent!!
If you have to choose between all the lodges next to the river I would recommend to go to this one.

December 11th, 2021 by edubrancalion

Trully amazing campsite by Zambezi river. Its right on the river so you are surrounded by animals all the time. Hippos and herds of elephants, even walking through the camp. At night we could hear hienas and leopard. Ablutions are simple but clean and very well mantained. There's solar power at camping spots (they turn the generator on until 21, but is not too loud) and great place to wash the dishes. There are many barbecue grills. You can storage some food at their fridge to be safe of some hungry elephant at night. The bar and restaurant area is really comfortable with few sofas to relax. There's a very small pool but if you go during the week theres a good chance that the main house is not booked so you can use the amazing pool. Only dowsizes: is 45 km from the NP gate, at least 1:30 hs. But the only closer camp is Mvuu (20 km) at 25 Dollars pp! Price now $10 pp.

Maybe give Ruth, the general manager, a call so she can clean and prepare the pool before you arrive. Phone/whats +269 966940242