Contact Details & Links to our friends

Contact Us

To choose a vacation in one of the properties on the www.lamuretreats.com portal it is necessary to make an availability request for the desired dates, by emailing a request through to the address for that specific property or direct to escape@lamuretreats.com

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Gillie and Jake's Luangwa Valley Retreat.

Buckskin, Moon and Co and the Lamu Retreats are also delighted to represent
a fantastic family venue in Zambia's extraordinary Luangwa Valley.

View luxury holiday home to rent in Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Links to our friends (pls click on the thumbnails for enlargements)

Tribal Textiles

Luangwa Valley, Zambia

We are also the owners of Tribal Textiles, a company in Africa producing hand-painted textiles and interior products, based in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Our products are exported worldwide and are just as likely to turn up in a New York loft, a country house in Somerset or boutique hotel in Spain as they are in our Lamu Retreats. The project employs between 150-220 rural Zambians who are trained and employed as artists, painters, tailors and managers at our workshop which has Fair Trade accreditation. We're always looking for wholesale clients and distributors worldwide to market our products so if you are interested in unique, cutting edge fabric design and a product that helps keep hundreds of people healthy and educated in a small rural economy then please contact us at Tribal Textiles.

www.tribaltextiles.co.zm | info@tribaltextiles.co.zm

SAFARI LINKS

If you have enjoyed visiting the Lamu Retreats then you obviously have an eye for great places to stay on holiday. We'd like to let you in on another secret! When we're not at the beach in Shela we live in Zambia, in the Luangwa Valley. This mecca for serious safari buffs has wonderful lodges and bushcamps in and around the North and South Luangwa National Parks. Safaris are conducted on foot and in open vehicles and night drives are offered to allow you probably the best chance in Africa of seeing the nocturnal species and the big cats hunting. Combining a beach holiday in Kenya with a safari in East Africa and or Zambia may not seem like the most rational option but with Kenya Airways and KLM covering the whole subregion it's not as crazy as it seems. A group like yours could easily get ticket from anywhere in Europe that allows a stopover in Nairobi, hit the beach in Lamu for a week, transfer by regional charter to Arusha, visit the awesome spectacles of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater with our recommended outfitters, or ride with a few hundred thousand wildebeest in the Grumeti Reserves, and then fly down to Zambia for an unbeatable wildlife experience in the Luangwa Valley.

NAIROBI ACCOMMODATION

Shimei House: Nairobi Guest House Accommodation

A PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.............

If you are planning a special event in East Africa, a wedding, anniversary or birthday trip or would like to have your holiday of a lifetime recorded on film by a true professional with a wonderful eye for the world we can't recommend anyone more highly than Dominyk Lever. He's based out of Arusha but will take on assignments anywhere.

Dominyk has travelled, camera in tow, to over 70 countries in the last 20 years. In 2001, he returned to his home city of Sydney, Australia, to undertake a Masters Degree in Environmental Science at the University of Sydney. In order to fund his studies, Dominyk worked as a freelance photographer. He won the coveted Yellowglen Young Australian Photographer award that same year for a series of photographs taken on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India.

www.domleverphotos.com | info@domleverphotos.com

A PERSONALLY GUIDED SAFARI.............

If you want a safari that will take you to the wildest places, to see the great game of East and Central Africa in the company of someone whose passion for the bush is matched only by his sense of fun...then we have just the chap to guide you. Craig will tailor make a safari for your group at any time of year other than the first two weeks of November when he is to be found under a pile of kids with us in Jasmine House!

Craig was born in South Africa in 1962 and spent boarding school vacations in rural KwaZulu Natal in a hunting and outdoors environment. He schooled at Kearsney College in Natal and went on to complete a B.A degree at the University of Natal.

After some years working on Conservation Education Projects in Northern KwaZulu Natal, Craig and his wife moved to Zambia where they spent over ten years in Luangwa Valley. In Zambia, Craig worked as a professional guide and professional hunter under the guidance of the well known conservationist Norman Carr and his son Adrian Carr. Later, he became a partner in the highly regarded company, Norman Carr Safaris.

Craig moved to Tanzania with his family in 2001 to work for one of the most prestigious safari companies in Africa, Ker and Downey Tanzania. This company included under its umbrella another highly regarded company Tanzania Game Tracker Safaris. During this time Craig continued to guide many successful safaris to the highest standard on the continent.

Craig has, over the years, guided a number of specialist safaris such as a film crew for Discovery Channel, a National Geographic team, a photographic modeling shoot, university alumni groups, zoo directors groups and a well known wildlife artist. He is currently a member of Professional Safari Guides East Africa, The Tanzanian Professional Hunters Association, African Professional Hunters Association and the Game Rangers Association of Africa.

www.craigdoriasafaris.com | info@craigdoriasafaris.com

4x4 SELF-DRIVE SAFARIS

For most people, an African safari is the trip of a lifetime. Many of us dream from childhood of visiting Africa, and for many, a first safari leads to a lifetime love affair with the continent, its warm hearted people and beautiful scenery with its awesome wildlife.

Our friend Dag Erikson of Rover Safaris offers private, tailor-made, self drive / chauffeur driven 4x4 safaris throughout Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. This unique style of safari allows for a level of adventure that will bring you back to your own "out of Africa" dreams, far away from the zebra-striped mini buses and hoards of tourists.

http://www.roversafari.com

NORMAN CARR SAFARIS

SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, ZAMBIA

If you’re looking for a top notch operator to show you the wilds of the South Luangwa National Park then for flexibility, professionalism, and the real McCoy you can’t do better than our friends at Norman Carr Safaris. After all…..they started it!

Based out of their all weather main camp Kapani Lodge they run seasonal walking and driving safaris from four small, remote and lovingly designed bush camps inside the park. It’s even possible to do a river safari in the rainy season, a time when the park is inaccessible to many other operators.

With safari guides of the highest standard and camp staff trained to make your stay in the bush as comfortable as any star spangled hotel, your safari will never be forgotten, merely augmented by frequent return journeys once the Luangwa Valley has captivated you.

Norman Carr started walking safaris in the Luangwa Valley over 50 years ago and the company he formed is proud to be running their safaris in a not too dissimilar manner today. So join them….put your feet up on a camp chair, have a lovely cup of tea and watch the bush unfold before your eyes. It’s magical!

PO Box 100, Mfuwe, Zambia.

www.normancarrsafaris.com | kapani@normancarrsafaris.com

AIRPORT RELATED LINKS

Airkenya Express has graced the friendly skies of East Africa providing discerning travellers with a unique flying experience that comes from years of aviation experience in East Africa. Airkenya Express is the leader in providing services into the main Kenyan National parks, including the Masai Mara, Samburu, Meru, Nanyuki, Amboseli, and to the coastal towns of Malindi and Lamu and more recently Mombasa. Airkenya Express has connections into Kilimanjaro in Tanzania linking to its sister Company, Regional Air Services.

Airkenya Express Limited
Wilson Airport
P. O. Box 30357 Nairobi 00100
Tel. 254 20 606893/866, 606539, 605730/45/47/49
resvns@airkenya.com
www.airkenya.com