Luxury Mana Pools Holidays

The secret pans of the Zambezi floodplains are hidden in a kaleidoscope of forest thickets. Mana (meaning ‘four’ in Shona) Pools is one of Africa’s finest parks that circulates around a quartet of oxbow lakes formed by the Zambezi rivers’ indecisive course. Straddling Zambia, this beautiful area of north Zimbabwe is achingly photogenic and teeming with animals.

A perfect place for walking safaris, Mana Pools is truly remote. The wilderness is palpable and inescapable. Stay in a tented camp nestled into the thick of it all, and venture on foot into the wilderness accompanied by guides who have an intimate relationship with every organism encountered.

Mana Pools is a world Heritage Site of spiritual standing. ‘Magic Mana’ is a place of psychedelic colour and surreal happenings. It is in a higher realm where the symbiosis between man and animal is something that has long been strived for and been expertly achieved. Many say that a visit here has a re-calibrating effect – a pilgrimage of the wilderness if you must.

Heart-stopping moments and close encounters are guaranteed. Walk with the elephants; hide in shaded protection of tall mahoganies to watch wild pups play in the dappled sunlight; spot the panting pride of lions roll around the dusty pans, full bellied, post hunt. An experience that humbles the soul and thumps the heart.