Photos and videos from guests & staff for October 2015

Blog by Laura

August 13, 2012   Our first visit to McBrides’ Camp (and we have been back now three more times!)

We are in a weird and magical place: McBrides’ Camp in Kafue National Park. The magic is the bend in the river, sounds of birds, a stillness that simply relaxes the spirit and the sense that time has stopped. How could we possibly rush to tea at 4?! This is a camp on the Kafue River, home of Chris and Charlotte McBride, a lion expert and a woman who grew up in the bush, British whimsy and humor, always teaching and chortling, imitating birds, lions and leopards, names for all the local animals, inviting the birds in for sugar and fruit and bacon, regaling us with stories, and much, much food, not to mention imitations of American accents that are sharp and embarrassing. Are we all so twangy and whiny sounding?

We started our day with a float on the river – a two story pontoon boat with tea, coffee, juice and cookies, bird books, the Far Side and lots of comfy chairs and pillows. What a life. It didn t matter if we saw elephant or impala or fish eagles. It as just the antidote to the 6+ hour drive here from Lusaka,   on bumpy dirt roads some so narrow we seemed to be lost in the woods. I am glad that part is over!

Could I stay here? For a few weeks – but I might get lonely in a month unless I befriended an elephant, put myself to mastering bird calls, or found a research project. But even then I might need to take up smoking cigars or drinking whiskey to mark the end of the day.

Affectionately, Laura

Photos by Chris

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Photos by Claire Robinson

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Photos by Dave Riegler (Inzalo Safari Lodge)

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Photos by Dee Jones

Lone Ranger and bird bath by Dee Jones

Photos by Nigel at Delai

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LUKE, BY Nigel

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Photos by Poppie Schoeman

Poppie Schoeman..near the campsite (2)

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Photos by Rachel Gabrieli

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bushbaby lesser

bushbaby thick tailed

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elephant portrait

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sunset on kafue river

Photos by Sarel Alberts

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Sarel Alberts..near the campsite

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