Yep, I've hunted it. Camp is beautiful, on a bluff over looking the Luangwa River. Other side of the river is a National Park. River is full of crocs and hippos, and I mean FULL! It is a very large concession.
The most excitement and fun we had is walking right into the river and taking a hippo at 30 yards with a double rifle. None of this sniper stuff hiding in the shadows on the bank and trying a head shot from 150 yards. Pure adrenaline. More exciting than buffalo hunting and dearly love hunting cape buffalo.
I took my teen son there and let Johnny take him out for his first Cape buffalo.
Plenty of elephants to chase you around in the vehicle (bitchy cows!), cookson's wildebeest are plentiful, leapard were seen. I baited for lion, but did not get one on bait. It wasn't a priority on that hunt. Saw wild dogs hunting. There are hot springs in one area with a little geothermal activity to see. You can check out locals living in grass huts, growing a little maize and cotton, with a solar charger for their cell phone hanging on the grass hut. One foot in the 18th Century and the other in the 21st. Celluar was the only to get communication to the whole country. Before celluar, locals would steal the telephone wire for snares.
Can't say enough good things about Johnny. Born and raised in Zambia, he runs a great camp and is an excellent PH and good camp manager and camp companion. Our families have become fast friends. I was Johnny's first American client 30 years ago (damn, time flies!). He was kid and I wasn't much older.
If you have Barnes Reloading Manual #1, turn to page 130. You will see a young Hatari and very young and skinny PH named Johnny DuPlooy after doing something stupid like killing my first cape buffalo with a SSK Contender in 9.3 JDJ. Mule Deer and I were just talking about that last weekend.
PM me with other questions as you need. I'm so envious!
