Ten Meru tents with en-suite bathrooms and hot water, on the Luiana floodplains in a 45,000 square kilometre Angolan park few travellers have seen.
Location: The camp sits in the Luiana core of Luengue-Luiana National Park, in Angola’s Cuando Cubango province, on the floodplains south of the Luiana River. Getting there means a two-hour 4x4 transfer from an informal border post near Kongola, 120 kilometres from Katima Mulilo. The camp runs the transfers at fixed times and self-drive is not allowed.
Rooms: Ten Meru-style tented suites, each with a private en-suite bathroom, a fan, warm water and a charging point. Two guide tents sit alongside them. Canvas and timber throughout, comfortable rather than plush, with the front flaps opening straight onto the bush.
Amenities: A single central tent holds the lounge, the dining area and the bar, and it is where the day begins and ends. There is no pool and no spa. What you get instead is a fire pit, a deck facing the plain, and very little noise.
Activities: Game drives run morning and evening, night drives included, alongside guided nature walks and boat cruises. Elephant, buffalo and sable antelope are all in the park, African wild dog packs are seen regularly on the sand roads, and the floodplains draw raptors and waterbirds.
Sustainability: The camp was built to keep its physical footprint small, with infrastructure designed to leave the surrounding ecosystem undisturbed. Luiana Plains Safaris is Angolan-registered and approved by AIPEX, and its stated aim is to show that tourism is a viable land use in southeastern Angola.
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