Safari special: The king and I: up too close and personal in Zambia A Zen frog, a black mamba, a pride of lions " luxury lodges may have civilised the bush, but wild is still wild. A visit to one of Africa's great wildernesses gave Sankha Guha a little more contact with local animals than he had bargained for

From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: August 7, 2005| Author: Sankha Guha | Copyright information

From the air, the little strip of green we are heading for looks very lonely. Set against rivers, swamps and thick bush on all sides, the airstrip seems a symbol of human vainglory. We are in such a remote area of central Zambia's Kafue National Park that during the rainy season it is completely inaccessible. Even in the dry, access is by private plane only.

At the Lunga River Lodge, a sun-downer is thrust at me and we join other guests on a sundeck cantilevered over the river. The Lu...

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