About the lodge
Puku Pan Safari Lodge is a small but unique lodge on an isolated stretch of the Kafue River in the Namwala West game management area. It is about a four hours drive or a 40-minute flight from Lusaka and is located deep in brachystegia woodland that is broken by extraordinarily shaped Kopjes. For those interested in bird life or fishing, Puku Pan is a delight; well over three hundred species of birds have been identified in the area and bream, barbell, catfish and pike are plentiful. For those interested in wildlife and conservation, the populations of kudu, impala, puku, hartebeest and bushbuck are high while those of kudu, elephant, zebra and lion are growing as the game conservation efforts of the lodge owners' begin to re-establish control over poaching and the animals recognize the lodge and its environs as a safe haven. About a kilometer inland from the river is an huge blackened Kopje dominating the woodland and breakfast here or a drive or walk with skilled armed guides through the undisturbed bush and vleis around it give a feeling of what the first explorers must have felt as they traversed and mapped this beautiful landscape.

About the staff
Matthews - together with his experienced and friendly staff - will make you feel at home the moment you arrive.

Guiding
All guides have excellent knowledge of the flora and fauna and the rich birdlife will largely increase your number of "spotted birds". The game scouts know the bush as we know our home. They can spot animals, which we would never have seen. Under their guidance you can make walking or game viewing by vehicle trips in the Kafue National Park or spend the afternoon fishing on the river.

Food and beverage and housekeeping
The kitchen is the domain of Hilda. She is the one in charge of your breakfast, lunch and dinner. Her meals are European based with an African flair. The rooms are under the control of her girls, as is the morning coffee, which is served on the veranda.

About the owners
The lodge owners have a serious commitment to conservation and community development. They believe that only through the realization of some benefit from this extraordinary natural environment will it be conserved. While visitors may well marvel at its beauty, hungry or deprived people have very different priorities. If the benefits from the use of this environment can be shared with the peoples who were the original inhabitants, they too will want to conserve it. Consultations with the Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) and with the local chieftains have resulted in acceptance of the plans for the tourist use of the area and for antipoaching initiatives. If these efforts are successful it will provide a model for adoption elsewhere in Zambia and be an important step forward in conserving the wildlife and the natural resource.