South Luangwa · elevated tented camp
PUKU RIDGE
eight elevated tents on a private ridge
Welcome to a camp that watches the whole valley
Set high on a ridge above the game-rich Kakumbi floodplain, Puku Ridge delivers award-winning architectural elegance and an unbroken connection to one of Africa's last great wildernesses.
Where the valley stirs below and the stars reign above.
The Lodge
Welcome to a camp that watches the whole valley
Eight tents, lifted above the plain, spaced so that no other suite is ever in view. Nothing here competes with the landscape.
Here the floodplain is the theatre and your tent is the box seat
- Eightelevated tented suites
- Star-bedsfor african sleepouts
- 9,050km² national park
- Climatepositive certified
Rooted in experiences
Endless beauty
Every suite is lifted above the Kakumbi floodplain, so the game viewing never really stops — it simply moves from the vehicle to your deck.
Intimately yours
It is the rhythm of this place that carries you — the slow arc of the sun, the hum of cicadas, the gentle pull of the river as it moves without urgency. Nothing asks this of you, and yet everything invites it.
Where the land is sacred
Lodge experiences
Life at the ridge
Eight elevated tented suites — super-king or twin beds, full en-suite with indoor shower and bathtub with a view, air-conditioning, a private plunge pool and a star-bed for African sleepouts.
Lion, leopard, elephant, wild dog and hundreds of Puku antelope dwell on the doorstep. Private photographic hides at the camp waterhole bring Africa's finest walking safaris within reach.
Where the ridge is our primary feature
Every suite is lifted above the Kakumbi floodplain, so the game viewing never really stops — it simply moves from the vehicle to your deck.
Lodge experiences → 
The Luangwa defines our rhythms and the life of our camp
We did not tame this land. We listened to it.
Puku Ridge sits lightly on the ridge above one of Africa's richest floodplains, where conservation is not a feature but the foundation. Days are paced to the arc of the sun and the movement of the herds below.
Lodge experiences →A night on the star-bed, above the Luangwa
Each suite has its own star-bed. Have it made up after dinner and sleep out above the floodplain, with lion calling somewhere along the river and the Milky Way overhead.
Breakfast arrives on the deck as the valley wakes.
Discover more →Getting there
Access & Location
Mfuwe Airport
Daily scheduled flights connect Lusaka to Mfuwe International, followed by a game-drive transfer into the South Luangwa and up to the ridge.
Season
Open May to December. Peak wildlife viewing August to October.
South Luangwa National Park · Eastern Zambia
